An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . TYREBR DISOOVBBINO THB Q R A P B 3. land. A lake was the source of this stream. Pleased with thiswild spot, Leif determined to establish here a colony ; and, accord-ingly, erected wooden huts on the shore of the lake, and causedhis goods to be conveyed to the lake in boats. After remaining some time, and building more commodious houses,the colony was organized into two parties, on
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . TYREBR DISOOVBBINO THB Q R A P B 3. land. A lake was the source of this stream. Pleased with thiswild spot, Leif determined to establish here a colony ; and, accord-ingly, erected wooden huts on the shore of the lake, and causedhis goods to be conveyed to the lake in boats. After remaining some time, and building more commodious houses,the colony was organized into two parties, one of which exploredthe country at regular periods, while the other remained at home,the leader accompanying them alternately. On one of these expe-ditions, grapes were discovered by a German named Tyrker ; andfrom this circumstance the country was calle-d WineJand or Vinland.^his discovery, together with the mildness of the climate, and thegreat abundance of salmon and other fish in the river, rendered theistill more willing to form a permanent settlement. DEATH OF THORWALD. 17. SHIPS OF THS NO BT HUSH. According to the chronicles and traditions of this discovery, Vin-land now forms the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Theother provinces visited by the Northmen are identified as Labrador,Nova Scotia, and the northern part of New England. The cHmate of the new-found province was delightful. Thegrass is said to have remained green during winter, and the cattle,during the same time, placed at pasture in the fields. In the spring,Leif returned to Greenland with a cargo of wood, a circumstancethat revived the spirit of discovery among his countrymen. Hisbrother, Thorwald, sailed the following year in Leifs ship, reachedthe New England coast, and passed the winter at Mount Hope the ensuing spring, (1002,) he again put to sea, doubled a cape,supposed to be Cape Cod, and sailed leisurely along the coast, untilhe reached a headland overgrown with wood. Two skirmisheshere
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