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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis

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Farther south at Watchogue, now Bloomfield (76), a quantity of relics indicate occupancy of a site which did not, however, present the characteristics of a settled village. At the junction of Union avenue and the Watchogue road (87) there were burials and probably a village-site, and scattered relics have been found on the sand-dunes between Chelsea and Travisville. On both sides of Long Neck, or Linoleumville (77, A), scattered relics have been found indicating its use as a camp, probably during the summer season.

Farther inland, at New Springville (89), there were indications of a station and burials. It would seem probable that a trail may have connected these fishing stations with a large camp-site (90) not far from Richmond, at the Ketchum mill-pond, on Simonsons brook, and that an extension may have traversed the old Mill road to Richmond, and thence connected with the Amboy road, forming a short-cut across the center of the island. This, however, can be only conjectured.