the morning of September 3d, 1609, in the waters of the river which now bears his name. Lingering off Sandy

Hook a week, he passed through the Narrows, and anchored what is now Newark bay. On the I2th, he resumed his

in

voyage, and slowly drifting with the tide, anchored over night, on the 1 3th, just above Yonkers, the great river stretching on before him to the north and giving to his ardent mind the hope that he had at last discovered the

gateway to the Eastern seas.

On the 1 4th, he passed Tappan and Haverstraw bays, and sailed through the majestic pass

guarded by the frowning Donderberg, and anchored at night near West Point, in the midst of the sublimest scenery of the mountains. the morning of

On

the 1 5th, he entered Newburgh bay, and reached Katskill; on the 1 6th, Athens; on the iyth, Castleton; on the 1 8th, Albany.

Here he remained several days, sending an exploring boat as far as Waterford, and sadly learning that he had reached the head

of navigation, and that the Eastern passage was yet an unsolved

problem.

His return voyage began on the 2$d ; on the 25th,

HISTORT OF THE INDIAN

he anchored

in

ist of October ;

Newburgh bay; reached Stony point on the on the 4th, Sandy Hook, and sailed from thence

Newburgh Bay. to Europe, bearing with him the information which he had col lected, not the least of which in importance was that in relation