"This road continued thence along the present Third avenue, passing Harsen's crossroad at 71st street and east of Smith's tavern opposite "Kissing Bridge" at 77th street. It crossed the division line between New York and Harlem commons between 81st and 82d streets, and continued along Third avenue to near 83d street. From Third ave. near 83d street this Eastern post-road diverged westerly, and crossed and recrossed the division line between New York and Harlem commons, and crossed Fourth avenue near 85th street, thence passed over the southwestern corner of Observatory place, and intersected the Middle road at 90th street."

INDIAN NOTES

MANHATTAN

"From 90th street this Eastern post-road continued along the middle road to 92nd street, and there diverged westerly and passed between Fifth and Sixth avenues (where it was also called the Kingsbridge Road) through the Barrier Gate -- at McGowan's pass at 107th street, about 116 yards east of 6th avenue."

On the east shore of the island, along this line of the pathway thus described, there were some apparently desirable sites for Indian occupancy, such as at Kips bay, Turtle bay; and doubtless along the bluffs facing Blackwells island could have been found by interested observers in years gone by, the sites of fishing camps. But none of our predecessors in historical investigation seem to have been sufficiently interested in the subject to conduct any exploration or to make any record of such traces, and so the long, sheltered shoreline with its desirable fishing facilities, from Corlears hook to 105th street, is devoid of definite native associations.