This book tells the amazing saga of the 12th century Welsh seafarer, Prince Madoc, whose name has become renown in the annals of ancient maritime history. An assembly of recorded facts and physical evidence is presented that leads to the conclusion that Madoc penetrated far into the interior of America and established the first permanent European colony in 1170 A.D.
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I wrote this book to document facts I have discovered concerning the tradition of Madoc and the Welsh colonists and to preserve the local history of the Falls of the Ohio and Clark County, Indiana area where Madoc's "Great Fort" once stood.
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From Chapter 6, "The Dark and Bloody Ground:" When Kentucky pioneers in 1775 undertook to make permanent settlement within the state, as soon as the forest was leveled and the fields cultivated, they observed a large number of artificial earthen mounds. They inquired of the red man; he answered, "Our people did not build them; they belong to a people whom our forefathers fought and drove from the territory, but whence these people came and whither they have gone we do not know." Thomas Bodley was informed by Indians of different tribes that they learned from their old men there was a tradition among several nations that Kentucky had been settled by white men. The old fortifications now to be seen in Kentucky and Ohio were the productions of these "White People". Wappockanita, an elderly Shawnee chief nearly 100 years old, asserted the tradition was fact. It might be noted that Wappockanita lived on the Anglase River. Where this river was located is today a mystery, but one thing is certain: the origin of the name Anglase is not Indian, it is distinctly Welsh. Anglesey is the principle region associated with Madoc and his forefathers in Wales.
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"New World" not so new,
By Keith Sauers (Indianapolis, June 2001) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Legend of Prince Madoc and the White Indians (Paperback)
In the last 10-20 years, researchers have been slowly uncovering the truth about the new world - Namely, that it's not so new. Many visitors, traders, fishermen, trappers, and settlers have been here from Europe before, perhaps even in ancient times (Kennewick man, for example).Dana Olson does a great job of amalgamating research from many written and oral traditions, across many fields of study. Although my opinion is that some of the research may be unsubstantiated (many texts and relics linked to Madoc have been lost or disappeared), there are wonderous anomalies in the history of these areas. If Madoc and his Welsh explorers didn't build all of this stuff, there is no easy explanation as to who did. One sticking point with me was the lack of references. I can understand that when you strike out into new territory, you may have a lack of good references, but there are many things in this book I feel compelled to research for myself. I think that the main bend of the book is to point out that there is plenty of room for exploration, and Dana Olson surely whets the appetite of the serious researcher for more hard evidence. At times I felt like I was being dragged around to look at evidence that substantiated the book's claims, and I thought it strange that Dana Olson would claim that "Chain armor" was an invention of the Welsh. That line in particular made me feel like doing a bit of checking on some of the book's other claims. Also, the bit about Quetzacoatl being Madoc is a bit hard to digest, but the Micmac also elevated to "legendary hero status" the Native American of their tribe that first came across a Viking Settlement at L'Anse Aux Meadows. Overall, I enjoyed this book, and it fell well within my own studies of the Vikings in Vinland and their contacts with the Native Americans. One of my contacts in the Lakota Sioux nation confirms the legends of white indians (Pale skin, often with blond hair, blue eyes), so perhaps many waves of Europeans and their descendants were coming to the New World. "The Legend of Prince Madoc and the White Indians" certainly warrants a careful study of the traces of these european cultures in America. I only hope that researchers and archaeologists will take note of these anomalies, and dig deeper to reveal the answers to these many riddles. I live close to some of the sites revealed in the book, so I may do a bit of snooping myself. Pre-Colombian America - one of the best-kept secrets in history.
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