A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . d,sailed south to explore this land. He landed at severalpoints, and at length reached a region where wild grapesgrew in abundance, for which reason he named it Vinland(Vine-land). Where Vinland was we do not know. It mayhave been as far south as Massachusetts, or it may havebeen farther north.^ In their voyages the Northmen are said to have often taken ravenswith them. When in doubt where to find land they set the birds freeand followed the direction of their flight. The ruins of several villages and churches, built
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . d,sailed south to explore this land. He landed at severalpoints, and at length reached a region where wild grapesgrew in abundance, for which reason he named it Vinland(Vine-land). Where Vinland was we do not know. It mayhave been as far south as Massachusetts, or it may havebeen farther north.^ In their voyages the Northmen are said to have often taken ravenswith them. When in doubt where to find land they set the birds freeand followed the direction of their flight. The ruins of several villages and churches, built of stone, stillremain at this locality, but the present settlements in Greenland weremade at a later date. ^ Many supposed relics of the Northmen have been found in NewEngland. The most famous of these is a curious old tower, called THE ERA OF DISCOVERY. 13 Other Voyag-es. — Other voyages were made to Viilland, and one explorer tried to found a colony there, butthe savage people of the country gave the colonists somuch trouble that after three years they went away.^ Not. The Ships of the Northmen. long afterward all visits to Vinland ceased. At a later datethe story of this discovery was written down in manuscript accounts still exist, which contain much the Old Stone Mill, at Newport, Rhode Island. Rut it is now be-lieved that this was built by Governor Renedict Arnold about is an inscription in picture-writing on Dighton Rock, nearTaunton, Massachusetts. Rut this is now known to be an Indianinscription. No undoubted relic of the Northmen has been found. ^ Snorri, the son of one of these settlers, was the first child of whiteparents born on this continent. It is interesting to learn that fromthis first American descended a family of much note in the , the famous sculptor of Denmark, is said tc have beenone of his descendants 14 DISCOVERY AND INHABITANTS OF AMERICA. information about the country, its plants and animals, thehabits of
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