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Show NORSEMEN FIRST IN AMERICA Inscription on Runle Stone Seemi to Prove Claim That Hat Been Matter Mat-ter of Contention. Ixmdon antiquaries have the oppois tunlty of Judging for themselves, whether Christopher Columbus discovered dis-covered or rediscovered America, for' at Charing Cross the celebrated. Fletcher runic stone, discovered near Yarssouth. N. S., by Doctor Fletcher or;one hundred years ago, Is now Msstayed. CJavthla stone etrne characters. eaa k seen, which, It Is stated, for over fifty years, baffled the leading eieatUU throughout the world. T was left to Henry Phillips, Jr., of, PMladelphta, to decipher the tnysterl-i cms Inscription, which he found rep-. r Bted the words, "Harkussen Men1 Vara" (Harkt'a son addressed tho men). Searching through ancient writings, Mr. Phillips found that In an expedition expedi-tion of Norsemen which left Greenland Green-land In tho year 1007, the name of Hark! occurred. This expedition, consisting of 100 men In two ships under the leadership of Thorflnn Kariselfno and BJorne Grlmolfien, took all kinds of live stock with them for- the purpose of establishing a colony in Vlnland (Massachusetts). But on their way they landed and partially explored Nova Scotia (Mark-.land).. (Mark-.land).. To celebrate this event, Hark), one of their chieftains, addressed his fol-towers, fol-towers, and apparently this stone was' .Inscribed in commemoration of the event |
