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Tango01 | 18 Jan 2014 12:07 p.m. PST |
and Europeans. "
And while the attack ushered in nearly 300 years of nearly ceaseless violence between the white settlers and natives, it wasn't the first occasion in which Europeans met aboriginals North Americans on the battlefield. More than 500 years prior to Columbus' voyages of discovery, a party of Vikings under the leadership of Thorvald Eiriksson established small a colony in modern day Newfoundland. Thorvald, who was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Lief Eiriksson, landed on the north-eastern shore of the New World sometime around 985 CE. The 50-member party eventually set up a fortified camp on the island. Yet almost as soon as the Norsemen hauled their long boats onto the beaches, fighting broke out between the Vikings and local natives. In an early encounter, Eiriksson himself would be wounded with an arrow. His injuries would later proved to be fatal. "I have been wounded under my arm. An arrow flew between the edge of the ship and the shield into my armpit. Here is the arrow, and this wound will cause my death," one contemporary account records the Viking leader as saying. Eight natives were also killed in this first engagement
" Full article here. link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement Armand |
ancientsgamer | 20 Jan 2014 8:33 a.m. PST |
Didn't realize they had such detailed written accounts of the time
. There are theories out there that the long houses of the Mohawks may have been influenced by the Norsemen too
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Tango01 | 20 Jan 2014 10:54 a.m. PST |
Took my atention that the Inuits, those so nice people, were the first to engage with the Europeans. Amicalement Armand |
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