This name, therefore, seems to have been applied generally to the fenced- in area, the center of which was the pres- ent Canarsie, to which the natives clung, and stipulated in their sale of April 16, 1665, that "the purchasers once for always a fence shall set at Canarissen for the pro- tection of the Indians cultivation." Bounds of such a cultivated area may be indicated AND MONOGRAPHS 150 INDIAN PATHS by the old lanes which surround Canarsie, such as Varkens Hook road, Hobson lane, and the Mill road.

Canarsie neck is marked on old maps as "Canarsee Planting Land" (pi. xx). The native settlement seems to have been near Beach Park, where numerous objects of native manufacture have been found by D. B.

Austin and others. The most important native station, how- ever, was that known as Keskaechquerem or Keskaechqueren (104), a name which indicates a place of meeting for some public purpose. The importance of Kes- kaechquerem as a meeting place for the natives coming from all directions would indicate its situation at some point where the main lines of travel converge. The station on Canarsie neck does not appear favorably in this regard.