ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES, OF NEW YORK 59 



place at the narrozv pass. It might as well be from wompatuck, 

 a goose, referring to the pond and creek, and this is its probable 

 meaning. 



Wech-quad-nach is a name for Indian pond in the town of 

 Northeast. The Indian village of that name was not far off in 

 Connecticut, and was the seat of a Moravian mission in 1749. 



We-put-ing or Tooth mountain. In land patents it was written 

 Wimpeting and Wimpoting. Weputing was also the name of 

 Sackett's lake. The name is usually derived from weepit, a tooth, 

 with the note of locality, but Mr Tooker thought this wrong, and 

 defined it a ruinous heap. 



We-que-hach-ke is defined people of the hill country by Rut- 

 tenber. It may be from Wehquohke, end of the land, i. e. at the 

 end of the tribe's territory. 



Wi-an-te-ick river was on the same tract, on the east side of 

 Sackett's land. It was also called Wiantenuck. 



Wic-co-pee was the Indian name for the highest peak of the 

 Fishkill mountains, and also for. the pass or trail near this. It might 

 be derived from Wehquohke, end of the land, or tribal territory. 



Win-na-kee was a name for Fall creek, defined as leaping stream, 

 but this seems an error. Winachk^ means birch, and with the 

 locative would be place of birch trees. The name has been 

 erroneously written Mynachkee. 



A road on the Little Nine Partners' tract led to Witauck, and 

 this may be derived from wuttaonk, a path. 



Wy-nog-kee creek. Ruttenber said that a meadow "slanting 

 to the dancing chamber," and north of Wappinger's creek, had a 

 stream called Wynogkee for its eastern lines. Wonogque means 

 holes and there may have been potholes in this, suggesting the 

 name. Weenohke also means a grave, and this may have majked 

 the spot, tombs being sometimes conspicuous. 



ERIE COUNTY 



Lewis H. Morgan gave quite a list of names in Erie county, 

 and O. H. Marshall did the same in the appendix to The Niagara 

 Frontier, 1865. The latter followed the system of the Rev. Asher 

 Wright in the use of accents and letters, as l)eing best for repre- 

 senting the sound. The long-continued residence of a large part 



