The beginner's American history . nvitation. The savages made a greatfeast for the captain. They gave him not only roastpigeons, but also a roast dog, which they cooked speciallyfor him : they wanted he should have the very best. 1 Palisades: this name is given to the wall of rock on the Hudson, because,when seen near by, it somewhat resembles a palisade, or high fence made of stakesor posts set close together, upright in the ground. 36 THE BEGINNER S AMERICAN HISTORY. These Indians had never seen a white man thought that the EngHsh captain, in his brightscarlet coat trimmed with g
The beginner's American history . nvitation. The savages made a greatfeast for the captain. They gave him not only roastpigeons, but also a roast dog, which they cooked speciallyfor him : they wanted he should have the very best. 1 Palisades: this name is given to the wall of rock on the Hudson, because,when seen near by, it somewhat resembles a palisade, or high fence made of stakesor posts set close together, upright in the ground. 36 THE BEGINNER S AMERICAN HISTORY. These Indians had never seen a white man thought that the EngHsh captain, in his brightscarlet coat trimmed with gold lace, had come down fromthe sky to visit them. What puzzled them, however, wasthat he had such a pale face instead of having a red onelike themselves. At the end of the feast Hudson rose to go, but the In-dians begged him to stay all night. Then one of themgot up, gathered all the arrows, broke them to pieces, andthrew them into the fire, in order to show the captain thathe need not be afraid to stop with them. A \x,\ X\^\. Captain Hudson on the Great River. 57. Captain Hudson reaches the end of his voyage and turnsback; trouble with the Indians. — But Captain Hudson madeup his mind that he must now go on with his voyage. Hewent back to his ship and kept on up the river until hehad reached a point about a hundred and fifty miles from CAPTAIN HENRY HUDSON. 3/ its mouth. Here the city of Albany now stands. Hefound that the water was growing shallow, and he fearedthat if the Half Moon went further she would get was clear to him, too, that wherever the river might lead,he was not likely to find it a short road to China. On the way down stream a thievish Indian, who hadcome out in a canoe, managed to steal something from theship. One of the crew chanced to see the Indian as hewas slyly slipping off, and picking up a gun he fired andkilled him. After that Hudsons men had several fightswith the Indians. 58. Hudson returns to Europe; the Great River is calledby his
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