This first group was composed mainly of Rideau Hall staff and the Aberdeen's teenage daughter, Lady Marjorie Gordon. The group performed a boisterous "polska". One of the Vikings lost his helmet and it rolled to Lady Aberdeen's feet.
 

Voyages of the Norsemen to Northeastern America, circa 986-1015 A.D. Ottawa, 1896 W.J. Topley National Archives of Canada, NL-18285