It is evident that passage along the east side of the neck was barred by the tidal inlet at Broad street, and by the marshy vly along its course, which extended as far inland as Wall street, with a small branch that ran westward along the line of Beaver street. The path therefore skirted this obstruction by proceeding on the line of Whitehall street to the higher ground which rose at the line of Morris street, there taking the straight course of Broadway, as far as the planting-ground of the village of Werpoes.

It followed equally naturally that the use of this path was continued by the settlers and their descendants, until its ultimate widening and development into "the greatest street in the world, "as Stephen Jenkins has described it. There was no physical obstruction to this path continuing in its course as far as the native village, into which it would have turned at Duane street. The line of travel farther north, however, was barred in the direction taken by Broadway by the broad swamp-land through which the outlet of the Kolch pond made its way to the Hudson. From the path along Broadway, therefore, another trail set off to the east.