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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. 254 words

name indicating the situation of the crossing over the Aquehung or Bronx river, at or near Pelham parkway, of the path to Westchester. The nearest known station of the natives was that on the east side of the river (13).

120. Cowangongh (Map VII, A). A name

applied to the place where the shore path, "Sachkerah," crossed the Bronx river at Williamsbridge, on the line of the Gunhill road. The name indicates it as a sort of boundary place where the territory of the Weckquaesgeek and Siwanoy met.

121. Seton falls (Map VII, A). Near the bend of Rattlesnake creek, on the Seton estate, there is a cave, near a small cataract, and some embankments, said to have been constructed by natives. This is a reputed Indian resort in dense

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woodlands, well suited to the purpose of a hiding place, and about midway between the Shore path and the Westchester-Eastchester path.

122. Little Neck, or Douglaston (Map I). A favorite locality for native occupancy, evidenced by abundant shell-deposits, and the signs of a village and burialground, probably of the Matinecock.

122a. Pudding rock (Map VII, C). A glacial bowlder, stated to have been used by natives as a resort, situated at the Boston road, south of East 166th street, Borough of the Bronx (Historical Guide to the City of New York, City History Club, p. 212, 1913). It is not near any water supply, and is therefore unlikely to have been a permanent station. (Inadvertently omitted from the map.)