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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis — Passage 11 (part 3)

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[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Beyond Mosholu avenue the old line of the highway is now abandoned, but its course may still be traced by the trees and stone fences that once lined it on both sides, as far as about 260th street, where it fell in line with Broad-way of today and so arrived at the north boundary of the City of New York. It was over this trail that the party of Dutch militia despatched by Kieft to raid the native settlement at Yonkers (20) passed in March, 1642, guided by Tobias Teunis-INDIAN NOTES rt I V' THE BRONX 95