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  NAMES 
  OF 
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  YORK 
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  ing 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  real 
  men 
  for 
  themselves. 
  Hittuck 
  is 
  a 
  river 
  whose 
  

   waters 
  may 
  be 
  driven 
  in 
  waves. 
  Names 
  and 
  settlements 
  on 
  this 
  

   river 
  were 
  mostly 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  nation. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  how 
  

   a 
  British 
  nobleman's 
  name 
  has 
  become 
  so 
  identified 
  with 
  this 
  people 
  

   as 
  to 
  seem 
  native 
  to 
  the 
  soil. 
  Their 
  various 
  tribes 
  now 
  share 
  the 
  

   name. 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawk 
  branch 
  is 
  so 
  called 
  because 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  country. 
  One 
  derivation 
  is 
  from 
  mohwhau, 
  he 
  eats 
  him. 
  

  

  Mon-gaup 
  valley. 
  This 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  several 
  streams, 
  

   but 
  not 
  with 
  certainty. 
  

  

  Ne-hack-a-mack, 
  an 
  old 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  

   may 
  mean 
  a 
  point 
  where 
  they 
  fish. 
  

  

  On-o-wa-da-gegh, 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  village 
  of 
  1766. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  

   this 
  zvhite 
  clay 
  or 
  muddy 
  place. 
  

  

  Ou-le-out 
  creek 
  and 
  postoffice. 
  This 
  was 
  called 
  Au-ly-ou-let 
  in 
  

   the 
  purchase 
  of 
  1768, 
  and 
  Owl-i-hout 
  in 
  1791. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  rendered 
  

   this 
  a 
  continuing 
  voice, 
  as 
  though 
  of 
  flowing 
  water. 
  

  

  O-wa-ri-o-neck, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  

   map. 
  

  

  Pa-ka-tagh-kan 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  Margarets- 
  

   ville, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Bush 
  kill. 
  This 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  Popachton 
  or 
  

   Papotunk 
  branch 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map. 
  Under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Middle- 
  

   town 
  SpafTord 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  local 
  designation 
  of 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  

   town, 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Pakatakan, 
  little 
  used." 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  

   from 
  pahketeau, 
  he 
  makes 
  it 
  clean. 
  

  

  Pe-pach-ton 
  river 
  and 
  Pepacton 
  postoffice. 
  Also 
  called 
  Popac- 
  

   ton, 
  Papakunk 
  and 
  Papatunk. 
  Colonel 
  Bradstreet 
  claimed 
  lands 
  

   at 
  Popaughtunk 
  in 
  1771, 
  and 
  the 
  river 
  was 
  thus 
  called 
  a 
  little 
  later. 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  popocus, 
  partridges, 
  with 
  note 
  of 
  location. 
  

  

  Pas-cack 
  river 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  Colonial 
  Lazvs, 
  1742, 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  here 
  or 
  in 
  Orange 
  county. 
  It 
  may 
  come 
  from 
  pachsa- 
  

   jeek, 
  a 
  valley. 
  

  

  Shin-hop-ple 
  is 
  a 
  Delaware 
  name, 
  suggestive 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   origin. 
  

  

  Sho-ka-ken 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1777, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  word. 
  

   It 
  may 
  have 
  its 
  root 
  in 
  sokanon, 
  it 
  rains, 
  or 
  in 
  its 
  primary 
  meaning 
  

   of 
  pouring 
  out 
  water, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  its 
  site 
  at 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Deleware, 
  where 
  one 
  stream 
  was 
  poured 
  into 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  