At the head of that inlet, in the salt meadow, traces were found by Alanson Skinner, indicating the use of the place as a "clam drying" ground. Nothing more has been traced between that locality and Arrochar INDIAN PATHS (96), at which place, near the railroad station on Richmond avenue, there is an ancient site, probably one of the earliest on the island. At Stapleton (97) there was a station.

Such sites on this side of the island could have been reached only by branch paths extending from some inland route, such as the Richmond and Amboy roads. These are indicated in Map I on the lines of old roadways which suggest the most natural routes. INDIAN NOTES ( E CO C '1/ 00 u to Hi ^> <1> 05 > z o E V4_ Q 0 0 n >4- >, E t CD ' » 15 <tf C c Q CO c -II < U t O </) ty BOLTON— INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS Part of PENStLVANI, Original map of eastern New Jersey, showing the extent and course of the Minisink path from Navesink to Minisink Island. (From James Parker's "A Bill pat!