The name of this village is not recorded: it may have been Mosholu, by which name the surrounding locality has been known to recent times, but more probably was included in the title of the tract of Keskeskick, that formed the first sale by the local natives to the Dutch West India Company in 1639. That sale was made by Taquemack, the local sachem, but was also agreed to by Reckgawack, indicating its connection with the

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possessions of the chieftaincy of the Reckgawawanc.

The trail passed to the south of this village-site along the low ridge, on which the Van Cortlandt mansion was later placed, crossed Broadway at 244th street, and turned north and extended parallel with Broadway. This old highroad, now re named Newton avenue, can still be seen, much in its original condition (pi. vn). In this vicinity traces of native stations were discovered by J. B. James, at 247th street near the Fieldston road and at Pascal avenue. These doubtless had some relation to the Keskeskick village. Beyond Mosholu avenue the old line of the highway is now abandoned, but its course may still be traced by the trees and stone fences that once lined it on both sides, as far as about 260th street, where it fell in line with Broadway of today and so arrived at the north boundary of the City of New York. It was over this trail that the party of Dutch militia despatched by Kieft to raid the native settlement at Yonkers (20) passed in March, 1642, guided by Tobias Teunis-