The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-08
Story Of t1e HudsOD River.

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 Henry Hudson, an Englishman, sailed from Amsterdam, Holland on the 4th sof April, 1909, for the continent of North {. America in Dutch gallion, vlie boat, or yacht of ei ighty tons burden, having two masts and square sails, manned by twenty sailors, partly Dutch and partly English, and an mder-schipper, or mate, who was second in command. The vessel was called de IIalve- Maan," or HalfMoon." She was sent out by the Dutch East India Company and the Amsterdam chamber. She was in structed to explore passage to China and the East Indies by the northeast or northwest Hudson had made other famous voyages, was personal friend of Captain John smith, the most remark able adventurer of his time, the hero of the romantic marriage with Pocahontas, the daughter of the powerful Virginia Indian Chief, POwhatan, and was fur nlshed with all the maps and stories of the explorers of the new world who had preceded him. The Dutch had an idea that China lay "behind Norway" and that there was water passage through by the north pole, or farther southwest to the orient Hudson sailed to dis cover it.
 Hudson doubled the cape of Norway on the fifth of May, was compelled to change the course from ice Instructions, and, after cruising farther north, early in July reached the Newfoundland banks, where his catch of codhsh was more than his small store of salt would cure. Thence he went west into the Penobscot, where he remained for q week, and cut timber for a foremast Thus early did the forests of Maine be- come source of supply to shipbuilding, for which they have ever since been famous, He next sailed south, explored Chesapeake bay, next anchored in Della ware bay, and from thence proceeded along the coast northward, and on the evening of the second of September arrived in sight of the high hills of Navesink On the evening of the next day he arrived in the lower bay (of New York harbor) where he cast anchor and remained for week He was visited by numerous Indians in canoes, and buried one of his companions, John Coleman, who was killed by an arrow shot Thus one of the Colemans was among the first to enter the harbor of New \ ork as were the Colemans the first among the settlers of Nantucket. Hudsons men caught many fine fish in the waters about what is now the harbor of New York. The astonished Indians rowed about the lIal-Moon in their canoes. They were dressed in skins, wore feathers in their hair and adorned their ears, noses and persons with clumsy copper ornaments They brought green tobacco, Indian corn, dried entrants and hemp in great abun- dance as presents or peace offerings, and when the sailors landed on the Jersey shore treated them with great defer ence.
 Four mariners, of whom John Cole man was one in command, went in n boat on the sixth of September to round in the Narrows, and passed through the Kill von Kull to Newark bay. In that mild September day, the most delicious season of the year, the sweetness of the inner land, the crisp saltness of the sea breeze mingling with the soft land zephyr, must have greatly charmed the tempest tossed mariners of the Half Moon." They reported the country as pleasant with grass and flowers as any they have seen" It was when return ing, late in the afternoon, that they were attacked by Indians in canoes, and John Coleman was killed It is thought the Indians shot at random, not meaning to Kill, as hostilities were not continued and no attempt was made to capture the small boat. Night came on, the fright ened sailors lost their light and way, and they were tossed on the waters until ten o'clock next morning, when, with the remains of their commanding officer, Coleman, they reached the HalfMoon." Coleman was buried on point of land near by, which is called Coleman Point to this day. Hudson closely watched the Indians and traded with them but they showed no signs of hostility, and did not seem to know that anyone had been killed
 On the eleventh of September the "HalfMoon" was anchored in full view of Manhattan island Hudson thought he had at last found the coveted passage to Cathayi On the twelfth of Septem- Der, 1909, Hudson sailed up into the mouth of the beautiful river, which is forever to bear his name. On the thir- teenth he determined to explore the stream at all hazards but the wind be ing ahead and as he could only move with the flood tide, the real voyage did M not commence in earnest until the four ' teenth. On the seventeenth he an- chored at point above the present city IIw, '