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the island, and this contracted 'name is appHed to a large bay. In 

 1639 Lord Stirling's patent ran " from Peaconnet to ye eastermost 

 poynte of ye said Long Island." It was called Peheconnacke in 

 1659, and Pehaconnuck in 1664. Piaconnock or Aquebauke river 

 was mentioned in 1667. Tooker derives the whole name from 

 Pehik-konik, little plantation. 



Pen-at-a-quit, a small stream in Islip. There is now a village of 

 that name. 



Pe-qnash or Quasha Neck was in Southold in 1656. 



In 1658 Puckquashi Neck was mentioned as an old boundary 

 of Southold, west of Toms creek. It may be derived from pequas, 

 a fox. 



Pis-sa-punke meadows were mentioned at Corchauge in 1654, and 

 were called Pecepunk meadows in 1685 and 1692. The name now 

 belongs to a branch of Nissequogue river, and Mr Tooker gives 

 the original form as Pessapunk, a szveating place. 



Po-dunk, a clean place, is in Southampton, and is also a New 

 England name. 



Pog-gat-a-cut was a place where this chief's body was set down 

 while on the way to the grave. A hole was dug to mark the spot, 

 and this was carefully cleansed for a long time. 



Pon-quogue, shallozv ivatcr, a beach and hamlet in Southampton, 

 on Shinnecock bay. 



Poo-se-pa-tuck is a hamlet in Brookhaven, and was the home of 

 the chief of the Uncachogues. Thomas Jefferson took down a 

 vocabulary at Pusspa'tok in this town in 1794, from an old squaw 

 of that place. 



Po-qua-tuck, clear stream^, mentioned in 1641 and now Orient, 

 may be the Paugetuck of 1660. Mrs Flint gives this name to 

 Oyster ponds. 



Po-quott is now Dyer's Neck, and may be derived from pukut, 

 smoke, but is more likely to be a clear place. Thompson said it was 

 a cove between Port Jefferson and Setauket. 



Po-tuck, clear stream, is a hamlet in Southampton. 



Po-tunk island, clean place, is in Southampton, and was men- 

 tioned in 1659 as east of Peheconnacke. 



Pox-a-bogue is iH miles from the center of Bridgehampton. 



