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Nassau County 

 List of Sites 



1 Stronghold reported by W. \Y. Tooker as belonging to the 

 Marsapeagues, i l / 2 miles west of Amityville. Lodge sites extend 

 westward to Bellmore. 



2 Village site and burial place at Port Washington, excavated in 

 1898 by M. R. Harrington, for the American Museum of Natural 

 History. This site was near the shore and embraced several shell 

 heaps and a burial place. 



3 Burial site on the Gallagher estate near Roslyn, reported by Dr 

 Joseph N. Bogart. 



4 Village site on the Walter Hicks estate near Roslyn. There is 

 A shell heap here. 



5 Village site near Matinicock not far from Oyster Bay on 

 Peters creek on the Matilda Cock estate. This was explored in 1900 

 by Harrington and Parker for the American Museum. 



6 Garden spot and corn fields were abandoned by the Indians at 

 Oyster Bay in 1650. 



7 Village site on the W. F. and W. M. McCutcheon farm near 

 Glen Cove. 



8 Village site on the Appelby farm in Oyster Bay. 



9-10 Judge Samuel Jones said that when that part of Long Island 

 was first settled there were two Indian forts on Fort Neck near 

 Oyster Bay. The one on the south part was a square earthwork. 

 The other was a palisade on the meadow (Squier, p. 94). One was 

 stormed by the whites in 1653. Prime says this was built in 1649 

 and measured 30 by 50 yards (p. 96). 



1 1 The Rockaways lived in the south part of Hempstead and 

 left large shell heaps. They had several villages but were princi- 

 pally at Near Rockaway. Some were at the head of Maspeth creek 

 and others on Hog Island in Rockaway bay (Thompson, p. 67). 



12 Burial place near Cedarhurst on the Mrs F. F. White prop- 

 erty. Village site and shell heaps on the R. L. Burton farm near 

 Cedarhurst. 



13 Village site of the Merikikes, who had a large settlement on 

 Hicks neck and on other points between there and Merrick (Thomp- 

 son, p. 67). 



14 Camp on Success pond, near Lakeville (Mandeville, p. 94). 



15 Village and burial sites near Dosoris on Dosoris pond. The 

 site was on the Price estate. There is a heavy layer of shells, in 



