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Runestones have been found in North America, most famously the Kensington Runestone and the runestones found by Venendure beside the Missouri River, that are artifacts from Norse/Lenape settlements from 1,000 until the Little Ice Age about 1362. [The Norse called themselves "Lenape," which means to "abide with the pure"]

There are two maps depicting Lenape accerss to North America. One is the "Vinland map", that some believe is related to settlement because it does show both the St. Lawrence River and a water feature that might be Hudson Bay. Hudson Bay was the route to the main Lenape settlement at Wynland of West, located near present day Ulen, MN. The other map is called the Skálholt Map, some people believe it was made made by an Icelandic teacher in 1570. Others believe the map is much older. The map maker apparently drew the details at wrong longitudes.