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APPENDIX 



List of Important Events Discussed in the Report, with 

 Extracts from Documents Relating Thereto 



i. 1609. discovery of staten island by henry hudson 



In the table of dates, in Wilson's History of the City of 

 New York, we find the following: "1609 Henry Hudson sails 

 into New York Bay and explores the Hudson River to the head 

 of navigation." (Loc. cit. i : 604. 1893.) 



This briefly states the great thing Hudson did ; but he also dis- 

 covered Staten Island, for Juett, one of Hudson's companions on 

 the Half Moon, so clearly describes their position that it can be 

 readily seen that the Half Moon was in the Lower Bay and Nar- 

 rows, from September 3 to 11, 1609, while a boat was making 

 explorations and taking soundings in the vicinity. 



Historians agree that Staten Island, Kill van Kull, and Bergen 

 Neck, are referred to in the last clause of the statement of Juett, 

 (1610) that "They found by the way shoald water, two fathoms; 

 but at the North of the River eighteen and twentie fathoms, and 

 very good riding for Ships ; and a narrow River to the Westward, 

 betweene two Hands" (Narr. New Neth. 18; Henry Hudson the 

 Navigator 80.) 



Van Meteren (1614) says: "Thence they sailed along the 

 shore, until they reached 40° 45', where they found a good en- 

 trance, between two headlands, and thus entered on the 12th of 

 September [1609], into as fine a river as can be found, with good 

 anchoring ground on both sides." (Henry Hudson the Navi- 

 gator 150. Narr. New Neth. 7.) One of these headlands is 

 plainly Staten Island. 



The two preceding citations are from the following publications : 



JuETT_, Robert. The Third Voyage of Master Henry Hudson, 

 etc. in Purchas S. His Pilgrimes. London 1625. 



Van Meteren. Historic der Nederlanden. Hague 1614. 



