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> we can see in Horsford's *Discovery of America by Northmen* to what a
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> we can see in Horsford's *Discovery of America by Northmen* to what a
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> fanciful extent a confident enthusiasm can carry it.[@WinsNar89, 98-99]
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> fanciful extent a confident enthusiasm can carry it.[@WinsNar89, 98-99]
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{{{THAT GUY WHO SAID HE WAS WRONG HORSFORD STARTS HIS FIRST BOOK WITH HIM }}} -- WinsNar89
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Horsford begins his next book on the Vikings, *The Problem of the Northmen*, by
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directly addressing Winsor's comment,[@HorsProb89, 1] demonstrating that he was
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willing to openly spar with historians to defend his theory. Horsford's belief
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and confidence that there were Nordic elements present in Native American
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language may have been informed by his early years with the Seneca in New York.
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Horsford then continues to present evidence for the location of Leif Erickson's
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houses: "If anyone interested will walk from the junction of Elmwood Avenue
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with Mt. Auburn Street [...] he will be at the site of the objects of interest
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which had once been there, and which I had predicted might there be
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found."[@HorsProb89, 14] Horsford is remarkably confident in his claims,
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inviting his audience to see the evidence for themselves. He claims there are
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"inequalities of the surface," which are "the remains of two long log houses,
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and huts, or cots."[@HorsProb89, 14] He states they are arranged "'some nearer,
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some farther from the water,' as the sagas say,"[@HorsProb89, 14] again using
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the sagas as a primary source of proof for his theory.
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Include part by that historian who wrote about how wrong he was[@HorsProb89, 1]
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Include part by that historian who wrote about how wrong he was[@HorsProb89, 1]
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@@ -119,6 +133,7 @@ The city of Norumbega was the last vestige of viking occupation
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It is unclear when or how Horsford first heard about the myth of
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It is unclear when or how Horsford first heard about the myth of
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Norumbega, but it is possible it was widely known at the time. A newspaper
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Norumbega, but it is possible it was widely known at the time. A newspaper
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(((TIME AND PAPER HERE))) mentions the myth in passing, well before Horsford
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(((TIME AND PAPER HERE))) mentions the myth in passing, well before Horsford
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made it regionally famous.
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made it regionally famous.
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