The main path to those native settlements was doubtless by the route of the old highway from Jamaica which led direct to Rockaway neck, and was practically an extension of the Flushing road. This old road, which may well have been an ancient path, passed over the meadows south of Jamaica, crossing the creek known to the natives as Skupash, the source of which was at Beaver pond in the old town, and thence INDIAN NOTES BOROUGH OF proceeding over the broad meadow-land bordering Jamaica bay, to a crossing over Hooker creek, where later a toll-gate was placed, thus reaching Rockaway neck, from which point the long stretch of Rockaway beach would have been accessible by a branch path, while the main road proceeded east to Hewlett (55).

In this district the Rockaway natives had several settlements, including a station on Hog island (54), and not far away an important fortified station situated on Hicks neck, both having access to saltwater on Hempstead bay.