. The voyages of the Norsemen to America. taves were darts, which wereswung by the natives in their excitement or according tosome custom of theirs. In such a case the natives might aswell be Indians as Eskimos. Again, the only statement whichpoints to the Skrcelings being Eskimos in this case is thatthey used skin-boats {ER). We have already discussed theweight of this statement, but in the present case it may beadded that according to Gp the Skraslings came out of thewoods, and boats are not mentioned at all. Taking all the evidence into account, we conclude that theSkraslings at Hop were In
. The voyages of the Norsemen to America. taves were darts, which wereswung by the natives in their excitement or according tosome custom of theirs. In such a case the natives might aswell be Indians as Eskimos. Again, the only statement whichpoints to the Skrcelings being Eskimos in this case is thatthey used skin-boats {ER). We have already discussed theweight of this statement, but in the present case it may beadded that according to Gp the Skraslings came out of thewoods, and boats are not mentioned at all. Taking all the evidence into account, we conclude that theSkraslings at Hop were Indians. This is again supportedby the geographical analysis, according to which they werethe Red Indians of Newfoundland, and is corroborated bythe account of the Skraslings whom Karlsefni found on thesame coast north of Hop. These natives were clad in coatsof skin, and had with them boxes containing what the Norse-men described as animal marrow mixed with blood. Thiscorresponds well with the sausages which the Red Indiansused to Coast of Baffin Land on Hudson Strait. Shoxving great range of tide Photograph by courtesy of J. Reproduced by permission of Outing
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