Gunner decided to climb the low hill near the beach. He always liked to look out to sea and imagine that he was an intrepid explorer. He had no desire to inherit the island along with his oldest cousin. He was happiest when his father took him to the mainland to trade with the locals. He had...
sled to the edge. Tied to the sled were the head, neck and forequarters of a deer. The men had sailed over to the mainland and killed it the day before. The hunting rights had cost them a knife. Helga raised her arms up to the sky, turning her palms up and sang a hymn to Ran. Finishing she...
Several days later, in late afternoon Ivar and his family stood on the highest point at the west side of the island. It was high tide and the waves crashed onto the rocks sending spray high into the air.
It had been a cloudy day, but the clouds had recently thinned and the red streaks of the...
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Thorfinn's settlement on Newfoundland does better and starts to attract many of the Greenlanders who are becoming wary of the Christians.
Several ships arrive in Iceland from Vinland, their cargo is mostly timber. This leads to a small but growing trade in timber and...
Ivar is living on an Island in Penobscot bay, which is just south of OTl Banger. There are several islands in the bay and most of the larger one have been settled. The settlement of this are was done within the last two generations. The wave of settlement is currently down to Boston Harbor, with...
Ivar shrugged and took one more look, before turning and heading back to his house. A short time later the path opened into the clearing that surrounded the house. The house was made mostly out of the large flat stones from the beach with a newer wing made from oak logs. He was proud of the...
Ivar stood under a wind twisted white pine looking out towards the islands further out in the gulf. He could see his brother and son’s boat out fishing for dinner. It was a fine late spring day in the Suthuresjorinn. The sky was a deep blue having lost the faint opacity of winter. The scattered...
I never meant to imply that the American natives were unable to invent uses for the wheel. Using your hypothetical Mayan carpenter as a good example.
Some times it just takes an Ah ha in site. Also many thing may well have been invented at the wrong time for them to take off. Or just lost to...
I agree. I have often wondered why it was not invented, but look at stirrups. people had been riding horses for several thousand years before anyone thought of them.