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MammotHunter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Give me a rock, a sling, and give me some room Posts: 1020 virginia, for now Gender:	Re: eiriks saga Reply #15 - Mar 16^th, 2006 at 11:08pm Quote: Just on the off chance...are there any Asatuar in the memberslist? I am.
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Reply #16 - Mar 18^th, 2006 at 1:27pm

The inuit werent "skrælingar" I dont think. They came after to repel against the Vinlanders down through Helluland after the skrælingar and the Vinlanders had called a Truce.

I am not Ásatrú exactly, but I do have great reverence for the Nine Noble Virtues and the ancient gods.
Bigkahuna, you are skræling...I thought you were American. I didnt think skræling fought Vinlanders in America. I thought it was just through Helluland and Vinland and Leifsbodir.

Hei, I found this cool bit of information. Everyone should read here.
http://althistory.wikicities.com/wiki/Vinland

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Reply #17 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 12:03pm

Found an interesting theory to what the Skraelings used.
In the book Indian Tribes of the United States ( 1851) HR Schoolcraft describes a device very similar to the Skraeling ones. It was a sheepstomach, with a large rock in it. This was loosely mounted on a pole, and flung so that the stomach and rock flies off and hits the opponent.
Since it said that one of Karlesefni's men had a large piece of flint lodged in his head, this seems like a possibility.
So the Skraelings were possibly Algonquin? That would mean that the Norse penetrated inland, not just on the shore.

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Æthelbera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Resident Cavegirl Posts: 1135 grieving- august 13th/09 :( Gender:	Re: eiriks saga Reply #18 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 12:18pm Its most definite they went inland I think. The Kensington Runestone is an example.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: eiriks saga Reply #19 - Oct 11^th, 2006 at 9:41pm The term "Skraeling" as used by the Norse, meant any indigenous people. With that as a basis, my people qualify as Skraelings.
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Reply #20 - Oct 12^th, 2006 at 9:10am

Bjarn, the Kensington Runestone has been proven a fake. When translated, the language it translates into was a modern version of Swedesh, not the more ancient language.
However, all up and down the east coast, and especially with the Iroquois, there are stoies of pale skin " giants" from far away. they had skin that was impermiable to weapons.

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Æthelbera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Resident Cavegirl Posts: 1135 grieving- august 13th/09 :( Gender:	Re: eiriks saga Reply #21 - Oct 12^th, 2006 at 9:07pm ha, was it? I guessed I never payed much attention to the American aspect. Im teh DumB Skraeling is "weakling" in old norse I believe.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: eiriks saga Reply #22 - Oct 13^th, 2006 at 11:40pm Ouch!!! I knew we shoulda run all you paleskins into the sea.
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Æthelbera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Resident Cavegirl Posts: 1135 grieving- august 13th/09 :( Gender:	Re: eiriks saga Reply #23 - Oct 20^th, 2006 at 2:17pm The Inuit werent the weaklings though, heheh. I heard somewhere that is was the disease the vikings brought that beat the natives down before the Inuit came to drive them out. Im listening to Inuit music currently. Ha, I live in a place where most people are swarthy ojibwe, Im the palest thing around here.
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