ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 47 



Ke-nagh-te-quat was a small creek. 



Kick-ua or Kickpa, one of three tracts of flat lands 011 the manor 

 and near the Hudson, in 1683. This was on Roelotf Jansen's kill. 



Ma-chack-o-esk was land on both sides of Kinderhook creek- 



Ma-hask-a-kaok, a cripple-br.sh at some distance east of the 

 river and opposite Saugerties creek. I find no definition of this 

 bush in any dictionary or botany, but it means a creeping or sprawl- 

 ing bush, perhaps a species of Viburnum. The name often appears 

 in early papers, and some of the natives were Cripple Indians. The 

 Indian name here used refers to a snake, and probably the copper- 

 head. 



Man-an-o-sick, a hill on the south line of the manor. The name 

 may be from manoonsk, clay, with locative. 



Mat-tash-uck hills in Gallatin may be derived from mattasu, not 

 far off, with note of location. 



Ma-wa-na-gua-sick, or Wawanaquasick, was on the north line 

 of the manor, " where the heapes of stone lie . . . which the 

 Indians throw upon another as they pass from an ancient custom 

 amongst them." It is also written Mawanapquassek. Ruttenber 

 defines it thus: Wawa is plural, na is good, quas is stone or stones, 

 ick is place. In the map and patent Mawanaquasick is clearly pre- 

 ferred, and it may be rendered Mawuni, gathered, and quassick, 

 stones, referring to the heaps. 



Ma-wich-nack, zvhere two streams meet, the junction of Nacha- 

 wawachkano and Twastaweekak creeks. It was the name of the 

 flat. 



Ma-wi-eg-nunk or Mawighunk patent in 1743. It may mean 

 place of assembly. 



Min-nis-sich-tan-ock, where the boundary of the Taghkanick 

 patent began, on the northwest side of Roeloff Jansen's kill. It is 

 also written Misnisschtanock and Minnischtanock. It seems de- 

 rived from minneash, nuts or fruits, with locative. 



Na-cha-wa-wach-ka-no creek, flowing into Twastaweekak or 

 Claverack cr^ek, in the south part of the manor. 



Na-ka-o-va-e-wich or Nakawiawick was land at the southeast 

 corner of the manor. There is mentioned also, " A rock or great 

 stone on the south -corner of another flatt or piece of low land, 

 called by the Indians Nakaowasick." This might apply either to 



