To: GSlob
Well, Leif "the Lucky" Erikson has the prior discovery claim. Didn't kill enough Skraelings* to make it into the history books for a long time.
* The Vikings of olde called the natives that the found in Newfoundland "Skraelings."
To: truth_seeker
"Didn't kill enough Skraelings* to make it into the history books for a long time."
Well, he didn't have either gunpowder or plate armor, not even distilled spirits. And my edition spells it "skrellings".
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05/20/2006 9:38:20 AM PDT by
GSlob
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