History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . he Cape of Good Hope, this company deter-mined to search for a more direct route to the Indies ;and they accordingly secured the services of HenryHudson, an experienced navigator, to prosecute thissearch. Chapter II. DISCOVERY OF THE REGION OF THE HUDSON. With a crew of sixteen men, Englishmen and Hol-landers, Hudson set sail
History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . he Cape of Good Hope, this company deter-mined to search for a more direct route to the Indies ;and they accordingly secured the services of HenryHudson, an experienced navigator, to prosecute thissearch. Chapter II. DISCOVERY OF THE REGION OF THE HUDSON. With a crew of sixteen men, Englishmen and Hol-landers, Hudson set sail from the Texel on April 6,1609, directing his course toward the north. Hearrived at Newfoundland, and, sailing along the coastin a southwesterly di-rection, reached Dela-ware Bay; whencereturning and skirtingthe easterly shore ofNew Jersey, on , 1609, he discovered,as he thought, thelong-sought-for p a s-sage. The next morn-ing he passed withinSandy Hook andthere anchored, deter-mining to continuehis explorations onthe following day. His experiences are related in thefollowing extracts from his Report: During the night a storm arose, and the wind blow-ing from the northeast, the vessel was driven on shore,but as the ground was soft sand and ooze, it was not. HENKV HUDSON. OLD BERGEN. 5 harmed. . Tlie people of the country cameaboard of us, seeming very glad of our coming, andbrought green tobacco and gave of it for knives andbeads. ... In the morning as soon as the day waslight, the wind ceased and the flood came, so weheaved off our ship again in five fathoms of of the Indians came aboard of the vessel, butat night they were sent on shore as they were not tobe trusted. He decided, however, to continue his voyage, andon the sixth of September he made preparations toascend the passage. He passed through the Narrows,and sent in a boats crew to investigate. Sailingalong the shore of Staten Island, they passed throughthe Kill von KuU and entered Newark Bay ; but fi
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