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After twenty eight (28) years of working beside the authorative professionals researching Ancient America, Ida Gallager, wrote her own book to explain why she knows that people from
Europe were in Ancient America.
The Quinnipiac believe their ancestors were Vikings in 1100. Quinnipiac means, "Handsome people." Their original name was QUIRIPI, which came from"greppr" in Old Norse, meaning "stately, handsome." Typical sound morphing changed the "r" to "n" during the colonial period. The "ac" ending of the name derived from Old Norse "foolk" via "olk" and "ack." (Sherwin, Vol. 7 p. 131)
The complete Brinton, 1885, Walam Olum is available at this site. The commentary relfects the conventional wisdom which does not consider migration across Davis Strait.
