Access from the path, which ran in Central Park north of 88th street, was doubtless by a branch leaving the main trail near 95 th street and crossing Fifth avenue somewhere near 96th street. A study of the topography of the locality is presented in Map IV.

The name of this native station is recorded in the deed for the sale of Rechewanis in 1669, though it has been misapplied to Harlem creek. Mr Harrington suggests

INDIAN NOTES

UPPER MANHATTAN

that the native word axkwonan, "to

catch with a net," is the basis, and with

the addition of kongh, the equivalent of

the Delaware xunk, we derive the meaning

of the village name as "the hill near which

they fish with nets," a reference to the

nearby waters of Hellgate bay, which was

doubtless a favorable place for such a

known native method of fishing. The terms

of the deed of sale, when carefully read,

exclude the possibility of the connection of

this name with the creek, which latter is

referred to as one of the boundaries of

Point Rechewanis, as follows:

"The underwritten Indians .have sold the Point named Rechewanis, bounded between two creeks and hills, and behind a stream [fonteyn] which runs to Montagne's Flat."10

This exactly and completely describes the neck of low, sandy marsh-land east from the high ground in Central Park (103rd-107th streets), to Hellgate bay or East river, and bounded on its north side by Harlem creek (the fonteyn referred to), taking in Montagne's tract to Manhattanville, and on its south side by a smaller and unnamed creek bordering the high