The locality was favorable for such purposes, and it may well have been so utilized by the overflow population of the great settlement on Ward point (83) beyond Tottenville. This place, sometimes described as Burial ridge, was evidently of considerable importance and large extent. Recent explorations by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, conducted by M. R. Harrington, are increasing the store of information as to its extent and character (see pi. xxvii, xxvin).

Situated on the "high sandy banks" that gave its name to Aquehonga, with the great oyster-beds of Raritan bay extending

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around it, and the tidal waters that surge round the point swarming with fish, the station was admirably suited to native life; while across the river, by a short ferriage, the great Minisink path came down through Perth Amboy, on which the traders of the Lenni Lenape made their way to the seacoast with the products of their mountain homes.

Along the easterly shore from Ward point to Arrochar, small deposits indicate native life at several favorable situations. At Princes bay (92) there are cultivable grounds, a fine water-supply, high banks and good fishing facilities, and along the banks several deposits have been noted that determine the presence of the red man. At Seguine point (93) there was a fishing camp, a site south of the Woods of Arden (94) at the mouth of the Great Kills, and another at Oakwood (95). At the head of that inlet, in the salt meadow, traces were found by Alanson Skinner, indicating the use of the place as a "clam drying" ground. Nothing more has been traced between that locality and Arrochar