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Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis — Passage 31

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[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] II; VIII, A). A native village was INDIAN NOTES INDEX TO STATIONS 239 situated on this favorable promontory, which was acquired from the occupants by Director Kieft in 1638. It has a dramatic interest as the scene of the bloody massacre of its unfortunate inhabitants by the Dutch soldiery in. 1643. 115. Harsimus, or Ahasimus (Maps II; VIII, A). Site of a native village on the Jersey side of Hudson river, -between Paulus hook (114) and Hoboken (116). Probably the name was H 'ashim-muck, that is, "the place where there is a