Chapter 7 © Prentice-Hall, Inc. S The Greenlanders’ to make anexpeditionto Vinland. Gudrid, awidow. andmarries SheandtheotherGreenlanders pressure Karlsefni asThorfinn Karlsefni begins Thestory arrives inGreenland Skraelings. called they from hadseveralabout where encounters landed, but they Native they with whom Americans, for“Vinland,” Leif hadseenthere. People namedforthegrapevines stillargue Nova perhaps America, Scotia (textbook page171).In 1003anexpedition setoutfrom In theyear 1000,astorm andhiscrew blewLeif Ericsson westward to thecoast ofNorth sailorshadcrosseddaring theAtlantic to settleIceland acolony andstart onGreenland. The ofScandinavia were probably thefirstEuropeans to These seetheAmericas. ______Date ______Class Name______ferent peoples meet. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, sheet onaseparate Then, ferent peoplesmeet. thatfollow. answerthequestions now madeacquaintance theSkraelings, they with andhuntingfishinggoodthings. of grapes resources hadto offer, thecountry bothintheway on therock to dry. advantage ofthe took every They felled anddressed forhisship, laying thewood out stock wentonupashore .Karlsefni hadtimber regardand hadnoproblem with to food.Thelive- there. wentandcutitup, They whale wasstranded soon enjoyed abigandsplendidcatch, forafinebig ashore. theirsleeping-bags They sound, andcarried Shelters] allsafeand reached Leifsbudir [Leif’s give it. Vinland. He would not lendthehouse,hesaid,but age it.Karlsefni asked hishousein Leif[Ericsson]for couldintention man- ifthey to colonize thecountry oflivestock, themallsorts with foritwastheir madeby way they ofprofit. took They of everything shouldreceivehis shipmates, thatthey equal shares women. Karlsefni entered into with thisagreement .DrawingConclusions 3. 2. 1. himself aship’s company menandfive ofsixty o hisvoyage wasdecidedon,andhesecured After camesummer. thatfirstwinter It was Next, then,sailedtheirshipto they seaand Chapter 7 what canyou and tell aboutthe lifestyle camp? What happenedthere? Why come didtheSkraelings to theViking dition to Vinland? What wasthegoalofGreenlanders’ expe- Primary Source Activity From thisaccount, Questions toThinkAbout ◆ As you read, think about what happens when two dif- two As when youread, happens thinkaboutwhat .Activity 4. by GwynJones(OxfordUniversityPress,1964). Source: “TheGreenlanders’Saga,”in furs. And with that they wentaway. thatthey furs. Andwith Karlsefni andhiscomrades kept theirbalesand while away intheirbellies, bought they what carried they what cameoftheSkraelings’ trading: wanted tothing they buy, Sothatwas nothingelse. sawand themomentthey themilkthatwasone outmilktothem, idea; hetoldthewomen to carry them thesaleof weapons. And now he hiton this ed weaponsinexchange. Karlsefni, forbade though, them, andproffered their wares, andabove want- all er’s language. guarded. could Neither understandtheoth- party get insidethere, butKarlsefni thedoors had kinds, andheadedforKarlsefni’s house,hopingto which were fursandsablesskinsofall ofgrey theirpacks, offwith thattheyran the Skraelings bellow andbawl hisheadoff,which sofrightened begantothere. thebull Theircattlewere closeby; when abigbody ofmenappeared outoftheforest Greenlanders met? attitudes oftheNative the Americans Greenlanders. ofeitheraNativeview orone ofthe American themeetingfrom describing thepointof entry appear to theNative Write Americans? adiary Viking But historian. how didthisencounter Then the Skraelings unslungtheirbales,untied Then theSkraelings “The Greenlanders’“The Saga” isby a Primary Source Activity The NorseAtlanticSaga, •69 H R C P A 7 E T