Show i t of t t fi I iJ ci i t 11 r I BM I 1 i I t U t f Al 1 roadway No Indian Trail 11 t f ll i I I c t tf J In n one on e of ot the Iho t older ohler o I f r villages t of ot n New w wInn I I II I to ft J f a Inn 1 all Intel n no ar n r l tor it will 1 i lt j j l rl 1 I hahl bo ho the main male 1 t t J i 1 t Ca at t IK la sett S I cure I t 1 R although tho Iho I l r I f i I 4 id rd II may Int r It bo hll r uIe I l lint ul tier there nr n tin w tinUs t J Jj RI 1 j i q 1 r f rJ t Us lIa t tj tr 7 R t Thin file In Ix I I c awn the tho h i r r reel ee t w n a I n r I I S nn 1 un trait trail I I il I k 1 I TIll I I 1 I 1 ml mado hex hili woy too s through t h ro u g gi 1 1 4 I I r I I j I 16 le forest vcr ever nh 0 look Iok IokI I I I t I J u h t I out cut ul for tor enemies Ils He Ue t never lIever nete r a n straight trail through the forest areal hue but always R went sv In III R I curved cod un line he x tr toward wa nl hi destination de 1 This Thin afforded greater grata r surety safety from I possible Ie enemies said old the lla man mon who hone theao D statements In ia I N not nol an Indian ht 1 trait trail although It t ax originally Rent gent ent 1 I r curving and him has nn nil Irregular course up ill II Inland The Tho tic ti i tire ore that It w wet tut u a II path made by b or nr sheet sheep h being driven out of or tho Ihn town by Ity the settlers uHler to 10 find suitable pasture lo lure path wn was en In lamed by h y subsequent In n R an motherly n direction nn ns settlements nd IId Up UI tt I r the Hudson if on onIt If It you will lako notice of ot you are going up III toward the extreme end of ot the Inland 1 Ia I mud you 3 oIn will see neo that In only rare 1010 ewes x will water tr from n m th lh e rOM cross streets run toward It This Thin moan menus that the tho particular path the cows caws C III se selected el I elp K no VO the th dr 1 sl and boot hOAI t fooling tOil foe II 1111 during the th spring and that Ihal the tho t was wan n the swamp III HI at Al what whal Is le now nosy nu Manhattan street th lh subway station la Is follows th Ih the watershed of ot Manhattan Island ns M nearly aa na possible with a 1 saving Raving of ot distance In mind as aswell well Third avenue II II which Was wan the Ih old rind rond to 10 had hod water flowing Into Inlo It II In III several placed such Mich na aN nt III treet street It tens Ra n II much poorer rond war 3 of ot Its Ita kind than was lia ee because It h wan wall wetter and muddier That Is le ono one reason why became the tile main of oC Now No York Vork oven though Third avenue had the tho old oil verle the tho wide tree treo show how street of ot old Now New No York to help holp It ay was wan no Indian trail though and ond this U la because an Indian trail In that direction b be ben necessary n 1 The Indians could reach Any part porI of at the land island III In their canoe anoa try hy taking inking the Kast river or the tho Hud Hudson son sn on Any An Indian trail on tho the Island eland would probably be a I short horl portage around Hell ante Oale but hul an ns such lIuch a road would lead ienI r nowhere In particular r bring being short Ih It was tt ae long ago eliminated ed td You can always recognize recognise An nn Indian trail by b 11 S tilts tho flat fact that Ihal It Il between two bodies of ot water even von though ou h they thoy he lie separated by bb b twenty or miles or else clan the tho trail avoid avoids A rapids rapid or rough portions of at tho the river near neur which the trail Is la located The trail 1 makes grand Krand easy curves curve tram from one end to the tho other oIlier and keeps to the level lovel whenever possible In III course of ot time the white ee tiara transformed a n trail of ot this Ihla kind Into a road made It Ita ita a 0 highway and a 1 street The Tho cunning of ot the tho Indian In making his hili paths crooked croaked probably hud had a I great greal deal deaf to do with the Ir Irregular irregular regular arrangement of or roads In the older ohler part parI of ot New England and Nova Noa I for tor the settlers had to 10 adopt tho the name device as Ra n a measure of n t self elt protection The Tho winding roads you OU find down east are aro a n legacy of tn the Indian and the stray cow who wh made for tor her self a feasible path 14 I through ti the i I that the settler settle found It most moat busty I to follow tallow New York San gun |