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thans in Quinnipiac dialect of Connecticut is translated seas.' But this supplies no aid here. ‘The 
word is explained by the Indians as bent, crooked. They pronounce it MKat-hah-nis. Another river 
of the same name is found in the eastern part of the State, near Dennysville, of the like winding 
character. 
CHAMCOOK is the name of a short range of moyntains in New Brunswick, on the eastern 
side of the St. Croix, which takes its name from the narrow part of the river, known to the natives 
as IKtchamcook, from I’tche, great, the abbreviated namas, fish, and the locative cook. The meaning 
is the great fish-place, of which the reputation still continues. 
CHEBEAG, erroneously written Gebeig, Jebeig—The analysis of the full word would be i’tche, 
great, nebe, abbreviated water, ak, a locative, making A’tchebeak, Great water-place. From the 
heights of this large island the ocean view is very extensive. 
CHEPUTNATICOOK.—This name of the upper part of the St. Croix is probably taken from 
one of the boundary lakes. It has been said to mean Great-Hill Lake” Its long and narrow form, 
like a wide river, is bordered on the west by a range of abrupt and eleyated ridges, covered with 
a heavy “black growth,” chiefly spruce, and might well suggest this explanation. But in dividing 
the word into its parts, A’tche-put-natic-ook, and finding in a cognate dialect the word nataque, 
(natak,) beaver, it would seem to refer to an abounding place for this animal. The second syllable, 
put, is still obscure, as is indeed the meaning of the whole word. Tt is often shortened to Cheput- 
nacook and Cheputnook. 
Cumwonk, from Witche, great. w euphonic, and ork, a locative, finds its equivalent in Great Neck. 
CHICKAWAUKEE, a pond supplying the city of Rockland with water, /’tche, great, kooéh, pine, 
auke, place. The first part of the second word is taken to make K’tche-koo-auke, representing Great 
Pine Lake. 
CoBSCOoOK would be more correctly Cob-os-se-cook; from cob’-os-se or cab’-os-se, (kabassé, Rale,) and 
cook, a locative, equal to Sturgeon River. A similar name, Cobossecontee or Cobosseconticook, is the 
name of the mouth of the valuable mill-stream at Gardiner, where this kind of fish anciently abounded.’ 
The stream itself was called Sq-uagtiset, implying that some important Indian dame had once dwelt 
on its banks.* 
Cox’s HeAp.—For the origin of this name see ATKINS’ Bay. 
CowsSEAGAN.—This narrow passage near Wiscasset bears a name corresponding to the word 
koussigan,’ denoting an Indian mode of kindling fires, with certain forms and ceremonies, for the pur- 
pose of foretelling future events or ascertaining about the absent in war or in the chase; whether 
they are living or dead. Perhaps this neighborhood was the place where this was often done. The 
Indians explain it as “ Fortune-telling.” 
DAMARISCOTTA.—This was Tamescot in Heylin and other early writers. The present Indians 
call the river Matamascontee ; a name also of a tributary of the Penobseot in the northern part of 
the State. They explain it in reference to successful fishing. The analysis of the word denotes 
that a certain kind of fish, at the proper season, were abundant in the tide-water below the steep 
falls, up which they went into the fresh-water pond, a short distance above, for increase. The com- 
ponent parts of the word are mahddmds, alewife, and kontee, implying plenty, making mahdamaskontee. 
In the other stream of this name, this kind of fish has ceased to appear, being hindered by mill- 
dams below. The present name of the river and town, sometimes divided into two parts, seems to 
have been deduced from a desire to make the native words assume an English form. John Cotta 
married into the family of Richard Wharton, one of the large landholders in Maine, and received 
here a tract of land as the heritage of his wife. At an earlier date some one of the name may 
have resided on the river, or been well known as in traflic with the settlers on its banks. Possibly 
some one of the family may have borne the name of Damaris. At all events, the name Damaris 
Cotta was more agreeable than Matamascontee, or Tamescot, its abbreviation ; and, thus gaining the 
'Trumbull’s note in R. Williams’ Key, p. 33. Note 18,in MS. letter referred to Eliot’s kehtahhanash, seas. Neh. 9, 6. 
2 Springer’s Forest Trees and Forest Life in Maine, p. 179. : 
‘Lithgow’s Dep. Hist. and General Register, Jan., 1870, p. 23, where it is Cawbisseconteague, and explained, “Stur- 
geon-land.” 
‘MS. map, supposed to have been made by Colonel Church, in reference to the “ Second Indian War,” 1688-97. It 
is preserved in the State Archives at Hartford, Connecticut. 
* Rale’s Dict., Jongleur, Jonglerie. 
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