STONE OF DISCOVERY.
The celebrated Fletcher Runic Stone, discovered near L . rouiu, Nova Scotia, by Dr F'etcr , tl.au " eotury -go ]-j now u’.; view in Loudon. On the strange cba. ;cterr, can been seen, which, H is stated, for fifty years bafße.. :he wj r 'b’ leadimr s: r c ‘tL:,- It w -ft to Mr He- h WGL of Philadelpb)-, to decipher the tnystuic/i? inscription, which Ir found n...resented the words, “liarkcjseu Men Yarn” (“Harka’s Son Addiessed the Men”). Mr Phillips found that in an expscl’ - " - ; of Norsemen, which left Gu-cu-dand in the year 1007, the name of Harki occurred. This expedition established a colony in Vinland (Massachussets), and on their way partially explored Nova Scotia (Markland). To celebrate the event, Haiki, one of their chieftains, addressed his followers, and apparently this stone was inscribed in commemoration of the event.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1261, 20 June 1914, Page 4
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141STONE OF DISCOVERY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1261, 20 June 1914, Page 4
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