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.

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VI-- THE HOME-LANDS OF THE CANARSEE

(Map VIII, C, D)

RETURNING to the main path at Atlantic avenue near Fort Greene ]§»§£3 place, we follow its course southward. It ran as far east of Flatbush avenue as the intersection of Prospect and Vanderbilt avenues, and passed east of the Plaza, across Eastern Parkway, reaching a lofty place on the site of Prospect reservoir. This place was probably selected as a lookout. Thence the trail turned across Institute Park into Prospect Park, through the famous Battle pass of the Revolution, west of the present avenue, emerging from the park at Malbone street, whence it followed the present avenue through Flatbush and as far south as East 26th street. It passed through the Valley grove, as the region about Midwood street was aptly titled, and thence almost due

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south through the woodlands of Flatbush. Where Cortelyou road now touches Flatbush avenue, the old Canarsie lane set off eastwardly, extending directly to the planting lands of the Canarsee chieftaincy, at the modern Canarsie, and the neck of land extending to Beach Park (pi. xix). This old lane seems to have been a natural line of access to this important locality, though no record of its use as a trail is existent.