Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

IEJ wrote:

"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:12:32 +0200, Erik Hammerstad
<egeha.is.all.you.need@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


m_zalar@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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Let me suggest a scenario.  The group believes they are in Asia,
somewhere near Cathay (as is suggested in the Mercator/Dee letter).
They have followed the Red River inland to the first set of waterfalls,
near what is now Fergus Falls, MN, camping on the south side of the
River where the 10 men were attacked and the boats stolen or destroyed.


And still no explanantion for how they brought boats (did a knorr
carry more than one?) from the Hudson Bay to Lake Winnipeg. A
short description of the presumed  route (in reverse):


They could easily have built their own boats. There are precedents for
this.



They travelled the boats(plural) two different ways. Ivar Bardson is said to
have travelled via Nelson River down to Red River, Paul Knutson made it via
the old Indian routes from Hudson Bay down to Lake Nippigon area. That I
would have thought that Erik H had been able to find in the existing
documents. He obviously hasn't bothered to look around enough.
Inger E


Said by the one and only IEJ. Not much point in looking for non-existent sources is there ;-)


"The 656-km long Nelson flows in a northeasterly direction into
Hudson Bay. Starting from its headwaters in the northeast corner
of Lake Winnipeg, the river descends about 217 m in a series of
falls and rapids before it enters the bay."

The alternative by the Hayes River, which was used by the Hudson
Bay Company, required a number of portages.


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