THE HUDSON.

Luzerne range, stretcliing from Saratoga Springs to the western shores of Lake George. Four miles north of the village is a hemispherical moun-

I-UZERXE LAKE.

tain, eight hundred feet in height, rocky and bald, which the Indians called Se-non-ffe-irah, the Great Upturned Pot.

CONFLUENCE Oy 'lUE HUDSON AND S.iCANDAUA.

The Sacandaga is the largest tributary of the Mohawk, and conies down seventy-five miles from the north-west, out of lakes and ponds in the

THE HUDSON.

"wilderness of Hamilton County. Its confluence with its receptacle is at the head of a very beautiful valley, that terminates at Luzerne. It comes sweeping around the bases of high hills with a rapid current, and rushes swiftly into the Hudson, where the latter has become deep and sluggish after its commotion at the falls above. Down that valley we rode, with the river in view all the way to the village of Corinth, at the head of the long rapids above Jesup's Great Falls, the Kah-che-hon-cooh of the Indians. These were formerly known as the Hadley Palls. They were afterward called Palmer's Falls, the land on each side of the river

KAII-C•^E-BO^-CoOh, OR JESIP'S GRl.Al F.SXLS.

being in possession of Beriah Talmcr and others, who there constructed extensive works for manufacturing purposes. The water-power there, even at the very low stage of the river, as when we visited it, has been estimated to be equal to fifteen thousand horse-power. They had laid out a village, with a public square and fountain, and were preparing for industrial operations far greater than at any point so far up the Hudson. It is only sixteen miles north of Saratoga Springs.