The FROZEN TRAIL
FOREWORD
The Norse in Greenland "vanished" between the years of 1340 and 1410. Where did they go?
Ten American tribes, the Leni Lenape (Delaware), Shawnee, Nanticoke, Conoy, Mahican, Cree, Ojibwa, Abenakis, Wapanaog, and Cheyenne all have traditions of their ancestors coming to Northeast America by crossing over a salty sea in the East. Where did they come from?
In 1836 a white man, Rafinesque, published The American Nations, a book about American people before Columbus. The book contained the Walam Olum, which is a history of the Leni Lenape told by pictograms and accompanying verses. The Walam Olum, chapter 3, shows people walking across ice to a new land. Is the Walam Olum a hoax?
The Frozen Trail focuses on the three questions above. The book is written in narration to give human scale to an incredible feat that appears beyond man's ability. Some of the events actually occurred as written. Conjectural prose adds the unknown details of several events. Most characters are fictional, but under the same circumstances the actions of people would have been similar.
Maps are included to provide a scale of the panorama of places. A genealogy is included to provide an understanding of the relationships of people. The footnotes are keywords. The Factual Fiction appendix contains relevant information to the story under the heading indicated by the keywords.
Come. Walk The Frozen Trail seeking answers. Is the Walam Olum a real history? Did the ancestors of the ten tribes really come across an eastern salty sea? Did the Norse Greenland people really vanish?
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Two books have been published:
Frozen Trail to Merica: Talerman
Frozen Trail to Merica: Walking to Merica
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Frozen Trail to Merica to each student
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