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Re: Don't forget Madoc, Prince of Wales



One also can't forget Leif Erikson, who made it to Newfoundland around the
same time.  There are also stories among the Iclandic Sagas of their
warriors arriving on the coast of Canada/Newfoundland and being expelled the
first few times by the fierce natives, and some rather Northern European
traits among those Native Americans as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dean DeBolt <ddebolt@MAIL.UWF.EDU>
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: [ARCHIVES] Don't forget Madoc, Prince of Wales


>I did a wonderful historiographical paper for the Gulf Coast
>History and Humanities Conference back in 1991 or 1992
>about the story and legend of Prince Madoc of Wales who
>reputedly sailed into Mobile Bay about 900 A.D. and whose
>Welsh culture was absorbed into the Native Americans.
>Echoes of this legend are shown by rumors of Welsh Indians,
>Elizabeth I's claim to North America as English by right of
>title from Madoc (led to Roanoke and Jamestown settlement),
>Jefferson's instructions to Lewis and Clark to look for the
>Welsh Indians in their exploration of the Louisiana Territory,
>and the discovery of a unique farming, "coracle-like" boat
>building, mud/thatch hut-living Indian tribe on the upper waters
>of the Missouri, the Mandans---and the later paintings of them
>by George Catlin who was struck by their blue-eyes and
>"european" features.   It was a lot of fun tracing this story
>through time and while we may never know the answer, it
>is a good a contender as any for pre-Columbian "visits" to
>America.
>
>Dean
>
>Dean DeBolt
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