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PUTNAM COUNTY 



This county has no Iroquois names, but some others have been 

 introduced. All told, the Indian names are few in number. 



Ca-no-pus hill and lake, according to W. J. Blake, have their name 

 from an Indian chief. Others say it was the name of a tribe in 

 Westchester. The name has several local applications in the town 

 of Putnam Valley. 



Cro-ton river and lake, in the west gart of Patterson, have their 

 nam,e usually derived from kenotin, a wind. 



Through a confusion of terms, Mr Tooker gave the Mohawk 

 name of Kanendakerie to Anthony's Nose. It belongs to the 

 Nose in Montgomery county. 



Kil-lal-e-my was an early name for the south part of the county. 



Lake Ki-she-wa-na is in the town of Southeast. 



Ma-cook-pack is on Sauthier's map, and may be compared with 

 Copake farther north. It is said to "have been the name of an 

 Indian tribe, which is not likely, and has been changed to Mahopac 

 in the town of Carmel. 



The name of Lake Mahopac was derived by Ruttenber from ma, 

 large water, and a];ci, land, making it large inland lake. This is not 

 satisfactory, and some think the name had the same origin as that 

 of Copake lake in Columbia county. Mahodac is a variant form.. 



Ma-re-gond appears on Sauthier's map in Dutchess county, but is 

 now in Putnam. 



Lake Mo-he'-gan bears the name of a noted Indian people, which 

 means a zvolf. Hence the French called them Loups. 



Lake Mo-hen'-sick was formerly Crum pond. It may be a cor- 

 ruption of a word signifying a place of assembly. 



Mount Nimham, not far off in the town of Kent, was called 

 after a chief who fought for the Americans in the Revolution. His 

 home was here and the Indians in the vicinity .were on tlie same side. 



Os-ka-wa'-na, so called from an Indian, is now Lake Conopus 

 and was formerly Horton's pond. Oskewans was one of those who 

 sold land to Van Cortlandt in 1683. 



Oregon, an introduced name from that state, is in the town of 

 Putnam Valley. This name has been treated under the head of 

 Chautauqua county. 



