The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen Illustrated by Translations from Icelandic Sagas

Part 14

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Horse head, Thord, 49.

Hortado, Mary, 61, _n_.

Hreidarson, Ulf, 12.

Husasnotru, 81, _n_.

Hvalsö, 26.

Hvalsöfiord, 26.

Hvidserk, 109.

Hvitrammana-land, lii, 86.

Hymn to Thor, 55, 67.

Iceland, discovery, xxi; colonization, xxi; birds of, xxii; mammalia, xxii; Christianity introduced, xxxi, 17; date of manuscripts, xli; the Saga-men, xii; printing press established, xlvii; The Eddas, xlvii.

Icelandic, grammat. structure of, iv.

Iduna, 55, _n_.

Igaliko, xxx, lvi.

Illuge, 19.

India, 106.

Indialand, 106.

Indians, Gaspe, lix, _n_.

Ingigerd, 76.

Ingolf, xxii, 21, 25, 53, _n_.

Ingolfshodi, xxii, _n_, xxiii.

Iona, Isles of, xxiv.

Ireland, 108, 109.

Ireland the Great, xviii.

Irish Monks, xxi, _n_; books of, xxiii; bells and croziers of, xxiv, 101.

Ironsides, Biarne, 49.

Irving, Washington, xliv, xlviii, _n_.

Islands, Greek, 107.

Isle, of Currents, 54; Nauset, 29, _n_, 31, _n_, 53, 66; of Sable, 52, _n_.

Isles, of America, xviii; of the Blessed, xiv.

Italy, lvii, 107.

Jardar, xxv, 12, _n_, 15.

Jerusalem, 106.

John, the Apostle, 106.

Johnson, Biorn, 48; Dr., liii.

Joinville, xlvii.

Jomsberg, Vikings, 93.

Jones, Inigo, lix, _n_.

Jord, the Earth, 91, _n_.

Jorund, 16, 76, 88.

Julian's Hope, xxviii, xxx.

Juno, Temple of, xvi.

Junonia, xv, xvi, xvii.

Kakortok, xxx.

Kalbrunarskald, Thormod, 13.

Kallstegg, xxiii, _n_, 11, _n_.

Kamb, 97.

Kanitsok, lvii.

Karkortok, lvii.

Karlsefne, lix; Thorfinn, lii, lvi, _n_, 31, _n_; goes to Greenland, 49; marriage, 51, 72; sails for Vin, 51, 64, 72; sails past Wonder-strand, 55; trades, 58, 73; battle with natives, 59, 75; seeks Thorhall, 61; sails south, 55; kills some Skrællings, 60; returns to Greenland, 63, 75, 77; goes to Iceland, 71, 76; goes to Norway, 80; cuts wood, 108; Snorre, born, 74, 76, 82.

Kendal, A. E., lvii, _n_.

Ketil, 17, 25, 89.

Kiafal, 53.

Kialarness, 40, 52, 65.

Kiarten, 93, 95, 103.

King, Christian II, xxxv; Christian III, xxxv; Frederic II, xxxv; Henry of Portugal, xvii, _n_; Harold, xxiv, xlv, 93; Juba II, xv, xvi; Magnus, xxxii; Olaf the Saint, 100; Olaf Tryggvesson, Saga of, xxxviii, 18; accepts Christianity, xxvi; his swimming match, xxxvii; ship of, xxxviii; Sweno, xlix, _n_; Nebuchadnezzar, 106.

Kingiktorsoak, xxxi.

Kingsborough, xvii.

Kittlebiarne, 38, _n_.

Knarrabringa, Thorbiary, 16, 18, 88.

Kodranson, Thorvold, 17.

Kol, 18, _n_.

Kolgrimsson, Hroar, xxx.

Krage, Ulf, 113.

Krok, Thorvald, 76.

Kroksfiardarheidi, xxxii.

Kvendland, 108.

Labrador, 28, _n_.

Laing, iii, iv, lvii, _n_; Prof., xxxix.

Lake, 69; houses built at, 70.

Lancerote, xvi.

Landa-Rolf, 105.

Landnama Book, xxiii, _n_ 1, 11.

Law of matrimony, 79, _n_.

Leamington, lviii, _n_.

Leclerc, Father, lix.

Ledehammar, xxxviii.

Leif, xxvi, li, lii, 18, 22, 26; goes to Vinland, 27; returns to Greenland, 36; finds shipwrecked sailors, 36, 38, 39; sent to proclaim Christianity in Greenland, 38, 39; his Booths, lix, 40, 50, 72, 105, _n_; his judgment on Freydis, 80, 88; the Lucky, 108.

