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  Ke-nagh-te-quat 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  creek. 
  

  

  Kick-ua 
  or 
  Kickpa, 
  one 
  of 
  three 
  tracts 
  of 
  flat 
  lands 
  on 
  the 
  manor 
  

   and 
  near 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  in 
  1683. 
  This 
  was 
  on 
  Roeloff 
  Jansen's 
  kill 
  

  

  Ma-chack-o-esk 
  was 
  land 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  Kinderhook 
  creek- 
  

  

  Ma-hask-a-kook, 
  a 
  cripple-bi 
  sh 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  

   river 
  and 
  opposite 
  Saugerties 
  creek. 
  I 
  find 
  no 
  definition 
  of 
  this 
  

   bush 
  in 
  any 
  dictionary 
  or 
  botany, 
  but 
  it 
  means 
  a 
  creeping 
  or 
  sprawl- 
  

   ing 
  bush, 
  perhaps 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Viburnum. 
  The 
  name 
  often 
  appears 
  

   in 
  early 
  papers, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  natives 
  were 
  Cripple 
  Indians. 
  The 
  

   Indian 
  name 
  here 
  used 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  snake, 
  and 
  probably 
  the 
  copper- 
  

   head. 
  

  

  Man-an-o-sick, 
  a 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  manor. 
  The 
  name 
  

   may 
  be 
  from 
  manoonsk, 
  clay, 
  with 
  locative. 
  

  

  Mat-tash-uck 
  hills 
  in 
  Gallatin 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  mattasu, 
  not 
  

   far 
  off, 
  with 
  note 
  of 
  location. 
  

  

  Ma-wa-na-gua-sick, 
  or 
  Wawanaquasick, 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  manor, 
  " 
  where 
  the 
  heapes 
  of 
  stone 
  lie 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  which 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  throw 
  upon 
  another 
  as 
  they 
  pass 
  from 
  an 
  ancient 
  custom 
  

   amongst 
  them." 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  written 
  Mawanapquassek. 
  Ruttenber 
  

   defines 
  it 
  thus 
  : 
  Wawa 
  is 
  plural, 
  na 
  is 
  good, 
  quas 
  is 
  stone 
  or 
  stones, 
  

   ick 
  is 
  place. 
  In 
  the 
  map 
  and 
  patent 
  Mawanaquasick 
  is 
  clearly 
  pre- 
  

   ferred, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  rendered 
  Mawuni, 
  gathered, 
  and 
  quassick, 
  

   stones, 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  heaps. 
  

  

  Ma-wich-nack, 
  zvhere 
  two 
  streams 
  meet, 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  Nacha- 
  

   wawachkano 
  and 
  Twastaweekak 
  creeks. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   flat. 
  

  

  Ma-wi-eg-nunk 
  or 
  Mawighunk 
  patent 
  in 
  1743. 
  It 
  may 
  mean 
  

   place 
  of 
  assembly. 
  

  

  Min-nis-sich-tan-ock, 
  where 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  Taghkanick 
  

   patent 
  began, 
  on 
  the 
  northwest 
  side 
  of 
  Roeloff 
  Jansen's 
  kill. 
  It 
  is 
  

   also 
  written 
  Misnisschtanock 
  and 
  Minnischtanock. 
  It 
  seems 
  de- 
  

   rived 
  from 
  minneash, 
  nuts 
  or 
  fruits, 
  with 
  locative. 
  

  

  Na-cha-wa-wach-ka-no 
  creek, 
  flowing 
  into 
  Twastaweekak 
  or 
  

   Claverack 
  creek, 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  manor. 
  

  

  Na-ka-o-va-e-wich 
  or 
  Nakawiawick 
  was 
  land 
  at 
  the 
  southeast 
  

   corner 
  of 
  the 
  manor. 
  There 
  is 
  mentioned 
  also, 
  " 
  A 
  rock 
  or 
  great- 
  

   stone 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  corner 
  of 
  another 
  flatt 
  or 
  piece 
  of 
  low 
  land, 
  

   called 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  Nakaowasick." 
  This 
  might 
  apply 
  either 
  to 
  

  

  