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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis

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Another, starting from the Ranachqua locality, perhaps at the station 6, probably followed the course of the Westchester road which is now Westchester avenue, and may thus have formed a cross-connection between the landing-place and the stations in the eastern part of the Borough of the Bronx, though it would have involved the crossing of Bronx river by canoe at INDIAN PATHS the present location of Westchester avenue, since there is no fordable place there.

The Hunts point or Quinnahung settlements (7) were probably fairly well-populated stations, judging by the large deposits of shells at several localities, such as around the original Richardson house site just west of Drake Park, in shell-pits on and around the hillock at Eastern boulevard and Preble street, and extensive shell-deposits around the shore-line of the extreme point, near the old Hunt mansion.

The objective of the lower Westchester path, the course of which through Fordham to Bronx Park has been described, was, as previously mentioned ] the Siwanoy settlements in the southeastern part of the Borough of the Bronx.