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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis

Bolton, Reginald Pelham. Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis. Indian Notes and Monographs, Vol. II, No. 7. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1922. 281 words

A larger and more ancient village and burial place (73) was found at Bowmans brook (or Newtons creek), under the site of the Milliken Brothers' steel works, beyond which, at Western avenue and the Shore road, a more recent site was found.

At Old Place (75) in the same district, on a sandy promontory known as Tunissens neck, a large village of ancient character existed.

Farther south at Watchogue, now Bloomfield (76), a quantity of relics indicate occupancy of a site which did not, however, present the characteristics of a settled village. At the junction of Union avenue and the Watchogue road (87) there were burials and probably a village-site, and

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scattered relics have been found on the sand-dunes between Chelsea and Travisville.

On both sides of Long Neck, or Linoleumville (77, A), scattered relics have been found indicating its use as a camp, probably during the summer season.

Farther inland, at New Springville (89), there were indications of a station and burials.

It would seem probable that a trail may have connected these fishing stations with a large camp-site (90) not far from Richmond, at the Ketchum mill-pond, on Simonsons brook, and that an extension may have traversed the old Mill road to Richmond, and thence connected with the Amboy road, forming a short-cut across the center of the island. This, however, can be only conjectured.

The stations in the southwestern part of the island begin at Green Ridge (91), where, on a space between Journeay avenue and Annadale road, relics of ancient character have been found. Far out in the marshlands near the outlet of the Fresh kills, the tortuous channels form an island (79)