Thence the trail extended to the Siwanoy settlements east of the Aquehung or Bronx river, to which the lower part of the stream formed not only a boundary but a physical barrier. Its extension and branches are described later.

It would seem that some branch path must have extended toward native settlements in Ranachqua17 or Morrisania, the southern part of the present Borough of the Bronx. The known sites are not numerous, but the fertility of the soil and the attractive natural features of the territory, which were testified to by Jonas

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Bronck, were such as to constitute a very desirable locality for native occupancy. The tract, as shown by Map VII, C, was cut up by watercourses extending from the north to the south. On the west side, a stream known as Mentipathe, the later Cromwells creek, divided the lower part of the Keskeskick range of hills from the vale through which Jerome avenue now extends.

Mill brook extended midway through the Ranachqua tract, rising at a point north of Fordham village and emptying into the Bronx kills at 130th street. The Sackwrahung tract on the east was cut by the stream of the same name, now known as Bungay creek, which extended as far inland as Intervale avenue, and the Quinnahung or Hunts Point promontory was bounded by Bound brook on its west side, and by the Aquehung or Bronx river on the east.

Native trails therefore must have made their way into these localities from the north, and one such trail probably extended to a landing place on the shore of Bronx