The Pioneers of New-York

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Excerpt from The Pioneers of New-York: An Anniversary Discourse Delivered Before the St. Nicholas Society of Manhattan, December 6, 1847 Mr. President and Brethren of the St. Nichohis Society, I greet you on the occasion of this anniversary of the revival of our ancient fraternity: a revival which first brought us together in genial fellowship, to honor the memory and keep alive the traditions of the early pioneers of New-York of every race. I will not emulate the learned Diedrich Knickerbocker, by commencing this discourse with a history of the rest of the world, as forming a proper prefatory chapter to the more important annals of Manhattan, but like him, I must resort to pages ancient as those of Sanchoniathan Manetho and Berosus, for the proper and duly ceremonious introduction of my theme. Among the countless legends of Arabian fiction, there is a story of a certain travelling angel a sort of spirit tourist, who, wandering about from planet to planet, would always after an interval of a thousand years, look in upon our orb as it were, and rest his wings for awhile near a particular spot, upon which he invariably first alighted. That fair spot of earth, it would seem, when fiirst he visited it, was wildly overgrown with ancient trees, and one lonely halfnaked savage stalked amid their glooms, the only human occupant. Art thou the only dweller here? asked the wayfaring angel. I dwell not here. replied the savage, I but wandered hither like thyself -man dwells not here man never hath dwelt herel and the sullen hunter strode off to deeper coverts and a more lonely shade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.