Indeed the numerous spots where such signs have come to light point to the use in one way or another of all parts of the favored valley, from the dense woodlands of the sheltered hillsides to the numerous fishing-places along the placid Muscoota river and around the shore-line of Shorakapkok. The broad tract of meadow-land and marsh in the center of this vale, extending from the base of Fort George hill to the southerly part of Marble hill, was known to the natives as Muscoota (15), "a meadow or place of rushes." As in other situations, the name was applied also to the contiguous waters of Harlem river, bordering the tract INDIAN PATHS upon the east, which thus became known to the early colonists as the kill Muscoota.

The hilly extremity of the island, the present Marble hill, around which Spuyten Duyvil creek winds its sinuous way, was known as Saperewack, an apparent and interesting description of the white marble outcrop of this hill, evidenced by the Delaware sabbeleu-aki, "glistening place," as determined by Mr Harrington.