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Yen-ne-cock is part of Southold and east of Cutchogue. The 

 Yannocock Indians were mentioned in 1667, and the place in 1640. 

 Tooker writes it Yennycott, deriving it from Yaen-auk-ut, at the 

 extended country. The early forms vary but little. It might mean 

 on one side of some place. 



The practice of buying land gradually and in small quantities 

 from the aboriginal owners of Long Island, led to the preservation 

 of many Indian names there. 



SULLIVAN COUNTY 



A-las-ka-ye-ing mountains appear on Sauthier's map as the 

 southern range of the Shawangunk mountains. 



Ba-sha or Basher's kill. Basha was an old sqi^aw, according to 

 one story, whose husband killed a deer and left her to bring it home. 

 She fastened it securely on her back, but in crossing the stream 

 fell under her burden. Being unable to release herself she was 

 drowned. Another story is that she was shot here during the 

 Esopus war, 



Cal-li-coon river is of doubtful origin, but seems to mean turkey 

 in either case. On a map of 1825 it is Kollikoen, but in the New 

 York statutes, etc., it is commonly written Collikoon. Kalkoen is 

 Dutch for turkey, and the Delaware word gulukochsun means the 

 same. 



Chough-ka-wa-ka-no-e was a small stream mentioned in 1665. 



Co-chec-ton or Cashington is said to have originally been Cush- 

 nun-tunk or low grounds. This is preferable to Boyd's definition of 

 a finished small harbor, but Kussitchuan, a rapid stream^ seems 

 better than either. In 1755 Cashiektunk was an Indian, village on 

 a branch of the Delaware called Fishkill, and it appears on Sauthier's 

 map as Cashiegtonk island and falls. It was also written 

 Cashickatunk, and the name may refer to its being an old or princi- 

 pal place. The Delaware, near this place, was the former home of 

 the Cashigton Indians, and they sent a belt to Governor Clinton in 



1745- 



Hag-ga-is pond is in Lumberland. Hogki is clothing, and thence 



we have fish scales and shells. 



Ho-mo-wack has been defined zvater floivs put, but this lacks 

 support. It seems better to derive it from aumauog, they fish, or 