Leikskaale, 19.

Literature of Iceland, xliii; Anglo-Saxon, xlvi; of France, xlvii; Castilian, xlvii.

Lizards, xvii.

Lodbrok, Rognar, 49.

Logman's Annall, 104, _n_.

Löigardelen, 13.

Loke, 55, _n_.

Lombardland, 107.

Lombardy, 107.

Long Serpent, xxxviii.

Loptson, Thorolf Eyar, 100.

Machin, Robert, xvii, _n_.

Madeira, xvi.

Madr, lvi, _n_.

Magnus, Olaus, xl.

Magnussen, Prof., Finn, xxxi, xxxiii, xlvii, 27, _n_, 87, _n_.

Magre, Haldor, 105.

Maine, liv, _n_.

Major, xvi.

Malte Brun, 32, _n_.

Man, Isle of, 90.

Manamoyake Bay, 31, _n_.

Manuscripts, date of, xli.

Manvel, Juan, xlvii.

Mar, 86, 99.

Marana, John Paul, xix.

Markland, liii, 29, _n_, 65, 105, 108.

Mars, Vigdis, xxx.

Marson, Are, lii, 85, 86, _n_, 87, _n_, 88, _n_.

Martha's Vineyard, 54, _n_.

Massachusetts, 108, _n_.

Massur Wood, 81.

Mather, Dr. Cotton, lv, _n_, 46, _n_; his _Magnalia_, 46, _n_, 58, _n_, 61, _n_, 74, _n_.

Mathieson, xxx.

Mauritania, xx.

Medafeels-strand, 90.

Mediterranean, 106, 107.

Merry Mount, 32, _n_.

Mexico, British Language in, xix.

Midgard, 35, _n_.

Midjokul, 16, 20.

Miklagard, 107.

Milesieus, xix, _n_.

Mill, Newport, lviii, _n_; Chesterton, lix, _n_.

Minor Narratives, lii, 86.

Missionaries, French, lix, _n_.

Mjorfiord, 13.

Money found, li.

Monuments, absence of, lv.

Moore, xix.

Morton, New English Canaan, 32, _n_.

Mossfell, 38, _n_.

Mount Desert, liv, _n_.

Mount Hope Bay, lii, 32, 56.

Mundia, 107.

Nadodd, xxi.

Narragansett Bay, 60, _n_.

Narratives, l; their truthfulness, liii; their age, liv; Major Narratives, 9; Minor, 83.

Nantucket, 30, _n_, 32, _n_.

Neprass, Hergill, 87.

Ness Röin, 12.

Newfoundland, liii.

Newport, lviii, _n_, lix, _n_.

Niall, xix.

Nicholas, 109.

Nidaros, 18.

Nile, 107.

Nineveh, 106.

Nivaria, xv.

Nordenfield, 95.

Nordrsetur, xxxii.

North American Review, iii.

Northern Antiquarians, xlix, 29, _n_.

Northmen, xviii, xx; character and achievements of, xxxvi; ships of, xxxvii; colonize Greenland, xxxvii; discover America, xxxvi; nautical knowledge of, xl.

Northumbria, xxxvii.

Norway, 107, 109.

Nutmegs, 36, _n_.

Nyja, 105, _n_.

Nyja Land, 104, _n_.

Nyjafundu-land, 105, _n_.

Ocean, Pacific, 108.

Oceanum, Mare, 110.

Oddson, Eindrid, xxxi.

Odin, xxii, _n_, xxiv, 18, _n_, 55, _n_.

Oeland, 108.

Ogursvigen, 13.

O'Halloran, xix.

Olaf, the Saint, xxxvii.

Old Mill, lviii, _n_.

Ombrios, xv, xvi.

Orcobares, 106.

Ord, 91, 82.

Orkneys, 90.

Ormuzd, xxii.

Orne, the Lean, 89.

Otis, Amos, 30, _n_.

Paley, Dr., liv.

Palfrey, lix, _n_.

Palingenesia, xxii.

Palma, xvi.

Palnatoki, 93, _n_, 94.

Palteskia, 107.

Papey, Island of, xxiv.

Papyli, Island of, xxiv.

Paradise, 106, 107.

Parentals, 92.

Parry, xxxi.

Peak of Teneriffe, xvi.

Pelham, Edward, lviii, _n_.

Penguin Islands, 104, _n_.

Penobscot, liv, _n_.

Peringskiold, 32, _n_, 36, _n_, 40, _n_.

Permia, 108, 109.

Peter, the Apostle, 106.

