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the flat or stone, the word here suggesting the latter. The same 

 stone is elsewhere called Acawaisic, requiring only the addition of 

 an initial letter to make it identical with the form last given. 



Na-na-pen-a-he-kan, a stream near the stone heaps, which is 

 called Na-nah-pan-a-ha-kin on a map of 1798. 



Ne-kan-kook or Nickan Hooke was one of the three flats on 

 Roeloff Jansen's kill. Called also Nichankook. 



No-wan-ag-quas-ick is east of Claverack kill on Sauthier's map. 

 It is the same as Mawanaquasick. 



Nuh-pa, one of the three flats, was also called Kichua and 

 Kichpa. It may be from nuppe, water. 



O-ya-tuck or Oyataak, he dwells at the river, is mentioned in the 

 NeW' York Colonial Laws of 1723. It was east of the manor and 

 the people living there were to work on the road. 



Pa-ne-schen-a-kas-sick was a piece of woodland bought in 1678. 

 The name alludes to stones. 



Patt-kook was a tract mentioned in 1685. Ruttenber said: " The 

 village of Claverack was 5 miles from the Hudson. It was known 

 by the Indians name of Pottkoke." 



Pom-pon-ick creek was near Kinderhook, and the name may 

 have been derived from pompuonk, playing or recreation. 



Quee-chy postofflce. The name seems abbreviated from the next. 



Quis-sich-kook, a small creek northeast of Roeloff Jansen's kill. 



Sa-as-ka-hamp-ka §r Sackahampa was a place east of the Hudson 

 and opposite Saugerties creek in 1683. In 1684 it was written 

 Swaskahamuka. The map called it a dry gully. 



Sa-kah-qua, Sahkaqua and Sakackqua are variations of the name 

 of the eastern angle of Livingston manor. A large pine tree was 

 marked there, and this was about 2 miles north of Acquasik, the 

 big rock. It was a flat piece of land near " five linde or lime trees." 



Sank-he-nak or Roelofif Jansen's kill in 1683. This may be from 

 sonkippog, cool water. Rutenber said it was the boundary between 

 the Mahicans and Wappingers, bringing a change in geographical 

 names. ♦ 



Scom-pa-muck was on the site of the village of Ghent. Accord- 

 ing to Schoolcraft Scompomick was a stream and valley there. 

 Spaflford said : " There is yet in some use, particularly among the 

 old fashioned Dutch people, a very odd name for this neighbor- 



