Before European colonization, a network of seasonal roads crisscrossed a biologically diverse ecosystem in what is now Lower Manhattan. The Munsee Lenape called it “Manahatta” (the island of many hills). Rather than build permanent structures, the Lenape favored seasonal encampments. One major site, Sapokanikan, sat near modern-day Greenwich Village, on the shores of Minetta Brook, a trout stream. Another site known as the Werpoes was a Lenape settlement on the southwestern s