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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  1683. 
  The 
  former 
  seems 
  equivalent 
  to 
  Minisink, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  

   interferes 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  definition 
  of 
  Poughkeepsie. 
  

  

  My-nach-kee 
  is 
  an 
  erroneous 
  rendering 
  of 
  Wynachkee. 
  

  

  Nan-ca-po-nick 
  was 
  another 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  creek 
  near 
  

   Mansaking. 
  

  

  Na-ni-o-pa-co-ni-oc, 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  Crum 
  Elbow 
  creek, 
  

   is 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  O-swe-go 
  village 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Union 
  Vale. 
  

  

  O-was-si-tan-nuck 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  bounds 
  of 
  Spragg's 
  

   land. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  awosachtene, 
  over 
  the 
  hill. 
  

  

  The 
  Pachany 
  Indians 
  were 
  placed 
  at 
  Fisher's 
  Hook 
  in 
  1632, 
  by 
  

   Wassenaer. 
  

  

  Pan-do-wick-ra-in 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Schoolcraft's 
  names 
  for 
  Fallkill. 
  It 
  

   is 
  elsewhere 
  mentioned 
  as 
  a 
  fall 
  called 
  Pendanick 
  Reen. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  

   related 
  to 
  pindalanak, 
  white 
  pine. 
  

  

  Pa-pa-ke-ing 
  kill 
  has 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Viel 
  

   tract 
  in 
  1680. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  paupock, 
  partridge, 
  with 
  locative. 
  

  

  Pi-et-a-wick-quas-ick 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Poughkeepsie 
  creek, 
  from 
  

   pehteau, 
  it 
  foams, 
  and 
  quassic, 
  stone. 
  Schoolcraft 
  said 
  that 
  Pie- 
  

   tawisquassic 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Caspar 
  creek 
  below 
  Barnegat. 
  

  

  Pogh-quag 
  is 
  a 
  village 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  formerly 
  

   borne 
  by 
  Silver 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  Poughgaick. 
  Rutenber 
  

   defines 
  the 
  name 
  as 
  round 
  lake. 
  Poquag 
  by 
  itself 
  means 
  merely 
  

   a 
  hole 
  or 
  hollow, 
  while 
  petuhki 
  is 
  round. 
  Trumbull 
  has 
  cleared 
  

   land 
  for 
  poquaig, 
  and 
  this 
  seems 
  the 
  meaning 
  here. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  

   be 
  corrupted 
  from 
  Pohkepaug, 
  clear 
  pond. 
  

  

  Pops-ick 
  pond 
  was 
  on 
  one 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Nine 
  Partners' 
  tract, 
  

   and 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  for 
  recreation. 
  

  

  Pough-keep'-sie 
  was 
  called 
  safe 
  harbor 
  by 
  Schoolcraft 
  from 
  Apo- 
  

   k'eepsing, 
  but 
  this 
  derivation 
  and 
  meaning 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  doubted. 
  

   S 
  parlor 
  d 
  gave 
  the 
  same 
  meaning 
  and 
  origin, 
  this 
  definition 
  being 
  

   evidently 
  of 
  early 
  date. 
  The 
  boundary 
  was 
  described 
  in 
  1680 
  as 
  

   " 
  beginning 
  at 
  a 
  creek 
  called 
  Pacaksing, 
  by 
  the 
  riverside." 
  In 
  

   1683 
  an 
  Indian 
  made 
  a 
  free 
  gift 
  of 
  a 
  waterfall 
  in 
  the 
  Highlands, 
  

   called 
  Pooghkepesingh, 
  and 
  certainly 
  safe 
  harbor 
  would 
  not 
  apply 
  

   to 
  this. 
  Pogkeepke, 
  Pokeepsinck, 
  Poghkeepke, 
  Picipsi 
  and 
  Pokip- 
  

   sie 
  are 
  other 
  early 
  forms. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  

  

  