Occuna was dashed in pieces among the rocks, but his affianced maiden was preserved to tell the story of her perils. Occuna, the Indian said, "was raised high above the regions of the moon, from whence he vicw.s with joy the prosperous hunting of the warriors ; he gives pleasant dreams to his friends, and terrifies their enemies with dreadful omens." And when any of his tribe passed this fatal cataract, they halted, and with brief solemn ceremonies commemorated the death of Occuna.

A capacious basin, comprising an area of thirty-two acres, was formed for the reception of the vessels and commerce of the canal, and in safe harbour for its boats and the river craft, in winter, by the erection of a pier, a mile in length, upon a shoal in front of the city. It was constructed by a stock company. The basin was originally closed at the upper and lower ends by lock-gates. These were aoon removed to allow the tide and currents of the river to flow freely through the basin, for the dispersion of obstructions. When the Western Eailway from Boston to

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Albany was completed, a passage was made through this pier for ferryboats, the bridges not being sufficient for the accommodation of travellers and freight. The pier was also soon covered with storehouses ; and when the Harlem and Hudson River Railways (the former skirting the western borders of Connecticut, eighteen or twenty miles east of the Hudson, and the latter following the river shore) were finished, and their termini were fixed at the point of that of the "Western Railway, the opening in the pier was widened, and ferry-boats made a passage through continually.