. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... econd of July was on the banksof Newfoundland. He passed down thecoast as far as Charleston Harbor, vainlyhoping to find the northz£/^.y/ passage, anc*then in despair turned to the northward, dtacovering Delaware Bav on hi? voyage. 93 f94 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA. On the third of September he arrived offa large bay to the north of the Delaware,and passing into it, dropped anchor at twocables length from the shore, within SandyHook. Devoting some days to rest, a
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... econd of July was on the banksof Newfoundland. He passed down thecoast as far as Charleston Harbor, vainlyhoping to find the northz£/^.y/ passage, anc*then in despair turned to the northward, dtacovering Delaware Bav on hi? voyage. 93 f94 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA. On the third of September he arrived offa large bay to the north of the Delaware,and passing into it, dropped anchor at twocables length from the shore, within SandyHook. Devoting some days to rest, and tothe exploration of the bay, he passedthrough The Narrows on the eleventh ofSeptember, and then the broad and beautiful* inner bay burst upon him in all its the natives who came out to the Half Moon *in their canoes, that the river came from faibeyond the mountains, convinced him thatthe stream flowed from ocean to ocean, andthat by sailing on he would at length reachIndia—the golden land of his dreams. Thus encouraged, he pursued his way Ufthe river, gazing with wondering delighiupon its glorious scenery, and listening witl. NOVA ZEMBLA—FROM AN OLD PRINT. splendor, and from the deck of his ship hewatched the swift current of the mightyriver rolling from the north to the sea. Heivas full of hope now, and the next day con-tinued his progress up the river, and atnightfall cast anchor at Yonkers. Duringthe night the current of the river turned hisship around, placing hei head down stream ;and this fact, coupled with the assurances of gradually fading hope to the stories of thenatives who flocked to the water to greethim. The stream narrowed, and the watergrew fresh, and long before he anchoredbelow Albany, Hudson had abandoned thebelief that he was in the northwest the anchorage a boats crew continuedthe voyage to the mouth of the was satisfied that he had made a THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK. 195 great discovery—one that was worth fully asmuch a
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