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  Qua-cha-nock 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  west 
  of 
  Lockerman's 
  land. 
  It 
  may 
  

   mean 
  a 
  running 
  place. 
  

  

  Qua- 
  jack 
  was 
  a 
  general 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  plains 
  at 
  Catskill, 
  

   which 
  were 
  termed 
  the 
  Christian 
  corn 
  land. 
  

  

  Qua-ta-wich-na-ack 
  is 
  a 
  waterfall 
  far 
  up 
  the 
  Kaaterskill, 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  line 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  south 
  of 
  Catskill, 
  which 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  1682. 
  Rut- 
  

   tenber 
  speaks 
  of 
  this 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Katskill 
  from 
  the 
  

   south, 
  called 
  Quatawichnaack, 
  understanding 
  a 
  fall 
  to 
  be 
  simply 
  a 
  

   rapidly 
  descending 
  stream. 
  Elsewhere 
  it 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  Katawignack 
  

   or 
  Quitquekeenock, 
  a 
  waterfall 
  at 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  Lov- 
  

   eridge 
  patent, 
  near 
  the 
  bridge 
  over 
  the 
  Kaaterskill, 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  

   High 
  Falls. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  Ket-ich-u-an, 
  greatest 
  How 
  

   of 
  water, 
  adding 
  auke 
  or 
  ack 
  to 
  signify 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  Sa-pa-na-kock. 
  Ruttenber 
  says 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  Coeymans 
  

   tract 
  began 
  at 
  Sieskasin, 
  "opposite 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  called 
  

   by 
  the 
  Indians 
  Sapanakock." 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  frequent 
  names 
  

   derived 
  from 
  roots, 
  and 
  the 
  reference 
  here 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  yellow 
  water 
  lily. 
  

  

  Si-es-ka-sin 
  is 
  a 
  place 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  

   the 
  word 
  schauxsin, 
  to 
  be 
  weak 
  or 
  exhausted. 
  

  

  Stich-te-kook 
  or 
  Stighkook 
  was 
  a 
  plain 
  west 
  of 
  Coxsackie. 
  

  

  Ta-bi-gicht 
  or 
  Tag-po-kigt 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  tracts 
  now 
  called 
  

   Sandy 
  Plains 
  in 
  South 
  Cairo, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1691. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  de- 
  

   rived 
  from 
  tapi, 
  there 
  is 
  enough, 
  or 
  topi, 
  an 
  alder. 
  

  

  In 
  1674 
  Count 
  Frontenac 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  depredations 
  of 
  " 
  the 
  

   Mohegans 
  of 
  Taracton, 
  a 
  Nation 
  bordering 
  on 
  New 
  Netherlands 
  

   Father 
  Bruyas 
  wrote 
  also, 
  in 
  1678, 
  that 
  some 
  Mahingans 
  Tarak- 
  

   tons 
  had 
  passed 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  towns 
  with 
  prisoners. 
  This 
  

   should 
  be 
  stopped. 
  They 
  are 
  considered 
  Catskill 
  Indians. 
  

  

  Wa-wan-te-pe-kook 
  is 
  a 
  high 
  round 
  hill 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Catskill. 
  

   The 
  name 
  is 
  also 
  applied 
  to 
  Round 
  Top, 
  a 
  mountain 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   west 
  part 
  of 
  Cairo, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  Wo-we-an-tup-auke, 
  

   round 
  head 
  place. 
  

  

  Wich-qua-nach-te-kak 
  or 
  Wichquanachtchack 
  was 
  the 
  second 
  of 
  

   the 
  five 
  tracts. 
  

  

  HAMILTON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  We 
  owe 
  some 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  wilderness 
  to 
  the 
  taste 
  and 
  

   care 
  of 
  Charles 
  Fenno 
  Hoffman, 
  who 
  defined 
  a 
  number 
  in 
  a 
  note 
  

  

  