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 358 CHRONICLE OF THE APPENDIX. Chapter VII. Of Freydis, Eric's daughter, and her voyage to Vinland, and her misdeeds. Now the conversation began again to turn upon a Vinland voyage, as the expedition was both gainful and honourable. The same sununer that Karlsefne returned from Vinland, a ship arrived in Greenland from Norway. Two brothers com- manded the ship, Helge and Finboge ; and they remained that winter in Greenland. The brothers were of Icelandic descent, from Eastfiord. It is noAV to be told that Freydis, Eric's daughter, came home from Garde, and went to the abode of Helge and Finboge, and proposed to them that they should go to Vinland with their vessel, and have half with her of all the goods they could get there. They agreed to this. Then she went to the abode of her brother Leif, and asked him to give her the houses he had built in Vinland ; and he answered as before, that he would lend, but not give the houses. It was agreed upon between the brothers and Freydis that each should have thirty fighting men, besides women. But Freydis broke this, and had five men more, and concealed them ; and the brothers knew nothing of this until they arrived in Vin- land. They went to sea, and had agreed beforehand that they should sail in company, if they could do so : and the difference was but little, although the brothers came a little earlier, and had carried up their baggage to Leif 's houses. And when Freydis came to the land, her people cleared the ship, and carried her baggage also up to the house. Then said Freydis, " Why are ye carrying your things in here ? " " Because we thought," said they, " that the whole of the agreement with us should be held." She said, " Leif lent the house to me, not to you." Then said Helge, " In evil we brothers cannot strive with thee ;" and bore out their luggage, and made a shed, and built it farther from the sea on the borders of a lake, and set all about it in good order. Freydis let trees be cut down for her ship's cargo. Now winter set in, and the brothers proposed to have some games for amuse- ment, and to pass the time. So it was done for a time till discord came among them, and the games were given up, and none went from the one house to the other ; and things went on so during a great part of the winter. It happened one morn- ing that Freydis got out of her berth, and put on her clothes, but not her shoes ; and the weather was such that much dew had fallen. She took the cloak of her husband over her, and went out, and went to the house of the brothers, and to the