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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  lake 
  itself 
  shared 
  in 
  the 
  name. 
  In 
  1609 
  the 
  Indians 
  told 
  

   Champlain 
  that 
  the 
  Vermont 
  shore 
  and 
  mountains 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  

   Iroquois. 
  Yates 
  and 
  Moulton 
  eite 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  167 
  1 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  lake 
  

   was 
  called 
  Lacus 
  Irocoisi, 
  a 
  description 
  in 
  1662 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  appears 
  

   as 
  Lacus 
  Irocoiensis, 
  and 
  a 
  later 
  map 
  calling 
  it 
  Lac 
  Champlain 
  

   011 
  mer 
  de 
  Iroquois. 
  Van 
  der 
  Donck 
  called 
  it 
  the 
  lake 
  of 
  the 
  Ira- 
  

   coys 
  in 
  1655, 
  but 
  confused 
  it 
  with 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  That 
  lake, 
  the 
  

   Richelieu 
  and 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river, 
  were 
  often 
  called 
  after 
  the 
  same 
  

   people. 
  

  

  COLUMBIA 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  names 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  in 
  old 
  patents, 
  

   mainly 
  that 
  of 
  Livingston 
  manor. 
  All 
  are 
  Algonquin. 
  A 
  few 
  sur- 
  

   vive, 
  but 
  the 
  early 
  ones 
  are 
  variously 
  written, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   document. 
  Some 
  variations 
  probably 
  came 
  in 
  transcribing. 
  

  

  Ac-a-wai-sic, 
  or 
  boundary 
  rock, 
  was 
  the 
  great 
  stone 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   east 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  Livingston 
  manor. 
  

  

  Ac-a-wan-uck, 
  boundary 
  place, 
  is 
  another 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  

   spot. 
  

  

  Ack-kook-peek 
  lake, 
  or 
  snake 
  lake, 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  Taghkanick 
  tract. 
  

   From 
  this 
  Copake 
  was 
  derived. 
  

  

  A-hash-e-wagh-kick 
  or 
  Ahashewaghkameek, 
  is 
  a 
  creek 
  in 
  the 
  

   northeast 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  manor, 
  distinguished 
  by 
  a 
  stone 
  heap. 
  There 
  

   was 
  a 
  hill 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  

  

  Che-co-min-go 
  kill, 
  on 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  1798, 
  was 
  place 
  of 
  eels, 
  being 
  

   one 
  form 
  of 
  Shekomeko. 
  

  

  Copake 
  or 
  Cookpake, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  the 
  present 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  town 
  

   and 
  lake. 
  This 
  was 
  Kookpake 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  being 
  

   derived 
  from 
  achkook, 
  snake, 
  and 
  paug, 
  pond, 
  making 
  it 
  snake 
  lake, 
  

   as 
  above. 
  

  

  Gogh-komck-o-ko, 
  in 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Colonial 
  Laws, 
  1723, 
  seems 
  another 
  

   form 
  of 
  Shekomeko. 
  

  

  Kach-ka-wy-ick 
  west 
  of 
  a 
  mountain 
  on 
  the 
  manor. 
  It 
  was 
  

   also 
  written 
  Kachkawayick, 
  Kachkanick 
  and 
  Kachtawagick. 
  

  

  Kah-se-way 
  or 
  Kesieway 
  creek, 
  near 
  Claverack. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  Dutch 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  owner 
  of 
  adjoining 
  land, 
  variously 
  

   spelled. 
  He 
  often 
  appears 
  in 
  early 
  Dutch 
  records. 
  Kiessiewey's 
  

   kill 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  a 
  land 
  sale 
  at 
  Schodack 
  in 
  1678. 
  

  

  Ke-han-tick 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  corn 
  land 
  bought 
  in 
  that 
  year. 
  

  

  