THORFINN KARLSEFNI 6i 



unipeds/^ The wording of the passage in the Saga 

 implies that the country in question was northwest of 

 the St. Lawrence/"^ Other details with regard to this 

 voyage of Thorfinn's and the return to Streamfjord 

 have been discussed above. 



Then the Saga goes on : "The third winter that they 

 dwelt in Streamfjord the men began to divide into 

 factions. The women were the cause of the disagree- 

 ment j those who were unmarried endeavored to seize 

 the wives of the married men. Great trouble arose 

 over all that. Snorri the son of Thorfinn Karlsefni 

 was born the first autumn that they were in Stream- 

 fjord j he was three years old when the expedition took 

 its departure. "^^ 



It has been mentioned above that the version of 

 some men referred to in the Saga, to the effect that 

 Thorfinn came back the same summer from Hop, 

 was more probable. But the Saga writer does not fol- 

 low that here. It is possible that Thorfinn's son Snorri 

 was three years old when they returned to Greenland, 

 although they did not spend a winter in Hop because 

 they may have been two winters in Streamfjord after 



^^ Hermannsson, Wineland Voyages, Geogr. Re<v., Vol. 17, p. 1 14. 



^^ The words "and north again" in the Tale, referring to the flight 

 of the uniped are doubtless an error, presumably in recording. The 

 same words are used just afterward in regard to the departure of 

 Thorfinn. The uniped dashed to the southern bank of the river; he 

 had come from the south and therefore ran south again. 



^"^ Hauksbok, pp. 442-443. 



