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The Dark Ages : Fleeing Druids Discover America
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From: Echo  (Original Message)Sent: 2/21/2003 5:31 AM
In a fit of escapism I picked up a book at the grocery store by author Anna Lee Waldo entitled "Circle of Stars".  The preface of the book is that Druids from Wales escaping the onslaught of Christianity made their way west across the ocean. They later established a route from Wales to what is now Florida. This migration supposedly explains the presence of blond/blue-eyed American Indians which early explorers of North American found in along the southeastern coast.
 
I haven't had time to much more than crack it open.  However I am curious if anyone else has ever heard this speculation?


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From: ForeverAmberSent: 2/21/2003 8:31 PM
The supposed explanation for the blonde blue-eyed natives was, I thought, the assimilation of the survivors of the Lost Colony of Roanoke into neighboring tribes.  Never heard the Druid theory.....fascinating!  When you crack it open let us know how it turns out.
 

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From: MSN NicknameDarkLadySmiles1Sent: 2/24/2003 10:50 PM
Fascinating stuff!
Im intrigued, let us know what the book unfolds...
 Could it be connected to a post by Greensleeves in a previous thread?
I have copied and pasted the post for you to read:
 
 
Dee, I am surprised you have not posted on this subject! Recently ran across a Welshman discovering America in the1100s! Rumor has it that Madoc landed in Mobile Bay (that's in Alabama, down south and to the left of Florida on the map for the UK & Aussie members who may not be familiar with it) and that there was a tribe of Welsh-speaking Cherokee Indians.  In fact, when Lewis & Clark did their transcontinental trek across the Louisiana Purchase lands in the early 1800s, their mapmaker, a John Evans (Dee, possible begats connection to you?), was a Welshman who was interested in joining the expedition for the express purpose of seing if he could find those Welsh-speaking natives.  He was unsuccessful, but isn't it a lovely story anyway?