Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis
Maps I, VII, and VIII are based on City maps by the Ohman Map Company of New York, with additions by the author of native paths, marsh areas, Indian titles, and sites. • AND MONOGRAPHS INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS By Reginald Pelham Bolton I.— INTRODUCTION THE narrow trails which, three centuries ago, afforded to the red man passage on his errands, and provided for him the means of intercommunication with his fellows, rendered to his white successors the important service of indicating the natural and readiest routes for their wagonroads.
Thus they became in course of time the post-roads of the settled Colonists, which ultimately developed into some of the most important of the modern highways connecting great centers of American civilization.