| Rune Mysteries - Michigan White Indians | | | | Where else could these Indians have learned Swedish |
| Michigan is full of Viking Artifacts dating back to 1000 | | | | words except from the Vikings themselves. |
| AD. | | | | The coming of the Vikings in 1010 AD is told in |
| In 1876, Johan Bauer from the village of Wallsange, | | | | dozens of legends and folk tales from the old men of |
| Sweden went in search of the "Rings and Runes of | | | | the Chippewa, Menominee, Choctow and Arapahoe. |
| Kolberg." He found them and started his life long | | | | Why are American historians reluctant to write about |
| quest for rune mysteries. In 1891, he emigrated with | | | | these Indian legends. |
| his parents to America where he became editor of a | | | | In 1969, a hunter and five friends went hunting in |
| Swedish language newspaper in Ashland, Wisconsin. | | | | Lake Country Michigan, near the Town of Baldwin. |
| One day, an Indian came into the office asking to | | | | One of the hunters slipped while coming down a |
| buy a subscription. Bauer thought if was a joke. The | | | | slope. He fell through a covering of sod and stones |
| Indian told him several Indians in the area were | | | | that laid over a roof of rotting logs. |
| descendants of White men. The Indian spoke several | | | | It was a room about eight feet square. The floor had |
| Swedish words that peaked his interest. | | | | fire rings filled with carbon. There were conical piles |
| Bauer recorded the Indian's story in a 63 page | | | | of rocks, cairns, next to the pit, inscribed with runes. |
| booklet in 1930. The title was "Viking Mettles". The | | | | Betty Sodders in her book "Michigan Pre-History |
| story of the coming of the White men, with their | | | | Mysteries" reported other similar runes in the upper |
| Rune Mysteries to America in 1010 AD. | | | | peninsula. |
| The Indians said the white men wore "ice" (armor | | | | This is just the tip of the iceberg. I hope you will join |
| and helmets.) The Indians uttered strange words | | | | with us and surf the net for more Hidden Viking |
| (Swedish) and wore Runic Charms to ward off evil. | | | | History. |