Others supposed it to be a great sea monster, and that those in it had more the appearance of devils than human beings ; at least a strange report circulated through the country, and caused a great consternation among them."c

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 Master Hendrick Hudson standing upon the poop of his round built yacht, 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 Nappeckamack. In connection with the Palisades and the river, the romantic legend of the "storm ship" must not be forgotten. To the. great terror of the early colonists, she would appear gliding by the PaH- sades 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 old village and landing appear to have been enlivened by the march and embarkation of troops. The following extract occurs in the journal of Lewis Morris, Judge of the .admiralty: --

"June 4th, 1746, returned home, dined at Westchester, when the detachments from Queens county and ^\■estchester marched to Colonel

~a A[r. 11. Sohoolcnift susfrests, that Tlio term '^Tabanzee,'' which rapuus j" i^'-' •'^'/'J",1"'°; asti'jrt crouching person, luiiy ornrmally havu been ai)pli-a to this nobit- cliir. it li mj leti, Abuve the Itvei ot thj iliulson. Pioo.-ed. of >'. V. Hbt. Soc, lS-14.