ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 209 



SUFFOLK COUNTY 



The local names in this county are all Algonquin, but in many- 

 cases much chang-ed. Sometimes, indeed, a name has been changed 

 from Indian to English, or the reverse. Of course many are writ- 

 ten in several ways, and Mr Tooker has solved many difficulties. 



Ac-ca-po-nack, or Acabonac Harbor in Easthampton, is derived 

 from occapand'k, a kind of ground nut. It is on Gardiner's bay 

 and may be defined as a place of roots. Trumbull says that in 

 Virginia okeepenauk occurs, meaning roots of round shape in dry 

 ground. 



Ac-cob-auke was a name for Beaver-dam brook in 1659, ^"^ ^^ 

 was Apaucuck in a deed of 1653. It is sometimes called Apocock 

 and is in Southampton. 



Ac-com-bo-mack, boundary or inclosiirc on the other side, is a 

 name for the north part of the Shinnecock hills. 



Ac-com-bo-muck, in the eastern part of Southampton, is the same. 



Ag-a-wam, place abounding in Ush, is at this village in South- 

 ampton. Agawam lake is 3 miles north. 



A-ha-qua-zu-wa-muck, a name for Shelter Island, was written 

 Ahaquatuwamock in 1652. The name includes a Ushingplace. 



Am-a-gan-sett is now a village in Easthampton. Trumbull sug- 

 gested that it meant at or near the fishing place. Its earliest form 

 was Amogonsett in 1683, and this makes a good definition, amaug 

 meaning fish taken with a hook. Tooker said it was not a personal 

 name, but he thought it meant the place of the drinking thing or 

 well, which at that place was a hollow log, sunk in the ground. Be- 

 ginning with 1672 he found many references to this Indian well and 

 the plain adjoining. He derives it from wutahamunk, a well, and 

 the added locatives. 



A-mus-by-mon-i-ca or Amuskemunnica Neck was mentioned in 

 1682, in the records of Huntington. 



An-chan-nock in Southold, called Robert's or Robin's island, was 

 bought in 1665. 



An-usk Co-mun-cak was a stream separating East Neck from 

 Sampaumes Neck. 



A-qtie-bauke meadows were on Piaconnock river in 1666. They 

 were -called Aquebaak in 1667. 



A-qiie-bogue, or Riverhead, is sometimes Occapogue, In 1667 



