28 DANIEL BRUUN. 
the Red sallied forth to colonize Greenland 35 ships sailed from Breida- 
fiord and Borgarfiord but only 14 reached the country, some were driven 
back and others lost. It was 14 or 15 winters, before Christianity was 
adopted in Iceland by law (about: 985 or 986); m the same summer 
bishop Fredrich and Thorvald Kodransson left Iceland. 
The following men, who had left with Eric annected land and estab- 
lished themselves in Greenland; Heriolf took Heriolfsfiord (! Amitsu- 
arsuk) he lived at Heriolfsness (Ikigait). Ketil: Ketilsfiord (Tasermiut), 
Hrafn: Hrafnsfiord (Unartok), Sålvi: Sölvadal (inside Ulua), Helgi Thor- 
brandsson Alptafiord (Sermilik), Thorbiörn Glora: Siglufiord (Agdluitsok), 
Einar: Einarsfiord ({galikofiord), Hafgrim: Hafgrimsfiord and У atnahverfi 
(east of Igalikofiord), Arnlaug: Arnlaugsfiord, but some left for the 
western settlement, (Godthaabsfiord and others).» 
As il is seen in the extract from the before mentioned Saga, 
the colonists established themselves in Greenland, in two domains or 
settlements: the Zystribygd and Vestribygd (eastern settlement and 
western settlement) both of which — as we now know — lay on the 
south west coast of Greenland’s shores, the one east and south the other 
west and north. 
The eastern settlement which, according to an old manuseript be- 
sides other records, towards the end of its existence consisted of 190 
farms, 12 churches and 2 convents, lay in the distriet of Julianehaab, 
from the region of Cape Farewell down to the present place of habi- 
tation Tigssaluk north of Arsukfiord. 
There were 6 days rowing between the western and eastern settle- 
ments and here lay a tract of land practically uninhabited (from Tigs- 
saluk to Ameralikfiord). 
The western settlement lay principally in the “Godthaab” (good 
hope) district. There were 90 farms, and 4 churches. Numerous ruins of 
farms belonging to the Norsemen testify to this. 
It took a long time before one was quite sure how to decipher the 
discovered ruins; but after the Danish expeditions had surveyed and 
dug the ruins out, in our days, there is no longer any doubt. 
If one looks at the following map one will see, that the greatest 
part of the 190 + 90 farms, in all 280, are found. By that means the 
locations of the eastern and western settlements have been finally 
settled, one has even with.great certainty been able to find the fiords, 
the names of which one knew partly through the Saga and partly 
through Ivar Baarpson’s records. We have already mentioned above 
where the colonists, spoken of in the Saga, settled. 
The colonists established their farms in the deep fiords in Green- 
land, and sought the same livelihood as in Iceland only having to adapt 
1 We have stated the present Greenland names concerning the fiords, the identity 
of which is certain. 
