Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-30

S<1AAAy Ao AAfSlA0SA 1uo 1OCdtcu Ou HIS ClhTu Block was the first one who gave detail of this section of the coast that we have any record of This very appropriate name, Red Mount, Red Hills in English), Rodenbergh in Dutch), given to this section of the coast was no doubt suggested by the reddish hue of our guardian cliffs, East and West Rocks. These great and noble additions to the beauty of our city's landscape are of basaltic forma- tion and stand forth in bold relief, backed then as now by an inland mountainous outline, whose evergreen verdure adds striking contrast to their appearance.
 It is probable that Block sailed up New Haven harbor and explored it's shores in in the quiet roadstead off the Oyster Point of our day, which was then protected sea- ward by dry sandspit covered with low bushes and other vegetation now washed away and known as "The Beach," We judge from his report that Blocks stay in our harbor was brief. Pursuing his voy- age eastward, he located numerous shoals and islands, two of which can be no other than Faulkner's which he named Falcons Eyland, and Goose Island which he named Jan William Eyland. The high water, save few rocks which mark it's site, giving positive evidence of the gradual encroachment of the sea and time ly notice, that Fau1kner's Island with it's conspicuous lighthouse must soon follow it's fate if not protected by some method known to engineering science.
 We will here let this sturdy mariner re- view the Verache Viervier Fresh river, now the Connecticut), whose direction lies northward through the lands of the Mori- cans. It was ascended by him to an Indian village in latitude Al degrees 48 seconds N., where he found kind Indian fort near the site of the now city of Hartford, called Nawaas, and were soon afterwards the Dutch of New Amsterdam built the
 fort of Good Hope, for trade with the In dians. In descending the river, and pass ing out the "Race" he discovers and To- cates two islands: One of these he names after himself, Adrian Block Eyland and the other farther east (probably Marthas Vineyard Island), he names for his col league, the captain of the "Tiger," Hen drick Christensen Eyland. Block fell in with this daughty captain off CapeCod and after exploring the Narragansett bay, which had been visited by the before mentioned John De Verrazzan in 1895, Block rejoined his colleague and returned to Holland, where these navigators gave publicity to their discoveries. The Restless" was sent back from Cape Cod to Manhattan. She re- turned along the south side of Long Island, which length was then determined,
 and she arrived before winter closed in her port of departure. Manhattan, having been
 the first vessel known to have circumnavi- gated Long Island. The next year she
 was employed at Delaware, and there her
 further career is finally lost sight of
 The. enormous amount of beaver and other furs taken in this new country bordering on Long Island Sound, the trade in which
 Blocks explorations had opened up to commerce, caused large numbers of fu1 trading merchants of Holland, who had depended upon Russia for their skins, tc fit out ships for these parts, and it is quite | probable the bays and valleys of the Red | mountains were visited by two or more Dutch vessels annually, but we have not yet found mention of another vessel pass ing through Long Island Sound, (so quiet did the Dutch keep their discoveries here) the before mentioned Englishman, sailed | through it. This Captain Derner hat
 been many years in the employ of Sir Fer
 dinando Georges, and had sailed from En | gland and loaded his ship of two hundred tons with fish and furs at Monhigan al
 island off the coast of Maine, and, afte dispatching her home to England, sailed
 for Virginia in pinnace by way of thu
 sound. With him was an Indian pilot
 who drew with piece of chalk on the lie
 of his boats chest, sketch of this passag
 through Long Island sound (the East riv
 er) and to the westward, note of whicl
 letter, written at Captain John Martyn'
 plantation (Martyn's, hundred on tn
 James river), Virginia, dated 27th Decem
 Der, 1919, and addressed to his worshipfu
 friend, MT. Samuel Purchase, (the char
 lain to the archbishop of Canterbury
 preacher of the word at the church (St
 Martyn's) little within Ludgate, LOT
 don. But as he makes no mention of ou
 harbor (New Haven harbor) we only not
 him as the first Englishman known
 have sailed through the sound.
 He writes: "It was the 18th of May bt
 fore was fitted for my discoveries, whe
 from Monahiggan (Maine) set sail in a
 open pinnace of five tons for the island
 told you of. I passed along the coas
 where l found some ancient plantation
 not long since populous, now utterly voii
 in other places a remnant remains, but nc
 free from sickness. Their disease was th
 plague [yellow fever or smallpox probabl
 brought by Europeansl, for we might pc:
 ceive the sores of some that had escaped
 who described the spots of such as surel die. When I arrived at the country of m savage [Squanto, who next year, 1920, gay welcome to the Mayfower's Pilgrims, wit , Samoset], finding all dead, I travelled a lon days journey westward to a place calle
 Nummastaguyt [Middleborough. Mass, fl
 teen miles west of Pl ymouthl, where, fine inhabitants, I dispatched a messenger l. days journey further west to Pocanok l Bristol, Rhode Island, forty miles wes
 wardly from Plymouth, which borderet on the sea, whence came to see me tW kings TMassasoit, chief of the Wamponoag and his brother, who were afterwart friends of the Mayfower Pilgrims], atten' ed with & guard of fifty men, who beir well satisfied with what my savage and , discoursed with them (being desiro, . of no velity) gave me content in what's ever I demanded, where I found tn , former relations were true. Here (Bristc , | I redeemed Frenchman, and afterwart , 1 another at Massachusetts. who three yea l since escaped shipwreck at the northeast Cape Cod. I must be brief (and omit mar leisure; therefore hence I pass. A seer l | expedition in search of mine, and he ol l ly mentions a passage without location (not mentioning any place where W touched in the way) to the island whie ) l we discovered on the 18th of June. Hel , we had good quarters with the savage , who likewise confirmed former reports. found seven, several places digged, SGT l some of the earth, with samples of oth, commodities elsewhere found, sounded u
 coast, and the time being far spent bol , up for Manhiggan. He seems to have go1 , through Passage of Portege of the cape, a l irving the three and twentieth of Jun where we found our ship ready to depar To this isle are two others near adjoinin all of which I called by the nan } of King James, Isles, because fro thence I had the first motives
 F search for that (now probable passag B which may hereafter be both honorab and profitable to his majesty. When I ha l dispatched with the ships ready to depa l 1 thus concluded for the accomplishi1 8 my business. In regard to the fewness f my men, not being able to leave behind D s 8 competent number for defense and y sufficiently furnish myself, I put most 8 my provisions aboard the Sampson of Ca r tain Ward, ready bound for Virginia, fro 8 whence he came, taking no more in u 8 pinnace than I thought might serve ol :, terms, determining with Gods help r reach the coast alone and at Virginia f supply ourselves for second discovery 1 the first failed. But as the best actiol
 are commonly hardest in effecting and a k seldom without their crosses, so in this V !. had our share and met with many dificr + ties, for we had not sailed above for