Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis
Indian Notes & Monographs
INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS
INDIAN NOTES
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
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A SERIES OF PUBLICA- TIONS RELATING TO THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES
INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS
REGINALD PELHAM BOLTON
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN U HEYE FOUNDATION
This series of Indian Notes and Monographs is devoted primarily to the publication of the result of studies by members of the staff of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, and is uniform with Hispanic Notes and Monographs, published by the Hispanic Society of America, with which organization this Museum is in cordial cooperation.
Only the first ten volumes of Indian Notes and Monographs are numbered. The unnumbered parts may readily be determined by consulting the List of Publications issued as one of the series.
INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS
REGINALD PELHAM BOLTON
CONTENTS
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I. Introduction 15
II. Manhattan, its paths and settlements 35
III. Upper Manhattan paths 68
IV. Paths in the Bronx 90
V. Indian paths in Kings county 129
VI. The Home-lands of the Canarsee. . . 147 VII. Native paths in the Borough of
Queens 171
VIII. Richmond paths 187
IX. Paths in nearby New Jersey 197
Notes 207
Bibliography 212
Maps consulted 217
Index of Stations 220
Index of Proper Names 242
IND IAN NOTES
ILLUSTRATIONS Plates
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I. Jeffreys hook, now known as Fort
Washington point 78