=The Leading Facts.= _1._ The Northmen, bold sailors, settled
Iceland and Greenland. _2._ Leif Ericson reached the shores of
North America and called the country Vinland. _3._ The Northmen
continued to visit the new land, but finally ceased to come on
account of the Indians.
=Study Questions.= _1._ In what new countries did the Northmen
settle? _2._ Tell the story of Leif Ericson's voyage. _3._ What did
he call the new land, and why?
=Suggested Readings.= THE NORTHMEN: Glascock, _Stories of
Columbia_, 7-9; Higginson, _American Explorers_, 3-15; _Old South
Leaflets_, NO. 31.