xiv INTRODUCTION. 



aware dialects meaning "marsh" or "swamp." The English name, the 

 "Great Swamp," may have been derived from the Indian name, the 

 localities being practically identical. 



Pocono, the origin unknown to me. On old maps Pocono creek is 

 called Pocono-hanni. The meaning of this, viz., the "stream dividing" 

 the hills, is very appropriate, as this creek occupies a broad recession on 

 the eastern side of the plateau. Possibly the name may have been trans- 

 ferred by the English settlers to the mountain. 



Nanticoke, the "tide water people," the name of a tribe settling in the 

 valley, but originally from Maryland. 



ELEVATIONS ABOVE TIDE. 



The figures following are those (5f railroad surveys and the Second 

 Geological Survey of Pennsylvania : 



D., L. & W. R. R. . Abington io55 / 



Clark's Summit 1239' 



Scranton 740' 



Dunnings I 397 / 



Moscow 1555' 



Gouldsboro Sta 1890' 



Tobyhanna 1929' 



Summit, N. of Tobyhanna 1970' 



Delaware River 298' 



N. Y., L. E. & W. . Ararat Summit 2023' 



Uniondale 1693' 



Carbondale 1079' 



Archibald 96$' 



D., L. & W. R. R. . Pittston . 573' 



Level of river, Pittston 535' 



Kingston $$o' 



Lakes, Susq. Co. . . Crystal Lake 1705 



Dunn's Pond . . . about 2150 



Wayne Co Eight lakes between ..... 1950' and 2OOO / 



Mountains Bald Mt., W, of Scranton 2385' 



Campbell's Ledge ; Dial Knob) . ". . . .1302' 



Ledge opposite Campbell's 1200' 



Penobscot Knob 2220' 



Highest of River Mountains 1380' 



General level of higher parts of the Pocono, 



. 1800-2000' 



