Literature Relating to Staten Island 



List of New York ^Mineral Localities^ 



This list is arranged alphabetically by counties, and the locali- 

 ties in the same manner in each county. Accompanying the 

 locality names are lists of the minerals reported as occurring 

 there, together with references to the authorities quoted. The 

 latter are included in a bibliography of 231 numbers. 



Richmond County is mentioned on page ^2 in a very incom- 

 plete enumeration of both localities and minerals. The diabase 

 rock and its associated minerals are entirely ignored, and those 

 of the serpentine area are included in a list of only twelve species. 

 Inasmuch, however, as the bibliography contains only one ref- 

 erence to our Proceedings it is evident that the author's search 

 for information was not very exhaustive. 



A. H. 



Aboriginal Place Names of New York- 



In this bulletin the localities for which Indian names are known 

 are conveniently grouped under each county in the state, and the 

 counties are arranged in alphabetical sequence. An index of all 

 the names and localities mentioned is also included, so that refer- 

 ence may be quickly made either to place or name. 



Richmond County appears on page 186, where a list is given 

 of the many dififerent names under which Staten Island was 

 known at various times. " Aquehonga " is stated to be the An- 

 glicized form of the Delaware " Achwowangeu," meaning " high 

 sandy banks," and the name "Aquehonga Manacknong" to mean 

 " the island with high sandy banks," probably in reference to the 



'H. P. Whitlock. X. Y. State Museum Bull. 70 (Mineralogy 3), 8vo 

 pamph., pp. 108, Albany, N. Y., 1903. 



= Wm. M. Beauchamp. N. Y. State Museum Bull. 108 (.\rcheology 12). 

 8vo pamph., pp. Z2,2„ Albany, N. Y., 1907. 



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