Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis
A branch path must certainly have turned westward along the margin of the latter brook, at the base of the high ground around which Riverside drive now bends, and led to the ancient station (100) on the bank of "Little Sand bay," snugly ensconced behind Tubby hook. Along the course of the brook deposits of shells may still be seen, and on the shore INDIAN NOTES BOLTON — INDIAN PATHS AN INDIAN PATH, THE TRAIL THROUGH SHORAKAPKOK, THE INWOOD VILLAGE.
MANHATTAN. (STATION 16, MAP V) Photograph by W. L.
Calver of the little cove a mass of shells and carbonized material had accumulated to a depth of nearly five feet, in which Alanson Skinner and Amos Oneroad, exploring for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, found crude artifacts, indicative of very ancient use.13 This is probably the earliest occupied place in the Inwood district, which has proved rich in the remains of native occupancy.