Show 9 rt 1 0 I 1 I 1 lavt lei fah lucky aror tri or st 81 V 1 v eg s L 4 jow A IV A Y NATI GAroh JV I 1 I 1 S y 1 I 1 A 11 1 im ai a I 1 si hanian wied see M f irl by ili and wt inland al 1011 the 0 blo III t w 1 X A A 1 I 1 if f a statue in in the 14 of ya I 1 boston nil oil october to 1 I 1 ri erics 13 i 6 dj I 1 r er enik ame america r A R itle w 1 i up P a ju I 1 g in of int erest to the abmpr c 11 pe people le as well weli as a lo 10 etu stu denta u of history and laid arch wilu g azis throughout the world I 1 do not go into print to attempt to talie take irom from led the tile sti S ti of ario the tile kid properly io called the lau tau refs hat bat may properly belong to him I 1 shall give him due credit borwhat uba nn and 1 ele sole ai M die coveter is is claimed tor for him I 1 like ill o 0 a spirit 1 of fair play in in kaping jinjr with ml truth troth to take the churiet of palm 4 aint and lau refs larl laid upon the pedestal pe ic nesta it of statue and anti place it first upon the tile brow of ahe birtt european abo I 1 ded on the d is toisa b f thi mam 11 binti rati it 1 j adv 7 r i f iq I k F Ila 1 coti 1 K N now 0 ifor for I 1 be h e p N i a pre ef t fon pon tc I 1 bi relation t kimt Q I 1 which ha penel in the 10 h or I 1 alth J lit C e the only proof pr if kiwy timy be called we have 11 i lie lil filat li l are art ed in tu the scandinavian or leenon le enOt mythic 1 tradition iradi tion handed docu iam in the tile N r aa as those in in the i he L irish wi other or r authorities an ano revere iii iv the subject adf guve re lair versi omi for what were sudi as humboldt in ila bid i M smith in in bia his N S in new Eu augland Enla gland nl U her in his t les 0 of f 11 r I 1 i t e I 1 Church Oli urchea tsa and his hi sailie L irish lyte f sant 3 al uran 4 ln ill tn the G olden legend opahl ii by hy de tie woride in 1483 anius niue r art l 1 lf f re C C balled eail il from ialo palo the niura nova leenda genda ii bv by norave aad in ill 11 6 giom blip ait if givs ili ahto iyih century ottav in in hi nork work publish pub liell td triplet ill in al e grafi og 11 portugal italy Gernia tir din den maik etc etc lo 10 the great tailor sailor columbu has hereto fore been corded accorded ai the praise and credit ot of disenchanting the two hemi I 1 tree itlo F oil bitet of opening op erling up for the sufi fenus humanity bu inanity of the old world anew world orld of peace rest and iree freed dim tiam tile bouc of the grand oll admiral will lot rest lee les in hrc h rc a lla at d I 1 mat tg r it 10 ahli li leaf anni bia hl laur 1 aa wn and its a er ill 1 ilip I aa f ericson or kr ref any I 1 aten 1 e of tle the new w world worl d 0 ha that thit euro eur peons haft aji 1 bim him and im coverd white mane mails 1 marked on hi his sailing aarts chart I 1 ta previous dip discovery dj covery however he vr wv wab s X lUbi inu V tulita ie iua hundreds eds of ibe lone originated orin aled and to lu bri his bri thongs g ih th almour and glory it if bringing bring lii to aether the tile old ami anti new yew V iraldi for fi r fill of leit end said hid has e for their daring voyages of but columbus alue con frred f tho boon of p 8 apoll the tile rices ot if the earth who have since bince made it their refuge tho 1 be chief AW citi question eption far ibe the present purpose ie 5 wis wa leif ericson as ta claimed tile first Eu european ropeti 6 who discovered and an d trod upon u 0 n the gboree it the following f 0 ri owing id i s I 1 17 t a fair answer to the question quee tion I 1 ahall be happy if more light may a bt brown on the obscurity that envelop envelops the matter iatter if by b persona who in may be competent to do 0 so the he scandinavians count abree several predecessor of coln columbus viz an art alagdon whose voyage look took biorn aft afterward arward abid later guiliet Gud liet lief eon son ot of Gi audland Gud idland land win who toward the middle of tile he followed the track ot and 1 oin con convened frel vered with biorn