ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 263 



Arissheck was Paulus Hook, now Jersey City. The island called 

 Aressick, in New Jersey, was sold in 1630. 



Arromsinck was sold by the Newesingh Indians in 1663. 



Epating, in the rear of Jersey City, is from ishpa, high, and ink, 

 place. Ruttenber makes this Ishpatink or Espating, a high place, 

 applied to Snake Hill. 



Gamonepa, the original of Communipaw, was mentioned in 1660, 

 and was called Gemoenepa in 1674. It may be derived from che- 

 maun, a canoe. 



Hackinsack or Ackkinkashacky is defined by Ruttenber as the 

 stream that unites with another in low level ground. Its chief was 

 mentioned in 1655 and 1660, and the people earlier. 



Hackingh, opposite New York, was sold with Hobocan in 1630, 

 and Ruttenber unites them as Hoboken-hacking. 



Haquequenunck or Aquackanonk was at Patterson. 



Hobocan, now Hoboken, was sold in 1630. The name is usually 

 referred to tobacco pipes, but means something crooked or bent. 

 Hence Ruttenber thought it might here be defined as crooked shores. 

 Schoolcraft said there was a prominent Dutch family of this name 

 in Amsterdam in colonial days, but it is clearly an Indian name. 



Mankackkewachky is a name for Raritan Great Meadows. 



Mingaghque was a Dutch village in Bergen in 1674. 



Naosh, point surpassing all others, is Schoolcraft's name for 

 Sandy Hook. 



Narowatkongh was sold by the Newesingh Indians in 1663. 



Passaic is from pakhsajek, a valley. 



Pemrepogh, a Dutch village in Bergen in 1674. 



Pompton, crooked mouth, is thus defined by Ruttenber, from the 

 way in which the Ringwood and Ramapo flow into the Pompton. 



Potpocka or Ramspook, according to Ruttenber, is a river which 

 empties into a number of round ponds. 



Raritan is a forked river, according to Ruttenber. The Raritans 

 once lived at Wiquaeskeck, and had no chief in 1649. They aban- 

 doned their later lands because of floods and enemies. 



Sankhicans, tire workers, were Indians on the west side of New 

 York bay. 



The Dutch were called Schwonnack, people of the salt water, in 

 1655. Their Iroquois name was Aseronni, ax makers. 



