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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis

Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922. 269 words

A detail of the topography of the district between 90th and 125th streets, from Fifth avenue to East river, showing the probable situation of two native settlement's of the Reckgawawanc.

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INDIAN PATHS

V. Upper Manhattan, comprising the Inwood valley, the Dyckman tract, and Marble hill. A detail of the position of the native sites determined by exploration in this locality, with probable courses of connecting pathways In portfolio

VI. The Wading Place and the meeting of

the paths. A detail of the point of convergence of the native highways at modern Kingsbridge.

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VII. The Borough of the Bronx, showing

all known and deduced native pathways and the situation of known Indian stations. The original watercourses and marshy areas have been drawn from old maps and from the maps of the United States Geological Survey. Divided in four sections (see Map A, page 9), as follow:

A. The northwesterly part of the Borough of the Bronx, from Williamsbridge to the boundary of the city, and parts of Yonkers, Bronxville, Mount Vernon, and Eastchester.. This section includes part of the Indian path known as Sackerah, between Williamsbridge, Eastchester, and Pelham. . .In portfolio

B. The district of Pelham neck, within the Borough of the Bronx, with Pelham Manor, and New Rochelle to Mamaroneck, together

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with the islands in the Sound adjoining In portfolio

C. Southern part of the Borough of the Bronx, from the Bronx kills to Kingsbridge, covering the old manors of Morrisania and Fordham, with West Farms and Bronx river from the Botanical gardens to its mouth In portfolio