There are things that have been written.

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