Sagas Fuel an Epic Debate on Viking Settlements From: The Washington Post | Date: May 8, 2000| Author: | Copyright 2000 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Thorfinn Karlsefni, his wife, Gudrid, and 160 Viking colonists steered their three ships past a small island covered with birds, then sailed up a broad fjord to a likely campsite. "There were mountains and a pleasant landscape," the Sagas say. "The grass grew tall."

The colonists called the settlement Straumfjord--"Current Fjord"-- and used it for three years before abandoning it, driven away by fierce native skraeling warriors who fought with bows and arrows from fleets of skin-covered war canoes.

What--and where--was Straumfjord?

To date, the only confirmed Viking settlement on the continent ...

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