[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] consternation among them.' What must have been the wonder then, of the Nap-pe-cka-mak settlement, when they beheld the apparition anchor off the mouth of the Saw mill, especially when we conjure up old Mas-ter Hendrick Hudson standing upon the poop of his round built yatch, and Master Robert Juet and brother officers in their tall shovelled brim hats and doublets. This arrival must have created quite a talk among the Mohegan squaws of Nappecka-a Mr. H. Schoolcraft suggests, that the term " Tabanzee," which means in the Algonquin, a short crouching person, may originally have been applied to this noble clifF. Proceed, of N. Y. Hist. Soc, 1844. It is 549 feet above the level of the Hudson. b Moultou's Hist, of N. Y., p. 238. -[■' >..,. « Moullon Hist., p. 256. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 463 mak. In connection with the Palisades and the river, the ro-mantic legend of the " storm ship" must not be forgotten. To the great terror of the early colonists, she would appear gliding by the Palisades bearing her Dutch colors, the evening sun gilding her canvass as she came riding over the billows on her voyage down the river like Moore's spectre ship, bound to " Dead man's isle." Occasionally the village and landing appear to have been en-livened by the march and embarkation of troops.