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Ta-sham-mick was a flat on Spragg's land. 



Tank-han-ne, a stream in a gorge at Bash Bich, has been 

 translated small river, without good reasons. The name is probably 

 a corruption of Tagh-ka-nick. 



Tau-quash-qui-eck, 1688, is now Schuyler's Vly. A recent 

 history of this county speaks of it. as a meadow called Tauquash-' 

 queak. 



Ti-o-run-da, place where two streams meet, an Iroquois word 

 applied by Boyd to Fishkill. While appropriate it is not historic, 

 and he probably erred in placing it there. 



Ti-sha-sinks mountain was Stissing. The name may be derived 

 from tahshin, he raises himself . 



Wam-munt-ing was a place on the Little Nine Partners' tract. 



Wappingers falls, creek and village, from the name of an Indian 

 tribe. It is usually derived from Wabun, east, and ahki, land; i. e., 

 Wapanachki, east land, or people living there, east of the Hudson. 

 It has several forms and applications. Ruttenber thought the Dutch 

 might have written it Wappinger from their own word wepen, half 

 armed. It has been translated opossum, from waping [Zeisberger] , 

 the name of that animal in the Delaware dialect. In 1885 some 

 Canadian Delawares said : " We often speak of ourselves as the 

 Wapanachki, or people of the morning, in allusion to our supposed 

 eastern origin." The Senecas also called them Dyo-hens-govola, 

 From Whence the Dooming Springs. 



War-au-ka-meek is now Ferer Cot or Pine swamp, and was 

 called Warachkameek in 1722. In. 1688 it was a pond in Red Hook, 

 3 miles east of Upper Red Hook. There may be an allusion to 

 fishing in the name. 



War-en-eck-er Indians lived at Fisher's Hook in 1632. They 

 were also called Warrawannankonck Indians the same year. 

 . War-es-kee-hin, a marsh north of Wynogkee creek. 



Was-sa-ic creek is in Amenia. O'Callaghan thought this 

 Wissayck, rocky from gussuk, a rock, and ick, a place. Ruttenber 

 preferred wassa, light ( ?) and ick, place; i. e. the light or bright 

 waters. The former is preferable. Wishshiag was an early form. 



Wa-yaugh-tan-ock was a tract of land in this county. 



We-ba-tuck pond and village. The name is also applied to 

 Oblong creek. Boyd derives Wepatuck from weepwoiunt-ohki, 