Peyrere, xxv, _n_ 2, xxxiv.

Pharaoh Necho, xiv.

Phenicians, xiii, xiv, xvii.

Phoenius, xix, _n_.

Pillars of Hercules, xii, xiii.

Pison, 106.

Plato, xiii.

Pliny, xv, xvi, 57.

Pluviala, xvi.

Plutarch, xvi.

Plymouth Colonists, xlvii.

Point Alderton, 40, _n_.

Point Care, 66.

Point Gilbert, 30, _n_, 31, _n_, 40, _n_, 53, _n_, 66, _n_.

Popham, George, 36, _n_.

Port Haldiman, 29.

Priests of Sais, xiii.

Prince Henry the Navigator, xvi, 72, _n_.

Prince Madoc, xx.

Purchas, His Pilgrimage, 12, _n_.

Puerto Bello, 63, _n_.

Purpurariæ, xv, xvi.

Pulsland, 107.

Queen Margaret, xxxv.

Race Point, 40, _n_.

Rafn, Holm-Gang, 16, 19; Prof., iv, v; the Limerick merchant, 85, 86, 88, xviii, xxxiii, xlix; his Antiquities of America, xlix, lv, lvi, 15, 25, 30, _n_, 31, _n_, 87, _n_, 103.

Rask, Professor, xxxi.

Raudulf, xxxviii.

Rauglatr, 76.

Red-beard, 67; see Thor.

Reikiavik, xxiii, 12, 76.

Rhine, 107.

Rhode Island, li; Historical Society of, lvi.

Robertson, Rev. Dr., xlix.

Rocks, Portsmouth, lvii, _n_; Tiverton, lvii, _n_.

Rofnsgripa, 17.

Roger Guiscard, xxxvi, _n_.

Rolf of Rödesand, 13, 104.

Rollo, xxxvii.

Rönhavnos, 94, 100.

Round Towers, lix, _n_.

Runamoe, lvi, _n_.

Runic Letters, on an oar, xxxiv; age of Alphabet, xviii; in Grettir Saga, xliv, _n_.

Runolfson, Bishop Thorlak, 71, 76, 82.

Russia, 107, 108.

Sacred Fish, 57, 69.

Sæmund the Wise, xlvi.

Sagadahoc, 36, _n_.

Sagas, iii, iv, 110, _n_; general knowledge of, xlix.

St. Columba, xviii; Paul, liv; Patrick, xviii; John, lii; Savior, liv, _n_.

St. Sophia, 107.

Salmon, 32.

Saxavol, 12.

Saxe, son of Alfarin Valeson, 15.

Saxo Grammaticus, xlviii.

Saxon, v.

Schöning, 87, _n_.

Schoolcraft, Henry, lv, _n_.

Scotland, 108.

Scots, 53.

Sea of Darkness, xii.

Seat, Episcopal, 106; of Gardar, 108, 109.

Seat Posts, 19; see Setstakkar.

Serkland, 107.

Sertorius, xiv.

Setstakkar, xxii, _n_.

Shawanese Indians, 87, _n_.

Sicily, 107.

Sida, 105.

Sighvatson, Erling, xxxi.

Sigurd, Earl of the Orkneys, 90.

Skagafiord, 81.

Skalholt, xxxiv.

Skardfa, Biaéren von, xxxiv.

Skeleton in armor, lix, _n_.

Skialdespilder, Eyvind, xlv.

Skötufiorden, 13.

Skrællings, xxxii, xxxiii, 21, 41, 57; Trade with Karlsefne, 58, 69, 70, 73; one killed, 74.

Skrællings land, 110.

Slaves, 18, _n_, 19, 53.

Sledges, 98.

Slut Bush, 30, _n_.

Smællingar, 41, _n_.

Smalenskia, 107.

Smith, Capt. John, 29, _n_; Joshua Toulmin, iii, iv; Mr. Philip, 46, _n_.

Smith's Dialogues, 42.

Snæbiorn, Galte, 13; killed, 14, 15, _n_.

Snæfell, mountain of, xxxii.

Snoefellsjokull, 16.

Snorre, 89, 91, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 102.

Snow, 70.

Snowland, xxi.

Soers, Eyulf, 16.

Sokke, xxix.

Solon, xiii.

Solvi, 17, 25.

Sondensfield, 95.

Spainland, 107.

Speculum Regali, xl.

Stærbiorn, 13.

Stafholt, 13.

Statias Sebosus, xv, xvi.

Steinum, 76.

Sterka, Herr Ereland, 76.

Stilicho, xix, _n_ 1.

