The important position occupied by this station, at the junction of these trails, and its situation in the locality where the famous Council-place was known to exist, seem to indicate it as INDIAN NOTES INDEX TO the gathering place known by the native name which denotes a place where pub- lic meetings took place. (See Colonial Docs. N.

Y., vol. xiv. pp. 14, 36.) 105. Massabarkem or Gravesend (Map VIII, C). The village established by Lady Deborah Moody and her associated refugees.

The acquisition of land con- veyed a tract misspelled as above, but ind eating "land by the great water," and probably applied to whatever native settlement existed in the vicinity, such as the planting-grounds at the Indian pond (106). (See Munsell, Hist. Kings Co., p. 18.) 106.

The Indian pond (Map VIII, C). A pond of fresh water, situated at the locality now known as Marlboro, around which the natives had a cultivated tract. The pond has long retained its name, appearing on modern maps. 107.

New Utrecht (Map VIII, C). Probable site of a nat ve station, perhaps the home of Chippahig, who had sold lands which on their eastern bounds touched the western line of Gravesend at the Indian pond.