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Reading Col. James Smith, Christian Wiman, and an Anonymous Icelander
Originally posted on The New Psalmanazar:
* Remarkable Occurrences in the Life of Colonel James Smith, James Smith James Smith was a young American colonial soldier captured by a band of French-allied Iroquois at the beginning of the French and Indian War, about 1755. After being made to run the gauntlet and recovering from his…
Maginalia, no.337
Originally posted on The New Psalmanazar:
Snorri’s father was Thorgrim, son of Thorstein Cod-biter, son of Thorolf Monster-beard, the son of Ornolf Fish-driver. Ari the Learned, however, says that Thorolf was the son of Thorgils Whale-side… Ingjald’s mother was Thora, the daughter of Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye, the son of Ragnar Shaggy-breaches… ~ Njal’s Saga Depending on…
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