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  PLACE 
  NAMES 
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  Ma-wig-nack 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  place 
  where 
  two 
  streams 
  meet, 
  

   "but 
  the 
  derivation 
  is 
  not 
  clear. 
  In 
  1789 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   lowlands 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  Katskill 
  and 
  Kater 
  skill. 
  

  

  Na-pees-tock 
  or 
  Nip-pis-auke, 
  small 
  lake 
  place, 
  at 
  a 
  pond 
  in 
  the 
  

   west 
  part 
  of 
  Cairo. 
  

  

  Och-quich-tok, 
  Ac-quit-ack 
  or 
  Acquickak, 
  a 
  small 
  plain 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill, 
  described 
  as 
  being 
  nearly 
  opposite 
  Austin's 
  

   paper 
  mill, 
  and 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1789. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  denned 
  as 
  stony 
  or 
  

   rocky 
  place. 
  A 
  better 
  derivation 
  would 
  be 
  from 
  ah 
  que, 
  to 
  leave 
  off, 
  

   tuk, 
  at 
  the 
  river, 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  boundary. 
  

  

  On-ti-o-ra, 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  sky, 
  is 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   Catskills 
  in 
  a 
  paper 
  read 
  in 
  1844. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  before 
  that 
  

   time, 
  and 
  may 
  have 
  originated 
  with 
  him, 
  being 
  the 
  only 
  Iroquois 
  

   name 
  in 
  the 
  county. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  denned 
  it 
  very 
  high 
  mountain, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  now 
  applied 
  to 
  Onteora 
  Park. 
  

  

  Pach-qui-ack 
  or 
  Pachquayack, 
  the 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  five 
  plains, 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  meant 
  clear 
  land 
  or 
  open 
  country- 
  

  

  Pa-sa-ma-coo-sick 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  fort. 
  Pissaumatoonk 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  business, 
  and 
  the 
  full 
  meaning 
  may 
  be 
  place 
  where 
  business 
  is 
  

   transacted. 
  

  

  In 
  1675 
  land 
  was 
  sold 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  called 
  

   Paskoecq, 
  in 
  Catskill. 
  It 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  site 
  of 
  Leeds, 
  and 
  was 
  

   also 
  called 
  Pascakook, 
  Pastakook 
  and 
  Pistakook. 
  

  

  Pe-o-quan-ack-qua 
  or 
  Pesquanachqua 
  was 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner 
  

   of 
  the 
  Loveridge 
  patent, 
  or 
  Maquaas 
  Hook. 
  Lockerman's 
  tract 
  

   had 
  the 
  creek 
  Canasenix 
  (Saugerties) 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  "east 
  on 
  the 
  

   river 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Imbocht 
  where 
  Loveridge 
  leaves 
  off, 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  Peoquanackqua." 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  Peokonat, 
  to 
  throzv 
  

   down, 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  laying 
  down 
  of 
  burdens 
  there, 
  or 
  possibly 
  to 
  

   .games 
  of 
  wrestling. 
  

  

  Po-tam-is-kas-sick, 
  a 
  plain 
  above 
  the 
  sandy 
  plains, 
  South 
  Cairo. 
  

   This 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  pootoemoo, 
  projecting, 
  and 
  quasick, 
  stone. 
  

  

  Po-tick 
  was 
  the 
  fifth 
  of 
  the 
  plains 
  bought 
  in 
  1678. 
  The 
  Mahican 
  

   village 
  of 
  Potick 
  was 
  west 
  of 
  Athens, 
  and 
  Potick 
  hill 
  and 
  creek 
  

   are 
  yet 
  known. 
  The 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  petuhqui, 
  it 
  is 
  round, 
  

   or 
  pohki, 
  it 
  is 
  clear. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  preferable 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  de- 
  

   Jined 
  waterfall. 
  

  

  