Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis — Passage 28
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] D). An important native station, the name of which has not been recorded, consisting of a palisaded enclosure, or fort, on the high mound on the west bank of Westchester creek, which was the site of the Screven residence. A village probably extended on the south side of the hill, the site being marked by debris. On the extreme point is a large shell-heap containing the discarded shells used in making wampum beads. The place was seen by Adrian Block on his voyage through the Sound in 1614. The hill, being about 60 feet in height, is quite conspicuous from the water. 10. Burial point (Map VII, D). On Zeregas neck, or Old Ferry point. This place is said to have been the site of a burying-ground to which the natives brought their dead from the interior country. There are deposits of shells and scattered