50 HUDSON. 



the Bick men. He demanded his chest, which was 

 given him, and put into the boat. The names of the 

 persons put out of the ship were Henry Hudson, John 

 Hudson, Arnold Lodlo, Sydrack Faner, Phillip Staffe, 

 Thomas Wodehouse, Adam Moore, Henry King, and 

 Michael Bate. The carpenter contrived to get a musket, 

 powder and shot, some pikes, an iron pot, some meal, 

 and a few other necessaries. The crew then cast the 

 boat off the ship, loosened the topsails, and stood out 

 to sea, steering to the eastward. The boat in which 

 were Hudson and his companions was seen no more, 

 nor was it ever heard of again. 



The mutineers now stood to the north-east, contrary 

 to Juet's opinion, who was for steering north-west. 

 The next day they had a storm, and ran into ice, where 

 they remained fourteen days, locked up. In that storm 

 the intrepid commander and his forlorn party in the boat 

 may hav<? perished. It is probable they either died of 

 hunger at sea, or got out of their course, and perished 

 in the storm. They might, indeed, have been starved 

 on the shore, or killed by the aborigines. The end of 

 Hudson is a melancholy and affecting incident. His 

 talents, courage, and perseverance, rank him among the 

 first navigators of any age. In the comparative infancy 

 of discovery in the northern regions, he deserves to 

 take the lead. Left in the great bay which he brought 

 to light, the victim of treachery, he has not been for- 

 gotten by posterity, like many of his contemporaries. 

 The mystery of his fate causes his name to be pro- 

 nounced, even now, with pity, while his skill and 

 courage make the man an object of our admiration, 

 even in these times, when a northern navigation and 

 wintering are not considered such extraordinary perils 

 by the navigator. 



The ship continued her navigation homeward. Steer- 



