The issue is no where near that simple. Google "Kennewick Man," as  
just one little known aspect of the story.

-- Stephan

On 21 Oct 2008, at 15:34, Lyle E. Browning wrote:

> On Oct 21, 2008, at 6:55 AM, Anne Pemberton wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>> The clarify, I was not referring to the Norsemen as the first  
>> European settlers in the New World, but the Albans who lived on  
>> mainland of Canada for perhaps hundreds of years before the  
>> Norsemen came. They were not totally isolated, but made annual  
>> trips back to their home islands with furs and even brought back a  
>> bishop from time to time to perform marriages and baptisms. They  
>> were a predominantly seafaring people who may have used their  
>> boats in winter as roofs to their stone houses (which still exist).
> Citations please? Where on earth do you get these ramblings?
>>

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