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Pen-han-sen's land was called after Indians living in Deer Park. 



Pit-kis-ka-ker, high hills west of Murderer's creek. 



Po-chuck creek is in Warwick, and Ruttenber said of this: " Po- 

 chuck, a stream, and also the district called Florida, seems to retain 

 the root term for bog or muddy land." The derivation is not verv 

 evident. Eager says that Pochuck creek and mountain were named 

 from an Indian chief. 



Pon-chuck mountain is the one just named. 



Pollopel's island, opposite Plum point, is mentioned here to cor- 

 rect an impression that it is an Indian word. Yates and Moulton 

 said : " The island was named Pollepcl from its resemblance to the 

 convex side and circular form of the bowl of a ladle. Lepel in 

 Dutch, is a spoon; a pollepel is a ladle; and particularly the one 

 with a short handle for beating the butter for the wafel." On 

 Sauthier's map it is Polipel, and Ruttenber says an unfounded 

 Dutch story has been connected with it. 



Pom-pe-ton falls were mentioned in 1694. 



Poop-loop's kill was north of Assinnapink, and Ruttenber says 

 it was so called from its Indian owner. Poplopen's pond is in 

 Monroe. 



Po-tuck creek has had its name derived from petukqui, round. 

 This would be an odd name for a creek, but French says that 

 Wawayanda creek flows into New Jersey and comes again into 

 New York as Pcftuck creek. In this way this definition might allude 

 to a circuitous route, but a derivation from petukau, it is going on, 

 would seem more suitable. Quite as probably it is from pokke, 

 clear, and tuk, river. 



Quas-sa-ick creek enters the Hudson south of Newburgh. The 

 name is derived from qussuk, stone, and ick, place. Eager says 

 that Newburgh was in the Quassick patent and that Chambers creek 

 was called Quassaick after Indians living there. 



Ram-a-po has been defined stream formed by round ponds. 



Runbolt's Run, in Goshen and west of Woodcock mountain was 

 the home of Rumbout, a signer of the deed for the Wawayanda 

 patent. 



Eager said that Rutger's Place in Minisink is a corruption of the 

 Indian word Rutkys, but this is every way improbable. 



Schan-we-misch, or Weshauwemis as the Dutch pronounced it, 



