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fore they launched their new boat. and
finally decided to call 1t Hendrix Hud-
son. although Gov. Higgins of New
York February 25. 1906. decided that In
all official documents the name should
he spelled Henry. and the law authoriz-
ing the celebration and making an appro-
priation for it appears that way
That Henry Hudson had at least one
son is evident from the fact that John
Hudson. a boy is in the list Of seamen
who appeared with him to receive hoiy
communion at st. Ethleburga's Church
on Bishopgate street. London. April ~
| 1907 and John accompanied him upon
his first, second and fourth voyages The
lads name does not appear on any OF the
records of the third voyage. but we kno"
that he perished with his father on the
| fourth.
The public estimation in which Hudson
was held is indicated by the fact that in
1912 a relief expedition was sent out IN
search of him by order of the Prince OF
Wales.
The fact that Hudson and his crew
went to church to receive the sacrament
before setting out upon their perilous
voyage may not be construed as an lndl-
cation of great personal piety, but is IN
dicative of the habits of the times and
the great religious change that had come
over the spirit of the English people
during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The
Bible was free and had become the book
of the people. Hudson took two copies
with him on his voyage. The general
disposition of the public was toward re-
ligious observanceS. although among
those who received the sacrament with
Henry Hudson in that little sanctuary
were at least three men who were after
ward guilty of the objectionable cruelty
of setting him adrift in an arctic sea in
an open boat. Four days later they
sailed with him through the green mead
ows and flowery gardens that inclose
= <t,or no. irto a
ward the regions OF perpetual winter
No Portrait Of Hudson.
There is no likeness of Henry Hud-
son. There is portrait of him in the
governors room, in New York city hall,
but this and all the pictures of him
which have been published are pure
fancy Their only value is found in the
fact that they show the costume of the
mariner of that date.
There Is a famous painting by John
Collier in the National Gallery. London,
depicting ''Hudson's Last Voyage" He
sits in the stern of the boat with his left
hand upon the rudder and his right
clasped in that of boy in knicker-
bockers who reclines at his feet. He is
represented as wearing a long beard and
clad in a cloak trimmed with fur.
The Dutch East India Company; which
employed Hudson, was semi ofhcial In Its
ORGANIZATIONS, dIu cOupoSCo VI tiiC
chambers of commerce of Amsterdam,
iceland. Delft, Rotterdam. Hoorn and
Enkhuizen. From these chambers was
chosen a general council of seventeen,
who were the central governing body.
In the conferences which ensued be-
tween Hudson and the company differ
ences of opinion were developed among
the directors. The Amsterdam chamber
strongly favored engaging Hudson to
search for a northeast passage. The Zee
cbap har Str Objected II
at length decided to pay Hudson his traV-
| cling expenses and send him back home,
with a half promise to hire hlm IN 1910
While all this was occurring the French
minister to The Hague. Pierre Jeannin.
at the suggestion of Isaac Lemaire. was
secretly urging his royal master. Henry
IIV, to avail himself of the opportunity
| to engage the great English navigator
and secure for France the glory OF ms
possible achievements Learning of this.
| the Amsterdam merchants perceived the
necessity of securing Hudson at once if
| they wished to prevent his falling into
French hands. But they were in
uuandary 1t would be several months
before the next meeting of the repre-
sentatives of the chambers of the East
India Company. and If they waited they
were afraid they would lose their chance
| They therefore resolved to engage him
on their own responsibility.
His Four Voyages to America.
Henry Hudson made four voyages 10
America, and we have more or less de-
tailed accounts of each of them. which
| were published shortly after they were
| made.
The first voyage. made in 1907, under
| the auspices of the Muscovy Company OF
! London is described in a log book winch
| possibly may have been written oy Huu-
| SON himself or at least he must nave sup
| piled the facts. We also have a few ex-
| tracts from his own journal In the same
| covers.
| Hudson's own log book. which is quite
/ a detailed narrative of his daily expert
| ences and observations, gives an excel
/ lent account of his second voyage. also
| made in 1903 under tne auspices VI INC
| Muscovy company.
| The third voyage, made IN 1909, under
| the auspices of the Dutch East India
| Company, is described in the journal of
| Juet his first mate and conf1dentlal com
| panion This tells us how. being baffied
py the ice on the northern coast, he sailed
| southwark as far as Delaware bay, and
| gives an account OF his cruise UP the
river which bears his name.
| His fourth voyage. made in 1910, from
| which he never returned. is described by
a sailor named Pricket. whose honesty
| is discredited by Purchas and other COM
| mentators. and the first publication In
| cludes a letter from Iceland written by
| Hudson himself May 20, 1910. 1t also gives
| an abstract from Hudson Journal. which
| was kept uo to the date of the mutiny
| among his men. who set him adrift in an
| open boat in Hudson bay, where he
probably perished.
4 publisher named Gerritsz. taking ad-
| vantage of the public interest excited by
Hudson's tragic fate. published a brief
| narrative of his voyages in the Dutch
| language in the spring of 1912, and ex-