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Native Americans try to describe Columbus in one word (Original Post) Donkees Oct 2016 OP
Leif Erikson got here 1st Motley13 Oct 2016 #1
Except for the Native Americans, right? IronLionZion Oct 2016 #2
Um, there were people here before either Erikson or Columbus. geardaddy Oct 2016 #5
Christopher Columbus yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #3
The Welsh Prince Madoc arrived at around 1170 Siwsan Oct 2016 #4
Yeah, I know about the legend. geardaddy Oct 2016 #6
I thought about you when I posted that! Siwsan Oct 2016 #7
LOL geardaddy Oct 2016 #8

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
3. Christopher Columbus
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 01:41 PM
Oct 2016

landed some where in Central America, never came to what is now the United States. I suppose it was Captain John Cook who claimed to discover Hawaii too.. but my Ancestors where there already.. having lived peaceful Lives. (Tahiti has a Cooks Bay for John Cook, who also discovered that Island, yet there were already Polynesians there for quite a long time.)

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
4. The Welsh Prince Madoc arrived at around 1170
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 01:49 PM
Oct 2016

Some returned to Wales. Many stayed. They were tribal people, so their co-mingling with the native people isn't an unrealistic scenario.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
6. Yeah, I know about the legend.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:17 PM
Oct 2016

It still hasn't been proven. I'm not saying it didn't happen. There's just no archaeological evidence that he did. The story says that he landed in Alabama based on burial mounds, but I'll wait until there's evidence proving it. And this is from a dyed in the wool Welsh supporter.

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
7. I thought about you when I posted that!
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:28 PM
Oct 2016

I'm more inclined than disinclined to believe it. There are just too may stories, out there. And there was a DNA study being done, but I'm not sure what it turned up. I'll have to do some digging.

Funny thing, though, when I went to pow wows with my native friends, people who didn't know me would sometimes act a little standoffish and mistrustful. But my friends would always say, "Don't worry about Siwsan - she's almost one of us. She's Welsh."

Ice always melted, immediately.

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