The Native Americans and Vikings...??

Question

Native Americans and the Vikings...
What was it like for Native Americans and Vikings when they met? Was it hostile? Friendly? How did they interact, etc...
Do you know if their are any records of their meeting?
I'd appreciate any information you can give me on this (even links to helpful websites)

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Archaeology and record-research prove that by 1000 years ago, the extraordinary range of the Viking longboat included at least North America. One of the continent’s oldest European names, Vinland, came of these Norsemen seeking more “green land,” timber and trade in the Cape Cod region; for by the time of Leif Ericson, there (well south of the Merrimac River) they found land and climate able to sustain their beloved grapes. (For a detailed survey and maps of these earliest Viking voyages see historian Bob Cahill’s opening chapters.)
Cahill and others bring us detailed records of Viking encounters with Native Americans---sometimes charming and mutually beneficial, other times violent on both sides. Neither kind of encounter defines the period: it’s just normal human intercourse, generally tolerant and predictably “flawed.” But the stones you see above---again from a site in Weymouth, Massachusetts---are one example of these new encounters, and bring us the essential facts of what they were like.



This site has some good info:
http://www.native-languages.org/iaq10.htm

Answer 2

We only know what the sagas are telling. That´s really not much. I think the most authentic source to answer your question is the story of Freydis Eriksdottir. I´m sure that you will find something about her on the web.