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from it " ; but it is still the name of a creek. The definition has no 

 foundation. The name may have been Mohshequssuk, flinfy rock. 



Mo-na-yunk creek appears on recent maps. Heckewelder called 

 this our place of drinking. 



Na-as-se-rok was a tract in Rochester in 1709. 



Na-no-seck was an island in Esopus. 



Nap-a-noch or Napanock is a village in Wawarsing, called after 

 an Indian chief. 

 ■ Nev-er-sink river has been treated elsewhere. 



O-nang-wack creek was east of Rondout creek. 



Pa-ca-na-sink lands were on record in 1717, and may be the fol- 

 lowing. 



Pack-a-se-eck was on the line of a tract sold in 1678, and may be 

 derived from pachsajeek, a valley. 



Pa-wach-ta was a tract sold in 1678. The name was also applied 

 to a creek west of the great swamp on the Hudson, and may be 

 derived from paswohteau, it is near. 



The Papagonk Indians were in this county in 1774 according to 

 Tryon's report. 



Pat-au-tunk creek is on a recent map. 



Po-chuck creek is mentioned here. 



Ponck-hock-ie is a place near Kingston. Ruttenber thought the 

 Dutch fort was " at the place still bearing the aboriginal name of 

 Ponckokie." French said : " The site of the first Dutch fort is said 

 to be upon a plateau in the w. bounds of Rondout. The locality is 

 still called by its Indian name, Ponckhockie, said to signify canoe 

 harbor." It may be derived from ponkque, dry^ and hacky, land. 



Quas-sa-ic creek, stony, is in the town of Plattekill. Some docu- 

 ments of 1718-19 speak of the Palatine settlements on Ouassaic 

 creek in Ulster, which properly belong in Orange county, but this 

 became the name of a tract farther north. 



Ra-ga-wa-sinck was a name for Rondout kill in 1677. 



Rap-hoos was the name of an island in Crum Elbow in that year, 

 and was also applied to a tract on the north side of Rondout creek. 



Sche-pin-a-i-konck, a Minisink village, may have been here or in 

 Orange. 



Se-wak-an-a-mie was a tract on both sides of a creek in 1678. 



Shan-da-ken. SpafTord says this, " in the Indian dialect of the 



