WHY would a man carve RUNES on a GRAVE STONE in ARKANSAS?
CONSIDER the PLACE NAMES ALONG THE RIVERS
from the Mississippi, vis the Arkansas, up the White
MODERN NAME..........OLD NORSE................OLD NORSE MEANING
MISSISSIPPI..............MESTR SIPPI...............MIGHTY WATERS
ARKANSAS................AA KAN (al) SA (lt)..,.....RIVER CHANNEL SALT
WAPANOCCI..............FA BA MOKI................WHITE (no salt) FISH
CASSCOE..................KASSE KØYE................BOX BERTH
MAGNESS.................MAGNUS.....................NORWAY KING, c 1070
BATESVILLE..............BAKKE VILL..................HILL VILLAGE
POWHATTEN..............POW HATTEN..............PRIESTS TOWN
POCAHOANTAS...........POKKE HANN (tas)........ROUNDED bank HARBOR (breast)
ASH FLAT.................ASK FLATE,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,..WOOD FLAT
WISEMAN..................VIS MAN....................WISE PEOPLE
from the ARKANSAS/WHITE FORK up the ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFf...............PEN BLØFFE.................NICE BLUFF
From the ARKANSAS/POTEAU FORk up the POTEAU
POTEAU...................PORTAL........................PORTAL (narrow valey)
HEAVENER.................HEVE NOR......................HIGH POINT (Runes)
BATES.....................BAKKE...........................HILL
From the ARKANSAS/CANADIAN FORK up the CANADIAN into TEXAS
CANADIAN.................KANAl DAl (ian.................WIDE RIVER VALLEY
OKLAHOMA................OGSA HJEMME..................FOLKS' HOME
SPIRO.......................SPIRitUOsa......................SPIRITS
WASHITA MT...............AA CHU TA......................WAY MOUNTAINS THERE
WANNETTE.............. .. WANN SETTE...................ATER PLACE
ALI BATES...................ALLE BAKKE....................EVERYONE’S HILL
BORGER......................BORe GIRe......................BORE GEAR
STINETTE....................STINkd sETTE...................STINK PLACE
Maybe. so the NORSE travelers who passed by would read the MEMORIAL
