Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis
Between 179th and 180th streets the path swerved to the east to reach the head of the ravine through which it and its successor, the Albany post-road, now Broadway, made its way directly down between the hills INDIAN PATHS of Fort Washington and Fort George, to the low-lying valley of Inwood. At 195th street a brook, later known as "The Run," crossed the path from west to east, at the head of the swampy ground which extended in from Sherman creek (Map V).
In the sloping ground north of the watercourse, which has been cultivated for many years as a truck garden, various objects of native handling have been turned up by the spade, but these are not sufficient to indicate its use for more than a campsite. The path passed on, as Broadway now does, around the western side of "The Knoll" to Dyckman street, which it crossed between the heads of two small watercourses running east and west, respectively, at that point.