Norseman Chief (39 page)

The Beothuk peoples were small in number, culturally isolated, and lived solely on Newfoundland Island when the next batch of Europeans made contact following Columbus.  It only seemed sound judgment in a historical sense that Alsoomse seek safety for her smaller tribe in the isolation of Newfoundland.  There is no real evidence that they gave up what is today Cape Breton Island to the Mi’kmaq.  It is more likely that they simply never had it.

A final thought on The Norseman Chronicles series.  The story I originally set out to tell is included in these three books:
The Norseman
,
Paths of the Norseman
, and
Norseman Chief
.  There has been some speculation that perhaps another volume of Halldorr’s journal could be discovered at some point – perhaps something which would cover the years omitted in the three aforementioned books.  Or perhaps some historical research may produce more information about Halldorr’s past and what exactly happened between Bjarni, Erik the Red, and Halldorr’s father in the time before
The Norseman
.  I do not want to make any promises in this regard, but I will not rule them out either.  For now, I ask my readers to be content with the breadth of Halldorr’s tale that we have today.  I have other time periods to explore and other stories to tell while the search for Halldorr’s missing journal pages goes on.  As always, thank you so much for reading my work.

HISTORICAL ERRATA:

Sam P. from Arizona discovered that I claimed my characters ate potatoes in
The Norseman
and
Paths of the Norseman
.  Clearly they didn’t.  They would have enjoyed yams instead, as potatoes originally came from the Andes in South America and would not have been in Europe at that point in history.  Thank you, Sam!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jason Born is the author of the first three volumes of The Norseman Chronicles:
The Norseman
,
Paths of the Norseman
, and
Norseman Chief
.  He is an analyst and portfolio manager for a Registered Investment Advisory firm.  Jason lives in the Midwest with his wife and three children.  He loves learning in general, especially history.  If you enjoyed this work and would like to see more, Jason asks you to consider doing the following:

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