The conquest of the great Northwest; being the story of the Adventurers of England known as The Hudson's Bay CompanyNew pages in the history of the Canadian Northwest and Western States . rifting outto sea. Daylight brought relief. The enemy hadretreated, and the Half Momi lay not far away. Byten of the morning, they reached the ship. The deadman was rowed ashore and buried at a place namedafter him—Colmans Point. As the old Dutch mapshave a Colmans Punt marked at the upper end ofSandy Hook, that is supposed to have been the burialplace. A wall of boards was now erected round thedecks of the H
The conquest of the great Northwest; being the story of the Adventurers of England known as The Hudson's Bay CompanyNew pages in the history of the Canadian Northwest and Western States . rifting outto sea. Daylight brought relief. The enemy hadretreated, and the Half Momi lay not far away. Byten of the morning, they reached the ship. The deadman was rowed ashore and buried at a place namedafter him—Colmans Point. As the old Dutch mapshave a Colmans Punt marked at the upper end ofSandy Hook, that is supposed to have been the burialplace. A wall of boards was now erected round thedecks of the Half Moon and men-at-arms kept , who came to trade that day, affected igno-rance of the attack but wanted knives for their was not to be tricked. He refused, and per-mitted only two savages on board at a time. Twohe clothed in scarlet coats like his own, and kept onboard to guide him up the channel of the main farther he advanced, the higher grew theshores. First were the ramparts, walls of rock,topped by a fringe of blasted trees. Then the coveswhere cities like Tarrytown nestle to-day. Thenthe forested peaks of the Highlands and West Point 42. The Duke of Marlborough, One of the First Governors of theHudsons Bay Company. Hudsons Third Voyage and Poughkeepsie, with the oaks to the rivers hung in wreaths across the domed green of themountain called Old Anthonys Nose. Mountainstreams tore down to the river through a tangle ofevergreens, and in the crisp, nutty autumn air wasthe all pervasive resinous odor of the pines. Moun-tains along the Hudson, which to-day scarcely feelthe footfall of man except for the occasional hunter,were in Hudsons time peopled by native mountain-eers. From their eerie nests they could keep eagleeye on all the surrounding country and swoop downlike birds of prey on all intruders. As the white sailsof the Half Moon rattled and shifted and flapped tothe wind tacking up the river, thin columns of smokerose fro
Size: 1392px × 1796px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorlautagnescagneschrist, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
