. The Catskill Mountains .. . a s hzi < Qi oi cc ^ c/) z O c < < C Si■X. z o Z O [- C- Oi u a: tu o w: H o [- c/) < PJ U- X I- I— Qi C/D < oJ z a. J.: o a.: O 0^ ^ S DJ -- H :d L^^ CA) < f. ^ b o CL O O -z < • < < a z Qi o p _1 IJU < H „ O THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 31 PRIMEVAL Concerning the early history of this charmingHISTORY lO-intain region or its people, the records arestrangely silent and incomplete. Even the voiceof tradition ventures cautiously in the corridors of the remoteand prehistoric past. But this only serves to invest the localitywith new enchantmen
. The Catskill Mountains .. . a s hzi < Qi oi cc ^ c/) z O c < < C Si■X. z o Z O [- C- Oi u a: tu o w: H o [- c/) < PJ U- X I- I— Qi C/D < oJ z a. J.: o a.: O 0^ ^ S DJ -- H :d L^^ CA) < f. ^ b o CL O O -z < • < < a z Qi o p _1 IJU < H „ O THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 31 PRIMEVAL Concerning the early history of this charmingHISTORY lO-intain region or its people, the records arestrangely silent and incomplete. Even the voiceof tradition ventures cautiously in the corridors of the remoteand prehistoric past. But this only serves to invest the localitywith new enchantment, and interest, and the embers of specu-lation are readily fanned into life by such breezes tYom an un-known realm of Whether it was Henry Hudson, Verrazano. Gomez, orsome earlier navigator, who first sailed up the Hudson was then called Cohohatatia. bv the Indians, meaningriver of the mountains, is now open to question. But it is suf-ficient to note here that when Hudson first ventured up thenoble stream in 1609 in his quaint Dutch ship, the attractionsof the Catskills were such that he was induced to cast anchorand make a short inspection. He was received with marked
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