in in I 1 or irland it it 1 the great ireland beyond the lie Allin tic at an ibe the Le learned arved born in in compi leill the w ich the following fol lowiD i extracted he lie u iia de bruni u an art mareon marson ile heay say uli ulf the squinter eon son of blogin the white occupied the 4 whole of R southwest promontory ol 01 iceland bana and he ile had halt a wife cabled biora the tile daughter berof af eyvind the tile cast count rynta u they bud bod a eon son named atolli the 1 ild led who married Thor kotu herrill Her gill they bad a 9 ari arl who wae was driven by alb ariu l to alito while llito tingos land which cume some tall t all irland it mikla great ire land abie which lif lits IQ the near li to vinland ibe the wiet at front Ir elud elAud an ari was bot tta permit teil to depart but was bap mcd there il 41 IP ir the lite ceu century tury bulat ru re lati lat id the and third apy 8 art ll 11 aati the limerick bileto 0 adt first stated who lived ti a long time tinn it lu limerick lu hy ireland this ra alafa fn to was ae kinst kio finan nan to an ari elarton ul arton aed livel lived at abling or middle of the eleventh colury so 80 also thorkel the eon ron of gell geller er grandson ofard of an soya certain bated nh ii I 1 T Thorf it 0 ral pip I 1 i v J r I 1 0 f t h 0 gorhm r it v r i 1 I in 1008 dud did iii to lulai rt 1 ti i j an ari had bateu seu u aai lii lw 0 lk and taw H ai al L though not offered to dem he lie wa was there held held in in grout grea honor arl arshad bad a wife named thorgjerd Thor gerd daughter of alf of dolum their were thorril Th orgil orgile gunlief jud lief rut and which osithe dihe family ot of rey kia klau 1 I bees eis a 1 age ahat birck the red tue aa connected vh ich the tile family of an marson it pr eeden Juru tid was the eon son of bif the tho S quitters quip he ile married rg bring they had bad a slaughter whom fink the red married they hal hui it leif the lucky of greenland whom I 1 be lieve is 13 the leif under tinder an ari the tile learned being immedi abely descended from an ari Alar u boti aud atud having lived a century later it U is 19 but b ut natural to that he would be luxion atiq and cartful careful to obtain the tile moat most accurate account of hia his ancestor and tit no doubt he be dil now it ie is at present daubed claimed that leif ericson discover rod d vinland in in the year 1000 and conceded in ill the northern saga sagas that arl art maraone voyage occurred in in this certainly places an ari ae as the first of his race who trod the terra firma of me american Airen can continent the man or great ireland lieland is stated to be in the west ern ru ocean near vinland Vin laud and weal west jt f II 11 fieland eland the saga 8 describe det cribe the route toward it thu tu to the tile south of habitable greenland there are uninhabited and wild tracts and enormous enon noue icebergs the tile country of i fabe the lies beyond these markland Markla nl beyond this aud and vin van land the good beyond the lat last next to this and something beyond it t lies lied albania that is s island whither formerly cefel arne uj from tic ireland there several and Icel Ice andere landera saw and re recognized co gtimm an ari the eon son of mar and kotla of concert lag ing whom nothing has been hear i 1 fur a longtime long time and d who hai bai been made their chief by the inhabitants of the land haud modern antiquarians antiqua naci have ideal lined the country ot the us as th the e E limeaux coat markland as labrador latra I 1 r ae as new eieg land and anti as the country further south ward beyond the chesapeake bay humboldt I 1 irr bie his ta i e j jaja III fil the tit North men pe all ed iu in vinland that farther ti beyond chem peake bay there dwelt white men who clothed themselves thema them elves in in loag long w white carried before them poles tf which aich clothes were cre attached and called with a loud voice 1 thi hn account v lit interpreted by the to indicate procession in which