The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . high noon, or by moonlight, for those who loved Nature in her quietand simple forms. Then there were stately trees near the bank of theriver, and from their shades the eye rested upon the busy surface of thestream, or the busier city beyond. There, on a warm summer afternoon,or a moonlit evening, might be seen scores of both sexes strolling uponthe soft grass, or sitting upon the green sward, recalling to memory manybeautiful sketches of life in the early periods of the world, given in thevolumes of the old poets. All is now changed; the trips of Ch
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . high noon, or by moonlight, for those who loved Nature in her quietand simple forms. Then there were stately trees near the bank of theriver, and from their shades the eye rested upon the busy surface of thestream, or the busier city beyond. There, on a warm summer afternoon,or a moonlit evening, might be seen scores of both sexes strolling uponthe soft grass, or sitting upon the green sward, recalling to memory manybeautiful sketches of life in the early periods of the world, given in thevolumes of the old poets. All is now changed; the trips of Charon tothe Elysian Fields are suspended, and the grounds, stripped of many ofthe noble trees, have become private, and subjected to the manipula-tions of the real estate agent. Even the Sibyls Cave, under Castle 450 THE HUDSON. .^^^cT^ Point, at the southern houndary of tbe Elysian Fields—a cool, rocky cavern containing a spring—has beeii!-^poiled by the clumsy hand of Art. The low promontory below Castle Point was the site of the large. VIEW AT THE ELTSIAN FIELDS. Indian village of Hohoclc. There the pleasant little city of Hoboken nowstands, and few of its quiet denizens are aware of the dreadful tragedyperformed in that vicinity more than two hundred years ago. The story THE HUDSON. 451 may be related in few vrords. A fierce feud had existed for some timebetween the New Jersey Indians and the Dutch on Manhattan. Severalof the latter had been murdered by the former, and the Hollanders hadresolved on vengeance. At length the fierce Mohawks, bent on procuringtribute from the weaker tribes westward of the Hudson, came sweepingdown like a gale from the north, driving great numbers of fugitives uponthe Hackcnsacks at Hobock. Now was the opportunity for the strong body of them, with some Mohawks, crossed the Hudson at mid-night, in February, 1643, fell upon the unsuspecting Indians, and beforemorning murdered almost one hundred men, women, and children. Manywere driven
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