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Mo-e-ung, the beach at the east end of which the Makeopaca 

 tract began. It may be derived from monaonk, an abundance of 

 anything. 



Nar-ri-och has been defined the island by some, and was the name 

 of Coney island. 



Nay-ack means a point or angle, and appeared as Najack, now 

 Fort Hamilton, in 1680. The sachem of Niocko (Nayack) certified 

 to the sale of Coney island made in 1649. Land was sold at 

 Nayeck or Naieck in 1652. 



Ni-eu-we-sings is equivalent to Neversink, to which some give 

 the same meaning, here derived from naihaue, in the middle, and ing, 

 place, alluding to its situation between Jamaica and Gravesend bays. 

 The " English of Gravesend at Nieuwehings " were mentioned in 

 1664. 



O-jik'-ha-da-ge'-ga, salt water, is Morgan's form of one Iroquois 

 name for the ocean. 



Pek-ke-meck. The Indians of this place were mentioned in 1717. 



Rin-ne-gack-onck or Rennegaconck was at Wallabout bay, and 

 was sold in 1637, the patent being given in 164 1. It was bought 

 by Gearge Rapalje. Tooker thought the name meant on the 

 pleasant land. 



Resk-ke-wack or Rechkewick was mentioned in Brooklyn in 1647 

 and 1652, and is an abbreviation of a name already given. 



Sa-po-rack-am was in the south part of Brooklyn, near Gowanus, 

 in 1639 Tooker said it meant a cultivated Held in lowland. It 

 was also called Sapokanickan. 



Sas-si-an's cornfields were called after him, his name meaning 

 planter or sower- They were near Gowanus. Personal names were 

 sometimes given to places. 



Se-wan-hac-ky was a name for Long Island in 1636, more prop- 

 erly belonging to the eastern half. It does not mean land of shells, 

 but land of loose or scattered shell beads, properly the black variety. 



Shans-co-ma-cocke was an island near Equendito. 



Wer-pos is rendered Warpoes, place of rabbits, but this is an 

 uncertain definition. It was in the loth ward of Brooklyn. 



Wey-witt-spritt-ner was in the south port of Brooklyn, near 

 Coney Island. 



