A locality at the Paardegat or Bedford creek, where it is crossed by the Flatlands

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Neck road. It was used as a boundarymark.

109. Sunset park (Map VIII, C). Bennywater pond, in Sunset park, west of Greenwood, was an Indian site located by Adam Dove, of Gowanus. Nearby, at 37th street near Sixth avenue, objects were disturbed, indicating the existence of a station, near an Indian path which was known and used as a boundary in 1696.

110. Gowanus bay (Map VIII, C). At the

De Hart Bergen house-site there is record of Indian occupancy and immense oyster-shell beds, etc., in the Journal of Sluyter and Dankers. This may have been the home of the chief Gouwane. Its position is in the vicinity of Third avenue at 37th street.

111. Sun wick, Sun wicks, Suns wicks (Map

VIII, B). A native station, indicated by shell-deposits and a few objects, on the shore of East river, at Ravenswood Park, near the creek which is recorded as bearing this name.

112. Minnahanonck (Map VIII, B). Blackwells island. The island was owned and perhaps occupied by natives of the Marechkawick or Brooklyn chieftaincy.

113. Pagganck (Maps II; VIII, A). Nutten

island, Nut island, now Governors island. Owned and probably occupied by natives of the Marechkawick chieftaincy. 114. Aressick, or Paulus hook (Maps II; VIII, A). A native village was

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situated on this favorable promontory, which was acquired from the occupants by Director Kieft in 1638. It has a dramatic interest as the scene of the bloody massacre of its unfortunate inhabitants by the Dutch soldiery in . 1643.