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Title: Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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bythe bronzed warriors who still held undisputed sway.It was back in these days that Henry Hudson, sent fromHolland by the Dutch East India Company, in sailingup the Grande River in search of a passage to In-dia and China, found that he could not send his shipbeyond the point where the city of Hudson now stands.This was discouraging, but sure that the desired passagewas found, he and a few of his men pushed farther onin a small craft, landing, it is believed, on the presentsite of Albany. Later, Hudson and his men returned,assured that the noble river could not take them wherethey had hoped it miglit. After them came Dutchtraders, led by an enterprising Hollander who had beenwith Hudson on his first voyage, and who saw a prom-ising field in the red mans country. They establisheda trading-post where the * Half Moon ^ had beenmoored before, and from here carried on their barterwith the Indians, exchanging attractive trifles for furs.Other traders followed these, and then came the colo-
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FOUR DAYS AT ALBANY. 127 nists; a brave little band full of hope and eager to trytheir fortune in the New World. Their leader was noneother than Killian Van Rensselaer, the wealthy pearlmerchant of Amsterdam, and one of the directors ofthe West India Company, who had received a grantfrom the Prince of Orange for a large tract of landabout the Upper Hudson, including the present site ofAlbany. Here he established his patroonship, guard-ing the affairs of the colony, and ()roviding his tenantswith comfortable houses and ami)le barns. And morethan this, their spiritual welfare was promoted througlithe services of the Reverend Doctor Joanes Mega-polensis. From his personal accounts we read that thegood Dominie found his life among the wilden as fullof peril and unceasing labor as that of his flock; for heundertook not only the guidance of his own people, butthe enlightenment and conversion of the Indians. Tothis end he threw himself into the task of masteringtheir language with true missi

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