Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-11

:. 1909 he anchored his famous Hall
2 Noon close to the present location OF
= New York's Goddess,of Liberty. and the
:. following year, still searching for the
Z elusive Northwest Passage. he sailed
= into Hudon Bay and followed its east
2, ern shore to near the present Moose
Factory.
= The End of Hudson's Dream
: 1T was there In James Bay the
) shallow southern arm of Hudson Bay.
: that Henry Hudson suffered the keen
) ness of disappointment that can come
only TO the worlds great dremers His
dream was to find a passage to the
, South Sea and therefore a short cut
to India. When he sailed into Hudson
Bay and found that the great body of
water he was sure his dream was about
to be realized But when re reached
the Shallow James Bay, and nosing
across, found that there was a west
coast to the great expanse of water,
his dream came to an end.
1T was on the shores of James Bay
that Hudson and his surly crew win
tered following his discovery. and only |
a short distance to the north that the
great explorer met his tragic end next
spring, when bound by mutineers he
/ 'No oNt eibiil III a small DOdJ WIN
handful of sick men, to perish.
Company Given Right to Make War
1.-The Company of Gentlemen Ad-
venturers Trading to Hudson's Bay.,
which carved dominion for Great
Britain across North America, estab-
lishcd its first post near Moose Fact
DRY soon after King Charles II signed {
its charter in 1870 and blithely made Y
its members true and absolute lords
of three fourths of continent, vested ,
them with trading monopolies. righto :,
pass laws and impose punishments, =
and even gave them power to make !
war on non Christian peoples Dur !.
ing the three anda half centuries since
that time Moose Factory has remained '.
one of the important posts of the Hud- =
son Fay Company, gathering a rich
harvest of furs. 1T was the scene of V
many raids and counter raids in the
early DAYS between the French and d
the Companys employees.
Hudson Bay is one of the most p
features on the map OF q
North America, standing out as strik- n
lngly as the Gulf of Mexico and cover a.
Ing almost as great an area. Though d.
1t falls far short of furnishing a pas Oh
sage to the South Sea as the early
explorers hoped. lite westernmost coast tn
IS on the very UNEMPLOYED wilderness. I'll
This is especially true of the east
coast toward Labrador
May Become American Baltic
On the west coast are Port Church
III, the bays best port, and about 100
niles to the south, Port Nelson. Both be
ihese ports are to be connected bv vi
railroads with Winnipeg and the Di
wheat and the wheat and cattle country Di
o the west. Sailing vessels ply Hud co
son Bay between July Is and Oct. 1 ed
md stemers for a slightly longer period fal
Nhen the railroads increase the i'm an
'ortance of the Hudson Bay ports if an
believed that ice crushing sbips Co
VIII make possible the shipping of of
argces between June Is ana Nov. fou
'y the Hudson Bay route Edmonton the
Nivberta, is 1000 miles nearer Liver cat
ool than by the Montreal route. at
Nose Factory at the southernmost the
caches of Hudson Bay, though iso. c
lted from the settled part If Canada
y forests and swamps in summer
nd frozen wastes in winter. is cnIv
pout as far from New Yof, as Chi
ago. The distance from Ottawa IL, No
loose Factory 70 about equal To mail
ON New York to Pittsburgh" \
Spokane Press Clipping Bureau m.