ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 21? 



was sold " called Ilashaniommock, and Nashayonsnck, right over to 

 the North sea." A similar name belonged to Lake Ronconcoma, 

 and there is now a place called Hashamomuck beach. While hashap, 

 hemp, was a generic name for all fibrous material used for strings 

 or ropes, ashap was also used for a fish net, and thus, in conjunction 

 with amaug, fishing place, may here indicate a fishery of this kind, 

 as well as where a similar name occurs elsewhere. 



Hau-que-bauge was mentioned in Southold in 1679, and is a 

 variant of a name already given. 



Ho-cum, in Islip, belonged to the Willetts family. 



Hogonock, near Sag Harbor, has been thought of Indian origin, 

 but Mr Tooker has shown that it is a corruption of Hog Neck. As 

 such it appears throughout the Southold town records of 165 1, but 

 it was written Hoggenock in the Dongan patent of 1686, giving 

 an early date for the present name. 



Ka-ka-i-jongh or Awixa brook. 



Kee-mis-co-mock, or Weepose brook. The first name relates to 

 an inclosiire. The last may be Warpoes, translated hare by School- 

 craft. 



Kes-ka-ech-que-rem, the council place. The locality is uncertain, 

 but the name resembles that of East Neck in Huntington. 



Ket-che-pu-n'ak, the largest kind of ground nuts, is placed near 

 Moriches bay, at Westhampton. It differs little from the next. 



Ket-cha-bo-neck or Ketchaponock is between Moriches and Shin- 

 necock bay. This is defined place of largest roots, from kehche- 

 penauk. Thus kehchepen may have been Sagittaria, but N u p h a r 

 a d v e n a has also been suggested. 



Ke-te-wo-moke, the original name of Huntington. 



Konk-hong-an-ok is the name of Fort pond, from the Indian word 

 for zuild geese. 



Ma-han-suck river in Southold was mentioned in 1640. Tooker 

 derived this from mahan. island, and suck, outlet, applying it to the 

 outlet of Pipe's Neck creek, near Greenport, in which there is still 

 a small wooded island. It was mentioned as Mohansuck in 1666, 

 being near a place called Five Wigwams. 



Ma-nan-tick is a peninsula on Shelter island. 



Man-cho-nack was a name of Gardiner's island in the original 

 grant, and Professor Timoth;y Dwight said ; " Its Indian name wa§ 



