Several sites around this favored locality are marked by native debris: (1) Around the site of the one-time house of the Richardson family, particularlyabout the spring nearby, near the old Hunt burial-ground. (2) On the Dickey estate on the Hunts Point road at Randall avenue. (3) On a mound surrounded by marsh-lands on the line of Eastern boulevard,' if extended. (4) At the extremity of the point, in front of the site of the one-time Hunt mansion. Snakapins (Map VII, D). A native village, the name of which was recorded, of extensive character, situated on a tract of sloping ground on the west side of the present Soundview avenue, where it is intersected b}^ Leland avenue. The site was covered by about sixty lodges. In the vicinity, south of the village, there was probably an extensive plantingground. Fishing stations were situated along the shore, and at Clasons point. t

The site was explored by Alanson Skinner for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in 1918. See Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, vol. v, no. 4, part n, New York, 1919. Castle point or Castle hill (Map VII,

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D). An important native station, the name of which has not been recorded, consisting of a palisaded enclosure, or fort, on the high mound on the west bank of Westchester creek, which was the site of the Screven residence. A village probably extended on the south side of the hill, the site being marked by debris. On the extreme point is a large shellneap containing the discarded shells used in making wampum beads. The place was seen by Adrian Block on his voyage through the Sound in 1614. The hill, being about 60 feet in height, is quite conspicuous from the water. 10.