street, probably near Second avenue, there was a small station or plantation, which may have been named from some nearby brook. (Colonial Docs. N. Y., vol. xiv, p. 110.)

100. Tubby hook (Maps I, V). At this point,

extending into the Hudson river at Dyckman street, there was a very ancient station, the extensive deposits of debris being located on the shore of the "Little Sand bay," on the south side of Dyckman street. It was recently explored by Alanson Skinner for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.

101. Jameco (Tooker) , Chamakou (Armbruster)

(Map I). The modern Jamaica. A native settlement seems to have existed near the Beaver pond, whence the name of the locality was derived, "yemacah" denoting the beaver, according to

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Tooker. Armbruster considers the name to be that of a small tribe of survivors of original natives of Long Island, overcome by the Canarsee. "The beaver path" led from the native village to the pond.

102. Throgs neck (Map VII, D). A native

site is indicated by burials which have been disturbed at St Raymond's cemetery on the Throgs Neck road.

103. Laaphawachking (Map VII, B). Pelham

Bay park on the Bartow estate. A locality name probably applied to a quite important native site, close to the Shore road or Pelham Bridge road, within the Bartow property now owned by the City of New York. This site, which was discovered and explored by the Rev. W. R. Blackie, for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, gives evidence of considerable size and length of occupancy.