Tyrker

Leif the Lucky Finds Men Upon Iscariot Sea.

it was discovered one evening that one of their company was missing and this proved to be tyrker the german leif was sorely troubled by this for tyrker had lived with leif and his father for a long time and had been very devoted to leif when he was a child leif severely reprimanded his companions and prepared to go in search of him taking twelve men with him they had proceeded but a short distance from the house when they were met by tyrker whom they received most cordially leif observed at once that his foster-father was in lively spirits tyrker had a prominent forehead restless eyes small features was diminutive in stature and rather a sorry-looking individual withal but was nevertheless a most capable handicraftsman leif addressed him and asked wherefore art thou so belated foster-father mine and astray from the others in the beginning tyrkir spoke for some time in german rolling his eyes and grinning and they could not understand him but after a time he addressed them in the northern tongue i did not go much further than you and yet i have something of novelty to relate i have found vines and grapes is this indeed true foster-father said leif of a certainty it is true quoth he for i was born where there is no lack of either grapes or vines they slept the night through and on the morrow leif said to his shipmates we will now divide our labours and each day will either gather grapes or cut vines and fell trees so as to obtain a cargo of these for my ship they acted upon this advice and it is said that their after-boat was filled with grapes a cargo sufficient for the ship was cut and when the spring came they made their ship ready and sailed away and from its products leif gave the land a name and called it wine land they sailed out to sea and had fair winds until they sighted greenland and the fells below the glaciers then one of the men spoke up and said why do you steer the ship so much into the wind leif answers i have my mind upon my steering but on other matters as well do ye not see anything out of the common they replied that they saw nothing strange i do not know says leif whether it is a ship or a skerry that i see now they saw it and said that it must be a skerry but he was so much keener of sight than they that he was able to discern men upon the skerry i think it best to tack says leif so that we may draw near to them that we may be able to render them assistance if they should stand in need of it and if they should not be peaceably disposed we shall still have better command of the situation than they they approached the skerry and lowered their sail cast anchor and launched a second small boat which they had brought with them tyrkir inquired who was the elder of the party he replied that his name was tori and that he was a norseman but what is thy name leif gave his name art thou a son of eric the red of bratehild says he leif responded that he was it is now my wish says leif to take you all into my ship and likewise so much of your possessions as the ship will hold this offer was accepted and with their ship thus laden they held away to eric's firth and sailed until they arrived at bratehild having discharged the cargo leif invited tory with his wife gudrid and three others to make their home with him and procured quarters for the other members of the crew both for his own and tory's men leif rescued fifteen persons from the skerry he was afterward called leif the lucky leif had now goodly store both of property and honour there was serious illness that winter in thori's party and thori and a great number of his people died eric the red also died that winter there was now much talk about leif's wineland journey and his brother thorvald held that the country had not been sufficiently explored thereupon leif said to thorvald if it be thy will brother thou mayest go to wineland with my ship but i wish the ship first to fetch the wood which thori had upon the skeri and so it was done thorvald goes to wineland now thorvald with the advice of his brother leif prepared to make this voyage with thirty men They put their ship in order and sailed out to sea, and there is no account of their voyage before their arrival at Leif's Booths in Wineland.

They laid up their ship there and remained there quietly during the winter, supplying themselves with food by fishing.

In the spring, however, Thorvald said that they should put their ship in order and that a few men should take the afterboat and proceed along the western coast and explore the region thereabouts during the summer.

Eric returned home to Brattahlid, and Leif pursued his way to the ship with his companions, thirty-five men.

One of the company was a German named Tyrker.

They put the ship in order, and when they were ready they sailed out to sea, and found first that land which Bjarni and his shipmates found last.

They sailed up to the land and cast anchor, and launched a boat and went ashore, and saw no grass there.

Leif was a large and powerful man, and of a most imposing bearing, a man of sagacity, and a very just man in all things.

End of Part 1 Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Part 2.

Leif the Lucky Finds Men Upon a Skerry at Sea It was discovered one evening that one of their company was missing, and this proved to be Tyrker the German.

Leif was sorely troubled by this, for Tyrker had lived with Leif and his father for a long time, and had been very devoted to Leif when he was a child.

He had either disobeyed the injunctions of Leif and gone too far to get back by evening, or some peril of that unknown land had befallen him.

This man was of German birth, Tyrker by name, a southerner who had for years dwelt with Eric and been made the foster-father of Leif, who had been fond of him since childhood.

He was a little wretched-looking fellow, with protruding forehead, unsteady eyes, and tiny face, yet a man skilled in all manner of handicraft.

Leif, on learning of his absence, upbraided the men bitterly for losing him, and called on twelve of them to follow him in search.

Into the forest they went, and before long had the good fortune to behold Tyrker returning.

The little fellow, far from showing signs of disaster, was in highest of spirits, his face radiant with joy.

How now, foster-father? cried Leif.

Why are you so late, and why have you parted from the others? Tyrker was too excited to answer.

Eric returned home to Brattahlid, and Leif pursued his way to the ship with his companions, thirty-five men.

One of the company was a German named Tyrker.

They put the ship in order, and when they were ready they sailed out to sea, and found first that land which Bjarni and his shipmates found last.

They sailed up to the land and cast anchor, and launched a boat and went ashore, and saw no grass there.

Leif himself by turns joined the exploring party or remained behind at the house.

Leif was a large and powerful man and of a most imposing bearing, a man of sagacity and a very just man in all things.

End of Part 1 Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Part 2 of The Saga of the Greenlanders Author unknown Translated by Arthur Middleton Reeves, 1856-1891 This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Part 2 Leif the Lucky Finds Men Upon a Skerry at Sea It was discovered one evening that one of their company was missing, and this proved to be Tyrker the German.

Leif was sorely troubled by this, for Tyrker had lived with Leif and his father for a long time and had been very devoted to Leif when he was a child.

Eric returned home to Brattahild, and Leif pursued his way to the ship with his companions, thirty-five men.

One of the company was a German named Tyrker.

They put the ship in order, and when they were ready they sailed out to sea, and found first that land which Bjarni and his shipmates found last.

They sailed up to the land and cast anchor, and launched a boat and went ashore, and saw no grass there.

Leif was a large and powerful man and of a most imposing bearing, a man of sagacity and a very just man in all things.

End of Part 1 Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Part 2 of The Saga of the Greenlanders Author Unknown Translated by Arthur Middleton Reeves, 1856-1891 This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Part 2 Leif the Lucky Finds Men Upon a Skerry at Sea It was discovered one evening that one of their company was missing, and this proved to be Tyrker the German.

Leif was sorely troubled by this, for Tyrker had lived with Leif and his father for a long time and had been very devoted to Leif when he was a child.