banners were Z borne arll at I 1 1 I b by y il bi i nging Cath Catho olna licit wu will r e u dily understand the of the above to who do nut not I 1 would say it refers to the observances o 0 and cere then and now in the ritualistic rituals lic services er vicea ot of the cath olic church its it not my or desire deti reto to that leif erikson cliveres di or rather rattler land e et firel in in vinland Nt uland new 1 gilica 1 I 1 hall allow tor for arguments ake sake that it is is BO so but I 1 do want to arve pr if 1 that he be decidedly was not the airet Eur european olwan that landed on this continent and anti it is is more than probable 1 that 1 new ew england wa was viti visited from iceland long be tore fore leife time in the oldest saas sagas the bistor 1 i oil 1 narration narrations of Th thorfinn orlian karl the icelandic laudlam Landa ain roa bock the tile southern sout heru chaite lying between virginia and slid florida aro It under thi the nail kaiue teof of the ln ild if the white men alen they are express 2 0 T y ca called hed great ireland Irli aud it mikla and it is mcain ulain tinned that they were peopled by the tile irneli tie vol vo luin unies in in which thee these cor be tt acre are ry corded were compiled ill in the tile north three cit urien 6 tore fore the tile hirth birth ot of coluna bua bus and anti they undoubtedly belne eat enl the b cief then held that there existed great Irel imd beyond the tile western sea thus I 1 bus far I 1 have relied on none norse authority ft to elina thai that an ari mareon morison alid taid not leif erickson wits we the first of the lauda laud A oil i the c of amer oi a ag as also 0 o w t etaw ibm that lit at that lime time it was the belief of abe aien that rou ig before leif discovered vinland Viti laud it great ireland elaud Ir peopled by the irish exited exi exi ted in in the SM seap and that the tile chris lion tian rel religion ig i 2 wae it practiced practice d ill in this tin favored litile land long before drayon dragon prow of the viking ship of the th tid or the S a ib s caravela of columbus jim pointed i ed we wert t ward now I 1 to a different phate of the si subject abjeCt I 1 shall ua was an america discovered by the irilli I 1 ll 11 L is a singular Biu jular thing thai that ahr through ugh out the proceedings of the statue not one vroni word atae as faid devling ev ling in any way to ir lne tho first discovery lie covery of if the au er ican continent I 1 shall nol dot ask why thi this wa was go so I 1 presume the speakers and writers had their rei 6 they certainly did not give we bunor where it waa was due it is i not lenal a tuc truth always remains theat the tuie and said sonner r or later comes to the top the irish annal record cibat the frior oil r at who lived from thi ear A D until tho the begil Le HiDing illing of the lh following century I 1 made to two voyages of discovery du covery in arch ot if the land that after the second voyage I 1 ed no more hie ilia precise point of departure is explicit explicitly if given viz froia the fool of brauden lain tain now aralee bay it is i elated stated that hia ilia cea pea etore store ot of lne lire ln e wille in ot of mocks hie ilis finot voyage in ad the tile dale in the th ii bab tb arc ate positively pot fixed anil rc record ri the evea events i ts the of tit ao 10 aerl re taIt in in pria cre taj italy oon won lir iter li r tat tal c ra had r cn ceru edg log friand j it t jacobin jacobus provi provincial ocial of the Domit licaus and bd of wyid genoa the native city ot of 1111 bum gil ie ves bt st brandao brandan I 1 e laud land special Ppe ei cial ial pron ow iiii nee ii I 1 he I 1 jtb Itu i iiii iv v ii it inn bim U jid id U L I 1 ud I 1 w i im I 1 1 I IID I 1 it it I 1 r 1 r ue 1 h li il ii i tk t grot if r u ini c I 1 I 1 clua finx iia abi til b he hur ared I 1 esar es pry y tr t ir the first voyage it 1 I lu 1 C 1 1 4 I 1 di sau san Bo bt st brandan e land and marked it on tu charts as opposite europe aud