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  place 
  at 
  the 
  narrow 
  pass. 
  It 
  might 
  as 
  well 
  be 
  from 
  wompattick, 
  

   a 
  goose, 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  pond 
  and 
  creek, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  its 
  probable 
  

   meaning. 
  

  

  Wech-quad-nach 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Indian 
  pond 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Northeast. 
  The 
  Indian 
  village 
  of 
  that 
  name 
  was 
  not 
  far 
  off 
  in 
  

   Connecticut, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  a 
  Moravian 
  mission 
  in 
  1749. 
  

  

  We-put-ing 
  Or 
  Tooth 
  mountain. 
  In 
  land 
  patents 
  it 
  was 
  written 
  

   Wimpeting 
  and 
  Wimpoting. 
  Weputing 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Sackett's 
  lake. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  usually 
  derived 
  from 
  weepit, 
  a 
  tooth, 
  

   with 
  the 
  note 
  of 
  locality, 
  but 
  Mr 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  this 
  wrong, 
  and 
  

   defined 
  it 
  a 
  ruinous 
  heap. 
  

  

  We-que-hach-ke 
  is 
  defined 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  country 
  by 
  Rut- 
  

   tenber. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  Wehquohke, 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  i. 
  e. 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  tribe's 
  territory. 
  

  

  Wi-an-te-ick 
  river 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  tract, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   Sackett's 
  land. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  Wiantenuck. 
  

  

  Wic-co-pee 
  was 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  highest 
  peak 
  of 
  the 
  

   Fishkill 
  mountains, 
  and 
  also 
  for 
  the 
  pass 
  or 
  trail 
  near 
  this. 
  It 
  might 
  

   be 
  derived 
  from 
  Wehquohke, 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  or 
  tribal 
  territory. 
  

  

  Win-na-kee 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Fall 
  creek, 
  defined 
  as 
  leaping 
  stream, 
  

   but 
  this 
  seems 
  an 
  error. 
  Winachk 
  means 
  birch, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   locative 
  would 
  be 
  place 
  of 
  birch 
  trees. 
  The 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  

   erroneously 
  written 
  Mynaehkee. 
  

  

  A 
  road 
  on 
  the 
  Little 
  Nine 
  Partners' 
  tract 
  led 
  to 
  Witauck, 
  and 
  

   this 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  wuttaonk, 
  a 
  path. 
  

  

  Wy-nog-kee 
  creek. 
  Ruttenber 
  said 
  that 
  a 
  meadow 
  "slanting 
  

   to 
  the 
  dancing 
  chamber," 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  Wappinger's 
  creek, 
  had 
  a 
  

   stream 
  called 
  Wynogkee 
  for 
  its 
  eastern 
  lines. 
  Wonogque 
  means 
  

   holes 
  and 
  there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  potholes 
  in 
  this, 
  suggesting 
  the 
  

   name. 
  Weenohke 
  also 
  means 
  a 
  grave, 
  and 
  this 
  may. 
  have 
  marked 
  

   the 
  spot, 
  tombs 
  being 
  sometimes 
  conspicuous. 
  

  

  ERIE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Lewis 
  H. 
  Morgan 
  gave 
  quite 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  names 
  in 
  Erie 
  county, 
  

   and 
  O. 
  H. 
  Marshall 
  did 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  The 
  Niagara 
  

   Frontier, 
  1865. 
  The 
  latter 
  followed 
  the 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Asher 
  

   Wright 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  accents 
  and 
  letters, 
  as 
  being 
  best 
  for 
  repre- 
  

   senting 
  the 
  sound. 
  The 
  long-continued 
  residence 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  

  

  