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campaign. It was the grist mill in New York near the Bennington 

 battle ground, and Burgoyne called it Sainturich mill. The Indians 

 termed it Sahan-kaim-soick, as appears from Albany records, and 

 from this came San Coick. It is in the town of Hoosick. 



San-na-ha-gog was erroneously placed east of the Hudson by 

 Ruttenber. 



Schagh-ti-coke is usually defined landslide^ and is an Algonquin 

 word. Spafford said : " This name, so long, crooked and hard, 

 that it puzzles everybody, is said to have originated with the Mo- 

 hawk Indians. The original was Scaughwunk, a name by them 

 applied to a sand slide of nearly 200 yards elevation, extending for 

 a considerable distance along the right bank of Hoosac river, under 

 an angle of about 60 degrees with the horizon." Ruttenber derived 

 it from Pishgaehticook, tzvo streams meeting, the Indian town being 

 at the confluence of the Hoosick and Hudson according to him. 

 Neither definition is satisfactory, though Spafford's probably ap- 

 proiaches the true one. The Delaware word sagachgutteen means 

 ascent, and schachachgeu, straight. A word similar to either of 

 these, with the terminal for land would give a good sense for a high 

 or precipitous place. In the Albany charter of 1686 the name ap- 

 pears as Schauhtecogue. The Skaachkook Indians settled there in 

 1672, coming from New England and eventually going to Canada. 

 The place was merftioned in 171 1 as " Skacktege, Where ye Indians 

 live," and there are great variations in the spelling. 



Scho-dack was sold by the Indians in 1650, and more land was 

 sold by them in 1678. Part of Schotack or Aepjen's island was sold 

 in 1663. Schoolcraft derived the name from ischoda, fire, making 

 it the place of the Mahican council fire. Ruttenber said that 

 Schodac, the traditional Mahican capital, was on the site of Castle- 

 ton, deriving the name from skootag, tire, and ack, place, and re- 

 ferring it to the supposed council fire there. It has also been derived 

 from Esquatuck, which is more suggestive of the word for fire than 

 the existing name. 



Se-mes-seer-se or Semesseeck was a tract opposite Albany, 

 lying between Petanock and Negagonse. It was also written 

 Gesmesseeck. 



Sheep-schack was on the site of Lansingburg, according to Rut- 



