Gunnison Valley News | 1926-08-05 | Page 7 | Finds Norse Record of Indian Battle in 1010

Finds Norse Record of Indian Battle in 1010 Spokane, Wash. Prof. 01 uf Opsjon, authority on Norse history, has continued contin-ued the deciphering of weird Runic inscriptions in-scriptions on ' a huge bowlder near here in the hope the characters may reveal further traces of what he believes be-lieves were the first North American viking explorations. Having established to his own satisfaction sat-isfaction that characters deciphered recently tell of a conflict between a band of Norsemen and Indians in the year 1010 A. D., in which the red men were victorious, Professor Opsjon is working on additional inscriptions partly covered by moss and other growths. These, he said, may be the records of a still earlier expedition. The ancient markings are on a huge lava rock 150 feet in circumference, standing about 25 feet high on a rough hillside. The characters are Ideographs, each representing a thought equivalent equiva-lent to several words.