George Burder (1752 – 1832) was an English author and Nonconformist divine, who in 1797 published the short 30-page book "The Welch Indians" which he described as "a people whose ancestors emigrated from Wales to America, in the year 1170, with Prince Madoc (three hundred years before the first voyage of Columbus), and who
are said now to inhabit a beautiful country on the west side of the Mississippi."
The "Madoc story" remained popular in later centuries, and a later development asserted that Madoc's voyagers had intermarried with local Native Americans, and that their Welsh-speaking descendants still live somewhere in America. These "Welsh Indians" were credited with the construction of a number of landmarks throughout the Midwestern United States, and a number of white travelers were inspired to go to look for them. The "Madoc story" has been the subject of much speculation in the context of possible pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.
In "The Welch Indians" Burder combines into one book various historical accounts of the Welch Indians.
Contents
No. I. The Discovery of America by the Welch,
No. II. Papers of the late Lady Fraser
No. III. Account of MADOC and his Family
No. IV. Observations on the MADAWGWYS,
No. V. Letter of the Rev. Mr. Lynn, of Norfolk, to a Mr. William Owen.
No. VI. Further Accounts of the Welch Indians,
No. VII. A Letter from Mr. Edward Williams.
No. VIII. An Outline of the History of the Madawgwys
No. IX. A Letter concerning the Welch Indians
No. X. Information respecting the Welch Indians,
No. XI. The First Discovery of the Welch Indians,
No. XII. The Testimony of Captain Isaac Stewart.
No. XIII. Testimonies of Various Traders, etc.
are said now to inhabit a beautiful country on the west side of the Mississippi."
The "Madoc story" remained popular in later centuries, and a later development asserted that Madoc's voyagers had intermarried with local Native Americans, and that their Welsh-speaking descendants still live somewhere in America. These "Welsh Indians" were credited with the construction of a number of landmarks throughout the Midwestern United States, and a number of white travelers were inspired to go to look for them. The "Madoc story" has been the subject of much speculation in the context of possible pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.
In "The Welch Indians" Burder combines into one book various historical accounts of the Welch Indians.
Contents
No. I. The Discovery of America by the Welch,
No. II. Papers of the late Lady Fraser
No. III. Account of MADOC and his Family
No. IV. Observations on the MADAWGWYS,
No. V. Letter of the Rev. Mr. Lynn, of Norfolk, to a Mr. William Owen.
No. VI. Further Accounts of the Welch Indians,
No. VII. A Letter from Mr. Edward Williams.
No. VIII. An Outline of the History of the Madawgwys
No. IX. A Letter concerning the Welch Indians
No. X. Information respecting the Welch Indians,
No. XI. The First Discovery of the Welch Indians,
No. XII. The Testimony of Captain Isaac Stewart.
No. XIII. Testimonies of Various Traders, etc.
