ABORIGINAL- PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 2$$ 



sonal name, but also considered that it might be from sagapin, a 

 ground nut. 



So-cak-a-tuck, mouth of a stream, is a place in Pelham. 



Suck-e-bouk or Suckebort, in Bedford, has been anglicized to 

 Suckabone. Tooker writes it Suckehonk, black place or marsh. 



Tam-mo-e-sis was a small creek near Verplanck's Point, on the 

 south side of which land was bought in 1683. Tooker thought this 

 a personal name, meaning little wolf. This derivation is not very 

 clear, and the name may have some reference to the beaver, which 

 is tamaque in Delaware, and from which the name of Tammany is 

 derived. 



Tan-ke-ten-kes or Tantiketes, a people living back of Sing Sing. 

 Tooker defines this as those of little worth. 



Tan-ra-ken or Tanrackan creek was near Senasqua meadow. It 

 was derived from tannag, a crane, by Tooker, and was also called 

 Sepperack creek. It might also be defined a fertile place. 



Tap-pan bay has the form of Tuphanne, meaning cold spring, 

 according to Heckewelder, but was often written Tappaen. 



Tat-o-muck is a name for Mill river in Poundridge. Tooker says 

 that part of the name is lost, and that it probably meant crab Ushing 

 place. 



Ti-ti-cus is abbreviated, as the name of a river, from Mughtiti- 

 coos, the name of an early chief. 



To-quams was a tract of land mentioned in 1640. Tooker 

 thought it indicated a boundary mark, meaning at the round rock. 

 Toquamske was another form. 



Tuck-a-hoe was a name applied to the root of Orontium aquati- 

 cum, from which the Indians made a kind of bread. The word 

 is derived from p'tuckwe, and the name is given to a village and 

 hill in Yonkers. 



Um-pe-wauge pond was on the line of the Lewisboro purchase 

 of 1708. 



Wac-ca-back lake in Lewisboro may be derived from wequa- 

 baug, end of the pond. 



Wa-chi-e-ha-mis, a pond on the Van Cortlandt purchase of 1695. 

 FVom wadchuemes, a hill as contrasted with a mountain, and thus, 

 with proper designation, pond on a hill. 



Wam-pus pond was called after a resident chief of the Tanke- 



