The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-10

HENRY HUDSON AND THE HALF MOON.
possible this year to combine two an
| niversaries. the tercentenary of the
| discovery of the Hudson and the GEN.
| tenary of the beginning of steam navi-
CATION on the same river. 1t was in
| 1907 that Robert Fulton built the Cler-
mont and sent her on her momentouS
voyage up the Hudson river to Alba
ny. but it was not until two years later
that steam navigation of the river
| through enactments of the New York
state legislature was fully establish
| ed, SO it was thought to be appropri-
| ate to combine the celebrations IN hon.
| or of the two anniversaries and call
| the joint affair the Hudson-Fulton Gel
are to be paid to the daring navigator
of the seventeenth century and to the
| c,,urag eous and persistent inventor
WI hose achievements fifty ushered in
the nineteenth century, an era remark
able above all else perhaps for the
number and Importance of it's discov-
cries and improvements in the field of
science anu luNSullOu-
There is. of course. abundant In
| formation about Robert Fulton and
his career and achievements. But Of
Hudson we know comparatively little.
His entry to and voyage up the Hud-
sou were between Sept. 2 and Oct. 4,
1909. and the commemoration which
has bsen arranged will cover the two
weeks from Sept. "A 70 Oct. 8.
England was Hudson'S native coun-
try, and his name is properly spelled
Henry, not Hendrick. He was cit
izen of ondon and probably was born
in that city or it's immediate vicinity,
but we do not know the exact year.
Neither do we know tie exact place
and date tf his death
He appears for the first time in his
tory on April 10, 1907 in the little
, church OF ST. Ethelburga, in London,
partaking of holy communion prior to
embarkation On his first recorded voy-
age. He disappears from view in the
year 1911 in the mists Of the great
Hudson bay, when his mutinous crew
set him and few comrades adrift to
face the terrors Of an unknown fate.
His career rs discOverer was begun
under the auspices Of his own nation.
| The voyage which resulted in the dis
| covery Of the Hudson was under the
auspices of the Dutch, who were then
| the yankees of Europe" nation
most powerful and progressive. The
| subordinate position which the Dutch
| occupy today was not their position
| 300 years ago. In 1869 the Dutch re-
| public was as populous as England
and more wealthy. 1t was the manu-
| featuring and commercial center Of
Europe, and Amsterdam, the port from
| which Hudson sailed in 1909. was the
| leading port of the world.
| Hudson's first second and fourth voy-
| ages were under English auspices.
The third. in the course Of which he
| made the exploration of the Hudson
| which gained him the title of it's dis
| coverer. was under the auspices Of the
Dutch East India company and was
| undertaken with a view to finding q
| passage around or through the Ameri-
| can continent to the East Indies. 1t
was this company which fitted out his
| ship, De Halve Maene. or the Half
Moon. and an exact reproduction of
| his vessel has been built by the peo-
| PIE of Holland and will be sent over
| to sail up the river In the autumn. just
as Hudson did In the original 800
years ago. The voyage Of the Cler-
mont will also be reproduced. and a
| replica of Fulton's steamboat has been