tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post6850565879898465460..comments2023-02-28T05:57:31.227-08:00Comments on Stories and Stones: Dear Massachusetts Historical CommissionJimPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-47627026040480318892021-01-06T12:29:43.501-08:002021-01-06T12:29:43.501-08:00Hi from Iceland Land of cairns and more.
Talking...Hi from Iceland Land of cairns and more. <br /><br />Talking about what we in Iceland call stone traps and you in New England or RI altar or I think Pwax said offering pile. I have over the years studied those traps both in Iceland and compaired to those I have seen in Rhode Island. I want to show you pictures from both places. First c.25 pict are from Iceland and the rest from RI. In RI those traps are of diffrent sizes as there is variety of fur animals but in Iceland the only fur animal was the Artic fox untlil Mink was imported some 80 years or so ago. Enjoy if you will. https://flic.kr/s/aHsk7LSY4b My theory is that icelandic merchants that wintered in RI between trips taught natives to use those stone traps or the merchants used dead time during winters. It was said the natives in RI made offering to their god? with meat but in Iceland the baited those traps with meat. So so and so. https://flic.kr/s/aHsk7LSY4b Icelandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475929434468584529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-34773969433359844922021-01-05T11:07:27.836-08:002021-01-05T11:07:27.836-08:00pwax Tahnks for your comment. How do you know that...pwax Tahnks for your comment. How do you know that I do not know about ''piles'' of rocks in New England. You also say.: ''his fox traps'' and ''donation piles'' For your information Inukshuk are not known in Iceland nor Greenland but Cairns like you have on the south side of Narranagset bay in RI. East Labrador have mixed Inukshuk as they are diffrent kind of markers from diffrent people. All the way from NW end of Baffin you have lines of Cairns down to Hudsonbay then another line towards Lake Winnepeg. Another line comes from north of Skagway.AK into inside passage. Incluted is a link of Cairns from Iceland, labrador, Montana and other places yes New England this is only for starters I have site in instagram that may be interesting yes even lots of stone traps. Best Valdimar. Please comment https://photos.app.goo.gl/DAw8iRB4ZUDqoJC1A Click on first pitchure then you will find text. Icelandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475929434468584529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-67213471385364772482021-01-05T08:56:33.803-08:002021-01-05T08:56:33.803-08:00I want to comment to Valdimar that he does not kno...I want to comment to Valdimar that he does not know New England rock piles. His "fox traps" and "donation piles" and lines of "inukshuk" are simply the rock piles he knows.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-84505937198697014512018-05-03T05:29:13.519-07:002018-05-03T05:29:13.519-07:00I do have lot of pictures of those stone trap on G...I do have lot of pictures of those stone trap on Google photos is some is interested.<br /><br />I have been working with friend in RI whom took me to many places over there so have been comparing and just find to much to ignore the fact that Icelanders had been involved and for example merchants usually taught others for their benefits. Foreign Merchants coming in to Icelaand had to get permission to stay over winter often near shore where they would also buy and sell. I could see this in that way on the US east cost. Valdimarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878578258684030557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-15290682693503115952018-05-03T05:01:09.216-07:002018-05-03T05:01:09.216-07:00Thanks Siegfried.
I see my English writing was no...Thanks Siegfried.<br /><br />I see my English writing was not the best but I did not say about those little sacrificing box like square stones pile with tunnel. Some People from NEARA like James Gate call them native sacrificing place where their forefather put meat in side. <br /><br />We call those structure fox traps. Fox was the only fur animal and predator in Iceland. Those fur animal traps they used meat or even fish for bait. These are also found in the arctic where our Icelandic forefather lived. There is a list skin pelts that were shipped to Iceland from the west. Greenland had very few of those animals. Valdimarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878578258684030557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-76764294529708903122018-05-02T19:21:45.574-07:002018-05-02T19:21:45.574-07:00Pretty section of content. I just stumbled upon yo...<br />Pretty section of content. I just stumbled upon your web site and in accession capital to assert that I acquire in fact enjoyed account your blog posts. Anyway I'll be subscribing to your feeds and even I achievement you access consistently rapidly. <a href="https://loginmaker.org/yahoo/" rel="nofollow">yahoo email login</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159574019486930798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-32340485202187523382015-03-10T18:43:44.102-07:002015-03-10T18:43:44.102-07:00Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476276609556044464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-58804283000549148812014-05-17T07:19:47.084-07:002014-05-17T07:19:47.084-07:00Thank you for this informative post. I hope the h...Thank you for this informative post. I hope the historical society follows your recommendations.Rachel Treichlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455273768046113765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-67294841541589957892014-05-04T14:35:25.615-07:002014-05-04T14:35:25.615-07:00PS. I am not saying the natives had not continue t...PS. I am not saying the natives had not continue throwing stones on graves that we called drifters graves. We still do that as well as bones (Meat was there lunch) travelers had in the old day´s but those low piles were called ''bone woman''cairns. I think though most other the other stone structure are of Icelandic origin and some Irish as they were part of Icelandic houshold. Valdimarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878578258684030557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-63236697591438697342014-05-04T14:26:40.857-07:002014-05-04T14:26:40.857-07:00This is very interesting article. I have been work...This is very interesting article. I have been working on the possibility<br />that Icelanders and Greenlanders had immigrated to New England area. 90% of what is in that article applies to customs in Iceland. I have seen cairns in Rhode Island exactly like we have over in Iceland and and if you follow line of standing tall cairns from north of Baffin Island,Labrador in to NF you will understand.The natives say their anshestor. Narragansett Indian said our anchestors are from the North. Our sagas say of tax collectors from Iceland that one round trip took 5 years. They complained to Norse king that was to short time for the job. Take the Narragansett rune stone. That word in name of river at the main departure area in Breidafjorn where Erik the Red departed. Three of those runes are of Icelandic only origin but others general Norse runes.Valdimarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878578258684030557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-18488377856879270992012-12-05T20:54:47.476-08:002012-12-05T20:54:47.476-08:00Great references. Thanks for the important researc...Great references. Thanks for the important research. Please keep us posted if you get a response.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898590145729232395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-64013610242544892812012-12-05T20:49:36.195-08:002012-12-05T20:49:36.195-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898590145729232395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-73850447687478600612011-02-02T16:54:50.383-08:002011-02-02T16:54:50.383-08:00I want to comment about this statement: "arch...I want to comment about this statement: "archaeologists have conducted thorough, professional research into such stone piles"<br /><br />This is false. Archeologists never conducted any thorough research and none was ever published. What you do see is one set of archeologist referring to other archeologists in the same bland, un-sourced, undocumented way. It is why you see use of adjectives like "thorough" and "professional", to bolster the really,really, really truthful nature of what they are claiming.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-59289678574400647732009-10-05T12:50:00.641-07:002009-10-05T12:50:00.641-07:00Very well written and researched! I have been hopi...Very well written and researched! I have been hoping to see their attitudes change for over 30 years. I would also make sure a copy of this reaches the applicable Indian tribes and organizations.mrgames2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02664410941785027915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-27694454442903927242009-10-05T07:12:32.653-07:002009-10-05T07:12:32.653-07:00Excellent! Let us all know if you get a reply and...Excellent! Let us all know if you get a reply and what it says.Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560996385875773347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27952020.post-82010855976564480782009-10-05T02:32:44.026-07:002009-10-05T02:32:44.026-07:00Nicely written.Nicely written.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.com