Wouldn't such populations be more likely found in Washington or BC? Hell of a long way to Ecuador.
Kind of like the "Viking remains" found in Minnesota. Lot of work to struggle inland for such a distance.
Vikings may have made it to Minnesota, but the Kensington stone is like the others that've been found. A similar benchmark was designed and set up on the mississippi west florida border in 1797 by the US and Spain ~
perhaps the operative phrase is “not yet found” in WA or BC.
If Coronado could travel that far why not Lars?