Thorvald Eriksson (old Icelandic: Þorvaldr Eiríksson) was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Eriksson. According to the sagas he was part of an expedition for the exploration of Vinland. It is said he was enchanted with North America and wanted to live there. The Greenlander's Saga describes him finding eight Native Americans (or "Skraelings" as the Vikings called them) on a riverbank near their canoe, who the Vikings all killed save one, who was able to escape. The next morning, Thorvald heard a voice telling him to flee as several dozen Skraeling archers fired at them from boats on the river. The Norse put up the canoe they had captured as a shield, and eventually the Skraelings left as quickly as they had appeared. Thorvald quickly found that he had been shot in the armpit, a wound which killed him. His last words are said to have been "This is a rich country we have found; there is plenty of fat around my belly. We've found a land of fine resources, though we'll hardly enjoy most of them." His Viking comrades buried him at the place they made landfall, and erected a cross at his head and another at his feet. The Old Icelandic language was the most prominent of the Old Norse languages. ... Erik (Eric) the Red (950–1000[1]) Old Norse and Icelandic: Eiríkur rauði; Norwegian; Eirik Raude founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland. ... A statue of Leif Eriksson near the Minnesota State Capitol in St. ... The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... Vinland was the name given to a part of North America by the Icelandic norseman Leif Eiríksson, about the year (AD) 1000. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... GrÅ“nlendinga saga or the Saga of the Greenlanders is an Icelandic saga. ... Native Americans can refer to Native Americans in the United States, natives of the United States only; equivalent to American Indians in some contexts. ... ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... A wood-and-canvas canoe evokes the heritage of canoeing in North America. ... Skræling, or skrælingar is what the Vikings called the Dorset from Greenland when they encountered them, and they used the same name for the inhabitants (possibly the ancestors of the later Beothuk) of North America (Vinland), when they voyaged there. ... Norse is an adjective relating things to Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. ... A Greek cross (all arms of equal length) above a saltire, a cross rotated by 45 degrees A famous Armenian khachkar at Goshavank (Notice the cross). ...