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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis

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Montgomery, of Pelham Manor, by means of the old bowlder fences and line of trees which he found in vacant lots, extending to the Split Rock road (once miscalled Prospect Hill road, but happily renamed), which is the continuation of the line of this old Indian pathway. The line of this old trail passes the Split INDIAN PATHS Rock, crossing the brook near the site (22) of Ann Hutchinson's cabin (pi. xv).

It dips under the New Haven Railroad's Harlem Branch, just east of which it meets the modern Shore road or parkway. Here it doubtless branched north and south. In the former direction it led to the nearby site (103) of a considerable native station situated close to the entrance gate and driveway to the one-time Bartow estate.

This site was recently discovered and explored by the Rev. W. R.

Blackie, in behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, who so far has uncovered a number of fire-pits, a human interment, and a dog-burial.