A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . i it m^ , A goes to New had uot Dccn sumciently explored. inou canst ffo with Enffland «/ i c my ship, brother, if thou wilt, to Viniand, said Leif; forEric the Red having died that winter, he was now (1002) the head THORVALD IN NEW ENGLAND. 43 of the house, and not disposed just then for maritime accepted the offer, and with
A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . i it m^ , A goes to New had uot Dccn sumciently explored. inou canst ffo with Enffland «/ i c my ship, brother, if thou wilt, to Viniand, said Leif; forEric the Red having died that winter, he was now (1002) the head THORVALD IN NEW ENGLAND. 43 of the house, and not disposed just then for maritime accepted the offer, and with a crew of thirty men sailed forthe new country. The booths which his brother had put up were still standing, andhe went into winter quarters, his men fishing for their support; thewaters, as Leif had found two years before, abounding with salmonand other fish. In the spring, Thorvald sent some of his men in theships long-boat to explore to the westward. They spent the summerin this pleasant excursion, coasting along the shores of Rhode Island,Connecticut, and Long Island, the whole length of the Sound, pene-trating, probably, to New York, and finding there another lake throughwhich a river flowed to the sea. They landed on many islands ; they. Norse Ships entering Boston Harbor. beached their boat many times on the broad, wide, shallow sands, downto the edge of which grew the green grass and the great trees whichmade this pleasant land seem a very garden to these wanderers froma country all rocks, and ice-mountains, and fields of snow. But onceonly did they see any sign of human habitation, and that was a corn-shed built of wood. The next spring (1004), Thorvald started for a more extended trip,as he went in his ship. Standing first eastward, he then sailed north-ward along the sea-coast of Cape Cod, where a heavy storm caughthim off a ness (cape), and drove his ship ashore, perhaps at RacePoint. Here they remained a long time to repair damages, puttingin a new keel; the old
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