The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . the left of the highway analready populous cemetery, covering the crown and slopes of a gentle its base is an ancient church, and a little beyond it flows a clearstream of water, which the Indians called Po-can-te-co^ signifying a runbetween two hills. It makes its way in a swift current from the backcountry, between a hundred hills, presenting a thousand scenes ofsingular beauty in its course. The Dutch named it Slaeperigh Haven 320 THE HUDSON. Kill, or Sleepy Haven Creek, and the valley in the vicinity of the oldchurch, through which it
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . the left of the highway analready populous cemetery, covering the crown and slopes of a gentle its base is an ancient church, and a little beyond it flows a clearstream of water, which the Indians called Po-can-te-co^ signifying a runbetween two hills. It makes its way in a swift current from the backcountry, between a hundred hills, presenting a thousand scenes ofsingular beauty in its course. The Dutch named it Slaeperigh Haven 320 THE HUDSON. Kill, or Sleepy Haven Creek, and the valley in the vicinity of the oldchurch, through which it flowed, Slaepenffh Hoi, or Sleepy Hollow, thescene of Washington Irvings famous legend of that name. The little old church is a curiosity. It was built, says an inscriptionupon a small marble tablet on its front, by Frederic Philips andCatharine Van Cortland, his wife, in 1699, and is the oldest churchedifice existing in the State of New York. It was built of brick andstone, the former imported from Holland for the purpose. Over its little. ^-^:i-l0^^^^^ ANOIENT DLTCH CHIKCH. spire still turns the flag-shaped vane of iron, in which is cut the monogramof its founder (VF in combination, his name being spelt in Dutch,Vedryck Flypsen); and in the little tower hangs the ancient bell,bearing the inscription in Latin, 7/ God le for us, tvho can le against us?1685. The pulpit and communion table were also imported fromHolland. The former was long since destroyed by the iconoclastic handof improvement. At this quiet old church is the opening of Sleepy Hollow, upon theshores of the Hudson, and near it is a rustic bridge that crosses the THE HUDSON. 321 Po-can-te-co, a little below the one made famous in livings legend by anamusing In this vicinity, according to the legend, Ichabod
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