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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis — Passage 18
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] BOLTON -INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS THE INDIAN VILLAGE-SITE AT GERRITSEN BASIN, FROM A SURVEY AND OBSERVATIONS BY D. B. AUSTIN. THE CANARSEE 155 the important manufacture of wampum was carried on. The position of native resi-dence might be expected to have been on the northern part of the island, near Avenue U and the Grand esplanade, because that part was near a fresh-water supply, and had a good beach for use as a canoe landing, while the southern part was bordered by-marsh and had no stream nearby. From these observations it will be evi-dent that the native station at Flatlands occupied an advantageous and commanding