Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis
A trail could readily have been formed from this point, passing eastward over the upper part of Weir creek near the Town Dock road, which would lead to the site (12) of the Siwanoy village at the mouth of Weir creek (pi. x, xi). This ancient site is described in the publications of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.19 It is probable that several other places on Throgs neck were occupied by the natives, one being indicated by shells and stone artifacts at Adees point, opposite the Weir creek station, and another (11) on Locust point, probably no more than a fishing camp, as it is without nearby water supply.
The most important place on the east side of Westchester creek, however, was that known to the early settlers as "Burial point" (10), a place situated, but as yet unexplored, somewhere on the shore of Morris cove, near Old Ferry point. Upon the point several places, by the presence of shell-beds and by fragments of weapons, evidence the native occupancy of the promontory.