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called Wanachque, and Ruttenber gives Raraque. Tooker defined 

 it as the end, stop or point, Avhich is a good definition, 



Rip-po-wams was a place at Stamford, on both sides of Mill river. 

 It was also called Nippowance, and Tooker thought it from nipan- 

 apnchk, standing rock. It was the name of a tract of land, and 

 was assigned to Connecticut in 1655. 



Sach-ke-ra, a place in West Farms. Extended land. 



Sach-us or Sackhoes was on the site of Peekskill. Tooker thought 

 it a personal name, but defined it as the mouth of a stream, com- 

 paring it with Saugus or Lynn in Massachusetts. 



Sack-a-ma Wick-er is sachem's house. 



Sac-ra-hung or Mill river is derived by Ruttenber from sacra, 

 rain, but Tooker writes it Sackwahung, places it in West Farms, 

 and makes it a variant of Aquehung, a high hank. 



Sa-cun-yte Na-pucke was a place in Pelham, derived by Tooker 

 from' Sakunk Napi-ock, at the outlet of a pond. ^ 



Sa-per-wack is a bend in a stream in West Farms. Extended 

 land. 



Sap-rough-ah was a creek in the same town. Land spread out: 



Sas-sa-chem or Sachem creek. 



Sen-as-qua Neck or Croton Point. Tooker derived this name 

 from wanasque, a point, and said Wanasquattan was a similar name 

 on Long Island, but without giving location. 



Sen-sin-ick, stony place, is like Sing Sing. 



Se-pack-e-na was a small creek at Tarrytown, on the north line 

 of a purchase by Philipse. Tooker defined this and some similar 

 names as either land on a river or extended land, sepagenum mean- 

 ing he spreads out. Its relation to sepu, a fiver, is less obvious but 

 may be traced. 



Se-pe-a-chim creek is mentioned by Bolton. The name is de- 

 scriptive of the creek or river, or may be derived from sepagenum. 



Sep-par-ak, land on a river, is a place in Cortlandt, where it is 

 also a name for Tanracken creek. In all these names river comes 

 first. 



Se-wey-ruc was a name for Byram river in 1649, being a bound- 

 ary of the land then sold. It may be from scahwhoog referring to 

 scattered or loose wampum. 



Shap-pe-qua is in Bedford and New Castle, and the name is 