Strabo, xix, xvii.

Straum Bay, 54, 70; see Stream Bay.

Straumey, 66.

Styrbiorn, 93, 94, _n_, 97.

Straumfiord, 100.

Stream Bay, 54.

Stuf, the Skald, xlv.

Sturlingers, 100.

Styrmer, xxiii, _n_, 11, _n_.

Sukkeroppen, xxviii.

Sumarlide, 13.

Superstition, 28, _n_.

Sweden, 107; the lesser, 108.

Swein, xxxvii.

Sydero, 19.

Tacenta, 86, _n_.

Tacitus, xix, _n_ 2.

Taunton, lv, _n_.

Thor, xxii, _n_, xxiv, 9, _n_, 35, _n_, 54, 55.

Thorberg, xxxviii, _n_.

Thorbiorg, 86.

Thorbiorn, 65; the Fat, 89, 91; Vifilson, 16.

Thorbjornglora, 17, 25.

Thorbrandson, Helgi, 17, 25; Snowe, 49.

Thord, 49, 72.

Thordarson, Biorn, xxxi; Snorre, 72.

Thordsen, xxiii, _n_, 11, _n_.

Thordis, 76.

Thorer the Idle, 39.

Thorfinn, Earl of the Orkneys, 88.

Thorgeir, 71, 76; Red, 13.

Thorgest, 16, 19, 20.

Thorgills, Kollson, 88.

Thorgird, 21.

Thorgrim, Styr, 16.

Thorhall the Hunter, 51, 54, 65, 67, 68.

Thorhild, xxvii, 16; her church, 47; the Partridge, 49.

Thorkafiord, 85.

Thorkatla, 87.

Thorkel, 13, 14.

Thorlacius, Bishop, 32, _n_.

Thorod, 13; killed, 14, 15, _n_.

Thorodd, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 100; Wooden Clog, 91.

Thoruna, 49.

Thorsnesthing, 93.

Thorstein Black, 44, 82, _n_.

Thoruna, 71, 76, 82.

Thorvald, son of Helge, 104; son of Osvald, 15, 16.

Thorvord, 52.

Theopompus, xii.

Thingness, 13, 14.

Throndheim, 18, 109.

Thurid, 51, _n_, 76; of Froda, 89, 91, 102, 103.

Tigris, 106.

Timber cut, 73.

Todum, 19.

Torfæus, xxxi; works of, xlix, 32, _n_, 48.

Tradition, Indian, lvii, _n_.

Traditions, xviii.

Turkish Spy, xix.

Tyrians, xiii.

Tyrker, 28, 34, 35.

Ulf Krage, xxv, 16.

Ulf Oexna-Thorerisson, 15.

Ulf the Squinter, 85, 88.

Unipeds, 61.

Uvæge, 63, 70.

Vag, 21.

Val, 91, 92.

Valldidia, 63, 70.

Valgerda, 76.

Valthiof, 18.

Vathelldi, 63, 70.

Vatnahver, 17, 18, 25.

Vatshorn, 16.

Vermeland, 108.

Villehardouin, xlvii.

Vinland, xxvii, _n_ 1, lvii, 108; Bancroft's Views of, xliii, _n_; known by Adam of Bremen, xlix, _n_, 36, _n_; known by the Irish, xlix, _n_, liii, lvi; climate, 32, 67; situation of, 87; the Good, 108, 110.

Vivien de St. Martin, xiv.

Voyages-- Eric the Red, 15-21; Biarne, 21-26; Leif's, 26-43; Thorstein's, 43-48; Karlsefne's, 48-76; Freydis, 77-82; Helge, 77-82; Finboge, 77-82; Marson's, 85-88; Asbrandson's, 89-100; Gudlangson's, 100-13; Miscellaneous, 103-105; Phenicians, xiv.

Wafer, 86, _n_.

Waldemar the Great, 93, _n_.

Walkendorf, Archbishop Eric, xxxv.

Wallin, 93, _n_.

Warwick, lix, _n_.

Warwickshire, lviii, _n_, lix, _n_.

Webb, Dr., 31, _n_.

Werlauf, 14, _n_.

Whales, 54, 56, 73.

Wheat, 54, 66.

White-man's land, 63, 70, 86, 87, _n_, 88.

Winthrop, Prof., lv, _n_.

Wonder-strand, 30, _n_, 53, _n_, 66, _n_, 69.

Woodland, 105, _n_.

Woodrow, liv, _n_.

Wormius, xxxiv.

Worm Sea, 63, 70.

Writing Rock; see Dighton Rock.

Yule, 50.