﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  . 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  21 
  

  

  name 
  ever 
  belonged 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  hill 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  

   atearosera, 
  a 
  friend, 
  and 
  the 
  Cayuga, 
  aterotsera, 
  is 
  still 
  nearer 
  in 
  

   sound. 
  Otschista, 
  fire, 
  would 
  do 
  quite 
  as 
  well. 
  

  

  Kan-is-kek 
  or 
  Caniskek 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  1664. 
  Ruttenber 
  said 
  

   this 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  in 
  Coeymans, 
  10 
  miles 
  below 
  Albany. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   lower 
  down, 
  but 
  is 
  placed 
  at 
  Beeren 
  island. 
  The 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  

   derived 
  from 
  Kschiecheek, 
  clean. 
  

  

  Kax-hax-ki, 
  a 
  place 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Coeymans, 
  suggests 
  Coxsackie. 
  

  

  Kox-hack-ung 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  1661, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  

   between 
  Van 
  Bergen 
  island 
  and 
  Neuten 
  Hook 
  [see 
  Pearson] 
  . 
  It 
  

   was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  tract, 
  not 
  restricted 
  to 
  one 
  spot. 
  This 
  was 
  

   mostly 
  south 
  of 
  Albany 
  county, 
  and 
  also 
  suggests 
  Coxsackie. 
  

  

  Ma-hi-can 
  was 
  one 
  name 
  of 
  Beeren 
  island, 
  meaning 
  wolf, 
  but 
  

   referring 
  to 
  its 
  Mahican 
  owners, 
  called 
  Lonps 
  by 
  the 
  French. 
  

  

  Mach-a-wa-meck 
  or 
  Beeren 
  island. 
  In 
  1664 
  it 
  was 
  said 
  that 
  

   Caniskek 
  was 
  behind 
  this 
  and 
  opposite 
  Claverack. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   suggested 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  came 
  from 
  mashq, 
  bear, 
  and 
  wamok, 
  

   enough; 
  i. 
  e. 
  place 
  of 
  many 
  bears. 
  This 
  agrees 
  with 
  its 
  Dutch 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Me-ka'-go, 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Coeymans, 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  Schoolcraft. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  Mogkiyeu, 
  it 
  is 
  large. 
  

  

  Mo-en-em'-i-nes 
  castle 
  was 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  in 
  1630, 
  and 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Mahicans. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  

   from 
  Moninneam, 
  he 
  looks 
  at 
  it, 
  as 
  a 
  lookout 
  place, 
  or 
  one 
  con- 
  

   spicuous. 
  

  

  Mohegan-ittuck 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Schoolcraft's 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  

   and 
  the 
  same 
  Algonquin 
  name 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  others 
  with 
  slight 
  varia- 
  

   tions. 
  It 
  means 
  simply 
  Mohegan 
  river, 
  but 
  those 
  dwelling 
  on 
  it. 
  

   near 
  Albany, 
  are 
  usually 
  called 
  Mahicans 
  to 
  distinguish 
  them 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  people 
  in 
  New 
  England. 
  Ma-ha-ke-negh-tuc 
  is 
  another 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  river's 
  name, 
  meaning 
  the 
  same. 
  In 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  

   Historical 
  Society 
  Collection, 
  volume 
  9, 
  page 
  101, 
  is 
  a 
  tradition 
  re- 
  

   lated 
  by 
  this 
  people 
  in 
  New 
  England, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  meaning 
  

   for 
  the 
  name. 
  They 
  said 
  that 
  "Muhheakunnuk, 
  according 
  to 
  

   original 
  signification, 
  is 
  great 
  waters 
  or 
  sea, 
  which 
  are 
  constantly 
  

   in 
  motion, 
  either 
  ebbing 
  or 
  flowing." 
  This 
  was 
  far 
  in 
  the 
  west, 
  

   whence 
  they 
  came. 
  "As 
  they 
  were 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  they 
  

   found 
  many 
  great 
  waters, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  flowing 
  and 
  ebbing 
  like 
  

  

  