her infant son, Snorri, she heard a great crash made by one of the
Skrellings who had tried to seize a man's weapons. One of Karlsefni's
followers killed him for it. "Now we must needs take counsel
together," said Karlsefni, "for I believe they will visit us a third
time in greater numbers. Let us now adopt this plan: when the tribe
approaches from the forest, ten of our number shall go out upon the
cape in front of our houses and show themselves there, while the
remainder of our company shall go into the woods back of our houses
and hew a clearing for our cattle. Then we will take our bull and let
him go in advance of us to meet the enemy." The next time the
Skrellings came they found Karlsefni's men ready and fled
helter-skelter into the woods. Karlsefni and his party remained there
throughout the winter, but in the spring Karlsefni announced that he
did not intend to remain there longer, for he wished to return with
his wife and son to Greenland. They now made ready for the voyage and
carried away with them much in vines and grapes and skins.

[1] From the "Saga"' of Hauk Erlendsson. Except for the Norse
discovery, the honor of being the first child of Anglo-Saxon race
born in America would belong to Virginia Dare. Virginia Dare was
born in Virginia during one of the attempted settlements under
Sir Walter Raleigh. An account of her is given in Volume II of
this work. Children of Spanish and French parents had, of course,
been born in America before the date of Virginia Dare's birth.

[2] By Skrellings the author means natives.