In this vicinity abundant shellheaps and native objects indicate its favorable advantages for native residence. Beyond Little Neck the trail went forward to Manhasset, providing means of access from such stations as those at Dosoris, Port Washington, and others along the North shore of Long Island. INDIAN PATHS It seems probable that this North-shore trail would have been an extension of the Sackhickneyah, which at Corona was but about a mile away from Flushing.

The two, however, were separated by the broad marshes extending on the west side of Flushing creek. Across part of this boggy tract a narrow neck of dry land extends nearly two-thirds of the distance, over which Broadway now makes its way, uniting Jackson avenue with Flushing avenue. A canoe ferry over the creek was doubtless a necessary supplement to travel by this route, an effort which would have been warranted by the distance it saved, and the avoidance of a long tramp down to Jamaica to join the Rockaway path.

This shore-path route would also have provided a short-cut from the north shore of Long Island to the island of Manhattan, by a canoe trip across East river below Hell Gate.