Rune Mysteries: Michigan White Indians
Michigan is full of Viking artifacts dating back to 1000 AD
In 1876, Johan Bauer from the town of Wallsange, Sweden, went in search of the “Rings and Runes of Kolberg.” He found them and began his search for runic mysteries throughout his life. In 1891, he emigrated with his parents to the United States, where he became editor of a Swedish newspaper in Ashland, Wisconsin.
One day an Indian came into the office asking to buy a subscription. Bauer thought it was a joke. The Indian told him that several Indians in the area were descendants of white men. The Indian spoke several words in Swedish that piqued her interest.
Bauer recorded the history of the Indian in a 63-page pamphlet in 1930. The title was “Viking Mettles.” The story of the arrival of white men, with their runic mysteries to America in 1010 AD
The Indians said that white men wore “ice” (armor and helmets). The Indians spoke strange words (Swedish) and wore runic amulets to ward off evil. Where else could these Indians have learned Swedish words, except from the Vikings themselves?
The arrival of the Vikings in 1010 AD. It is told in dozens of legends and folk tales of the Chippewa, Menominee, Choctow and Arapahoe elders.
Why are American historians reluctant to write about these Indian legends?
In 1969, a hunter and five friends went hunting in Lake Country Michigan, near the town of Baldwin. One of the hunters slipped while going down a slope. He fell through a grass and stone cover that covered a rotting log roof.
It was a room of about eight feet. The ground had rings of fire filled with charcoal. There were conical piles of rocks, cairns, by the well, inscribed with runes.
Betty Sodders in her book “Michigan Pre-History Mysteries” reported on other similar runes in the upper peninsula.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. I hope you will join us and surf the web for more hidden Viking history.