ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 243 



Ac-que-ho-unck is now Hutchinson's or East Chester creek. It 

 has been also written Aqueanounck and Achquechgenom. There 

 are many variations and the name is also applied to a place in West 

 Farms. Tooker derived it from the Delaware word achwowangeu, 

 higJf bank, while others interpret it red cedar tree. 



Al-ip-conck, place of elms, at Tarrytown, has Mr Tooker's valued 

 indorsement. Schoolcraft defined it place of leaves. 



A-mack-as-sin, the great stone, was one of several names for a 

 great rock, near the Hudson and west of the Neperha. 



Am-a-walk, an abbreviated name, was in the east part of York- 

 town according to Bolton, while Scharf places it in Somers. 



A-o-keels pond was in or near Lewisboro in 1708. 



Ap-aw-quam-mis or Moquams creek was derived by Tooker from 

 appoqua, to cover, mis, the trunk of a tree ; in full the covering tree, 

 perhaps intending the birch. He placed it at Budd's Neck in Rye. 

 Ruttenber assigned the name to Rye Neck. Apawamis and Epa- 

 wames are variants. 



Ap-pa-magh-pogh was a name for a tract near Verplanck's point, 

 bought in 1683, and for a place east of Cortlandt. According to 

 Tooker this is from appoqua, to cover, with paug, water, and he 

 defines the whole lodge covering water place, or a place where cat- 

 tails were cut for mats to be used in covering wigwams. 



Ap-pan-ragh-pogh was a general Indian name for lands east of 

 Cortlandtown, according to Bolton, being the same as the last. 



Ap-won-nah, in Rye, is oyster, but apwonau also means he roasts, 

 and may be applied to roasting any shellfish. 



A-que-hung much resembles the name of Hutchinson's creek, but 

 is a name of the Bronx. Ruttenber applied it to Byram river and 

 derived it from aquene, peace, making it place of peace. Tooker, 

 however, assigns the name to a place on Bronx river, deriving it 

 from aquehonga, high hank or hluif, or else from hocqueunk, on 

 high. Staten Island had the same name. 



Ar-men-pe-rai or Armenperal is Sprain river. Tooker says the 

 word is much corrupted and the meaning unknown. 



Ar-monck, usually defined heaver, was an early name for Byram 

 river. This would derive it from the Delaware word amochk, 

 heaver. Tooker, however, preferred amaug, a fishing place. It is 

 also applied to a lake and to a village in North Castle, 