said africa frow the tile uth ot of ireland to the end of guinea estr aa I 1 w the belief in st 13 brandan ran Z a 8 iund d that even offer be the voyage of columbus ex tha eli etious were mere sent to explore it w proved by the taken before ih gland inquisitor rf I 1 the CaDa riep ri gratzle fit dez and from rom jtb other er portuguese uee and spanish accounts the lat latt la tt of there voyages was aa i late as by don gaspar domi doca I 1 I 1 O 0 aly 11 IM hi lin I 1 sketches in in ern and r raw I 1 Y I 1 gives the tile fallowing in lu a toot ciote we are informed that brandan Bra hearing of the pre pro vidua voyage of lu his u sin bann barin thu in 10 the western ocean and oh ao an account from him of th the e ha happy p py islee isles he had landed on in ID the far ful weft determined under the trong de ire of winning heathen outs V t christ to undertake R voy age of discovery himself and A aid aadne that all along the western coast of brej ireland and there were many traditions one resli etting the existence of a western land he proceeded to the islands of arran and there re mainett dainel for some samo time holding ho liling 0 communication muni mullica cation tiou with venerable vent rabies bl t 1 ETZ I 1 and ob obtaining Wining from mui much tu fur mation oo 00 which he wai wm bent there can be no little d abt that lie proceeded northward along the coast of mayo and slid m niane ate a i te inqui inquire Y among lie its baye bays ami islando iland ii if t tle the remnant of tile 1 people that once were eo so expert in in naval affairs travion prosecuted jus inquiries in quinea v vilh nh all diligence brandan returned 40 4 hi bia matue kerr kerry a and al 1 I from a bay shelter e d by the lofty mountain thai that ism la now known by hie his name lie he pet rail imil fur for the atlantic land and directing his bi course toward the southwest muth west in m order to meet tm et he solstice lelice ao or what we call the tropic after a long and rough voyage hie his little bark being well krovian provisioned aed he ciagne to seas where here be wae was carried along without the tile aid id of sail ail or oar car for al many 1 at 1 11 I 1 long O 0 1 9 day 1 this I tua it wae was aresu presumed m e i r I 1 was 1 the h gnat gulf sill aud anti which brought hm ilia vf ve cel eel tit U bhore somewhere about the Virginian capes cap or where the tile meriem boasi chaat te tends ads eastward and da form forms the new englard lalen states here lan ling he and hin hitt coin pani cals marched steadily into the the interior for men days and then came to a larie large river I 1 er flowing from east to went jbv ahn i evidently was wa the river river ohio obio and thin this he be wa was about to cro croe crota ta when he lie we ac ile ctt att A by a berain ot of noble pree pres euce but whether a real feal or vision amion ary man docs does not appear who old him he had gone far enough that further dico venee w were e r 0 re reserved 6 er v ved e d I 1 for other meat wll win w would ull i lu due time come and ell all that pleasant land the above when hen cleverly deoto tenter I 1 shows how that brandan lauded on a continent and anti went a awl way into into the tile interior met rue t a it great river river running in in n from thye thoe he had heretofore hereto fire crossed and aud here from difficulty of trace it ar want rant ot of provi eione or deterred df terrel by increasing difficulties he turow back it I 1 all th i clearly ebow that the relative rela claim claims of two di co veries and two dire disc of the Anie american rican continent erikson Enk and ae as the baton herald ot of october it may after all be diPpel dispelled led and two hew liew names taken up ae as fit caud candidates lates fir for the honor I 1 have given the additional tee testimony at present at hand which I 1 think seriously dam aab eriksons Enk sona claim in in favor r of the irish ailor st brandan and hn hii monks ae as 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