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RICHMOND COUNTY 



Some writers have placed part of the Manhattans on Staten 

 Island, and the name is as significant in the one place as in the 

 other, but the title to the island was vested in several nonresident 

 tribes. 



A-que-hon-ga is the English form of an early Indian name of 

 this island. 



Achwowangeu is Delaware for high sandy banks, and from this 

 the name seems derived. In 1670 it appeared as Aquehonga 

 Manacknong, that is, the island with high sandy hanks. 



Egh-qua-ons was the Dutch form of the Indian word, and under 

 this name it was sold in 1657 by the sachems of several tribes, this 

 implying joint ownership and occasional residence. 



Ma-ta-nucke was another early name, perhaps like the next. 



Ma-ta-wucks is a name for Staten Island in 163 1, given by 

 Ruttenber, and meaning land of periwinkles, as on Long Island. 



Ruttenber said that De Vries called it Monocknong and its In- 

 dians Monatons, being the same as Manhattans or islanders. 

 Schoolcraft interpreted the former word ironwood place, but it 

 seems certainly to mean the island place. 



Na-osh was Schoolcraft's name for Sandy Hook, which he de- 

 fined as a point surpassing all others, an extravagant definition. 



Wat-chogue has sometimes been written Watch Oak, and is a 

 notable hill on this island. If an Indian name, as is probable, it 

 would be from wadchu, a hill, adding the locative. Tooker defines 

 Wachogue elsewhere as hilly land, which suits this place. 



ROCKLAND.COUNTY 



All the names in this county are Algonquin, the land belonging 

 to the Tappan Indians, whose possessions extended much farther 

 south. 



A-he-que-re-noy, near Flora's falls, was mentioned in 1716. 

 Partly from ahque, to leave off, often used in boundary names. 



A-rin-gee was one of five tracts bought from the Indians by 

 Blandia Bayard in 1700. 



Cam-gu-se was another of these tracts. 



Cheese-cock's patent took in part of this county, and was granted 

 in 1707. 



