It ran nearly due east, along the base of the Green hills, and was known in early days as the Rockaway path, as it gave access to the country of that chieftaincy. Within the Borough of Brooklyn it followed first the line of Atlantic avenue, reaching Bedford Fourcorners at the present Bedford avenue. Here another path, the old Cripplebush road, set off northward, extending to. the Newtown turnpike road, which reached the districts of Bushwick, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint. There are no records nor observations of native residence in these localities, although the shore-line might have afforded good opportunities for fish-

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ing. The heads of the extensive inlets at South Williamsburg, and that known as Bushwick inlet, would have been good localities to examine for Indian remains before they were filled in to present levels. The whole area was covered with heavy timber, of which the name Bushwick may be reminiscent, while Greenpoint or Grenen Hont Punt is evidently the Green Wood point from which the early settlers obtained their supply of hemlock poles. Greenpoint and Williamsburg were reached from the old trail on the present Flushing avenue, by the Bushwick road, a winding lane of which a small part still exists in Bushwick place, at the Bushwick Railroad station of the Long Island railroad. This road may have originated in an Indian trail. The old Wood Point road joined it at Metropolitan avenue, and extended up to Greenpoint. If the natives were accustomed to visit Greenpoint, this old track doubtless followed their woodland trail. It was certainly the first path trodden by the white men in that district.