It was over this trail that the party of Dutch militia despatched by Kieft to raid the native settlement at Yonkers (20) passed in March, 1642, guided by Tobias Teunis- INDIAN NOTES rt I V' sen, the pioneer settler of Inwood valley, who was probably well acquainted with the path The expedition must have left the main trail at some point in South Yonkers, with the intention of surprising the Weckquaesgeek from an unexpected direction, as it lost its way in the dense woods and deep glens of the Sawmill River valley east of Yonkers, and was obliged to abandon the accomplishment of its ill-intentioned purpose.

From some point near the village alongside the Mosholu brook, a branch trail must have extended to the Riverdale district, toward the native castle of Nipnichsen (17),16 which was situated on the strategic position of Spuyten Duyvil hill, commanding an outlook over a wide expanse of land and water. Such a trail most probably skirted the base of the hill by the line of the old Dash's lane, which extends along the west bank of the Mosholu (pi. vin).