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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Muhheakunnnk 
  until 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  Hudson's 
  river, 
  then 
  they 
  said 
  

   one 
  to 
  another, 
  this 
  is 
  like 
  Muhheakunnuk 
  our 
  nativity." 
  Hickan 
  

   is 
  tide 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  word 
  in 
  question 
  might 
  be 
  

   formed 
  from 
  this, 
  though 
  none 
  like 
  it 
  appears 
  in 
  any 
  vocabulary. 
  

   Catlin 
  erroneously 
  called 
  Mohegan 
  good 
  canoe 
  men. 
  

  

  Mon-at'-tan 
  hook 
  is 
  mentioned 
  by 
  SpafTord, 
  who 
  says 
  : 
  "Monat- 
  

   tan 
  hook, 
  north 
  of 
  Hockatock 
  and 
  Indian 
  Fields, 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  

   last 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  names 
  that 
  I 
  need 
  mention 
  in 
  this 
  town." 
  It 
  refers 
  

   to 
  an 
  island 
  as 
  usually 
  defined, 
  not 
  to 
  a 
  point. 
  

  

  Ne-wes'-keke 
  or 
  Naveskeek 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Ruttenber 
  as 
  a 
  neck 
  

   of 
  land 
  with 
  a 
  stream 
  on 
  its 
  east 
  side, 
  10 
  miles 
  below 
  Albany. 
  This 
  

   would 
  place 
  it 
  above 
  Coeymans 
  Landing. 
  

  

  Nis-cont'-ha 
  is 
  Niscatha 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  

   grants, 
  near 
  the 
  mountains 
  west 
  of 
  Coeymans, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  Coeymans 
  

   patent. 
  It 
  refers 
  to 
  corn 
  lands, 
  and 
  was 
  probably 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  

   next. 
  

  

  O-nis'-ke-thau 
  creek 
  in 
  Coeymans 
  Hollow, 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  

   Coeymans 
  creek. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  hamlet 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  in 
  New 
  Scotland, 
  

   and 
  also 
  Oniskethau 
  flats 
  and 
  mountain. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   an 
  early 
  name 
  for 
  Coeymans, 
  meaning 
  cornfields. 
  

  

  Pa-chon-a-hel-lick 
  or 
  Mahickander's 
  island 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  1661. 
  

   It 
  is 
  opposite 
  Bethlehem 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  Long 
  island. 
  The 
  

   name 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  pachgammak, 
  black 
  ash, 
  or 
  from 
  

   pisseogquayeuonk, 
  miry 
  place. 
  

  

  Pas-sa-pe'-nock 
  is 
  Bear 
  island 
  below 
  Albany, 
  and 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  

   name. 
  A 
  suggested 
  derivation 
  has 
  been 
  from 
  pussough, 
  wildcat, 
  

   penuhkau, 
  he 
  cast 
  it 
  down 
  upon 
  him, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  satisfactory. 
  

   Pesuponk, 
  sweating 
  house, 
  seems 
  better, 
  but 
  Trumbull 
  had 
  a 
  pred- 
  

   ilection 
  for 
  names 
  from 
  roots, 
  and 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  P'sai-pen, 
  ' 
  wild 
  onion/ 
  

   with 
  the 
  suffix 
  for 
  'place,' 
  gave 
  p'sai- 
  pen-auk, 
  or 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  written 
  

   by 
  the 
  Dutch, 
  "Passapenock" 
  [O'Callaghan's 
  New 
  Netherlands, 
  

   I 
  :i22], 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  Beeren 
  island, 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  near 
  

   Coeyman's." 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  wild 
  onion 
  place. 
  

  

  Pem-pot-a-wut'-hut, 
  according 
  to 
  Schoolcraft, 
  was 
  a 
  Mahican 
  

   name 
  for 
  Albany, 
  meaning 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  council 
  fire, 
  but 
  he 
  suggested 
  

   no 
  derivation. 
  Ruttenber 
  merely 
  assented 
  to 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  meaning, 
  

   saying 
  that 
  Mahican 
  tradition 
  placed 
  their 
  capital 
  there, 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Pempotowwuthut-Muhhecaneuw, 
  or 
  the 
  fireplace 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  