Friday 22 February 2008

Kimra kaj Mandan Lingvoj


...de la Minot Daily News:

Edwin Benson, believed to be the only living person who speaks fluent Mandan, said there’s no foundation to the stories which have been circulating for many years that there’s a connection between the Mandan Indians and the Welsh people...

...The legend or myth of a relationship between the Mandan Indians and the Welsh is one of the most widespread myths in American history, and occasionally resurfaces...

...Madoc was a Welsh prince who is reputed to have discovered America in 1170, more than 300 years before Christopher Columbus. He and his followers are believed to have settled in the South and eventually moved to the Upper Missouri where they were assimilated into a tribe. Some believe that tribe was the Mandan tribe...

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