﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  sidered 
  it 
  an 
  Indian 
  name. 
  Egbert 
  Benson 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  bay 
  between 
  

   the 
  geele, 
  yellozv, 
  and 
  the 
  roode, 
  red, 
  Hooks, 
  still 
  retains 
  its 
  Indian 
  

   name 
  of 
  Gawamus." 
  Mrs 
  Martha 
  B. 
  Flint 
  thought 
  the 
  name 
  doubt- 
  

   ful, 
  saying 
  that 
  Gouwee 
  was 
  a 
  Dutch 
  word 
  meaning 
  bay, 
  and 
  in- 
  

   stancing 
  its 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  Komme 
  Gouw 
  of 
  eastern 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  Hoop-an-mak 
  or 
  Hoopaninak 
  was 
  an 
  island 
  near 
  Equendito 
  in 
  

   1664. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  hopuonck, 
  a 
  tobacco 
  pipe, 
  or 
  anything 
  

   much 
  curved. 
  

  

  Ih-pe-ton-ga 
  is 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  Brooklyn 
  Heights, 
  denned 
  

   high 
  sandy 
  bank, 
  and 
  without 
  historic 
  foundation. 
  Mr 
  Tooker 
  says 
  

   it 
  is 
  found 
  only 
  in 
  Schoolcraft, 
  who 
  took 
  the 
  word 
  bodily 
  from 
  the 
  

   Ojibwa. 
  Its 
  parallel 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  achwowangeu, 
  high 
  sandy 
  

   banks, 
  is 
  not 
  applicable 
  to 
  that 
  place, 
  but 
  is 
  varied 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   name 
  of 
  Aquehonga 
  or 
  Staten 
  Island. 
  Mrs 
  Flint 
  accepts 
  School- 
  

   craft's 
  name 
  and 
  locality. 
  

  

  The 
  tribe 
  at 
  Ke-sha-ech-pue-rem 
  sold 
  Governor's 
  island 
  in 
  1637. 
  

   This 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Canarsie 
  in 
  1636, 
  and 
  meant 
  the 
  council 
  fire. 
  

  

  Ma-cut-te-ris 
  or 
  Macuthris, 
  an 
  island 
  near 
  Equendito 
  in 
  1664. 
  

  

  Ma-ke-o-pa-ca 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  land 
  at 
  Gravesend, 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  

   confirmatory 
  deed 
  was 
  given 
  in 
  1684. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  mahche- 
  

   poo, 
  he 
  has 
  eaten, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  an 
  eating 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  shore. 
  

  

  Man-a-han-ning, 
  a 
  place 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  island, 
  was 
  a 
  neck 
  sold 
  

   with 
  Coney 
  island. 
  10 
  

  

  Me-rey-cha-wick 
  is 
  usually 
  defined 
  sandy 
  place, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  part 
  

   of 
  Brooklyn. 
  It 
  was 
  written 
  Marychkenwikingh 
  in 
  1637, 
  an 
  d 
  Ma- 
  

   reckkawick 
  in 
  1642, 
  being 
  at 
  Red 
  Hook 
  in 
  the 
  12th 
  ward. 
  Rutten- 
  

   ber 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  me, 
  definite 
  article, 
  reckwa, 
  sand, 
  and 
  ick, 
  place. 
  

   This 
  is 
  hardly 
  satisfactory, 
  and 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  it 
  erroneous, 
  sup- 
  

   posing 
  that 
  Merechkawink 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  correctly 
  defined 
  at 
  his 
  

   fortified 
  house, 
  like 
  Zeisberger's 
  mechmauwikenk, 
  a 
  camp, 
  or 
  a 
  

   similar 
  word 
  for 
  a 
  great 
  gathering 
  in 
  his 
  house. 
  Wallabout 
  bay 
  

   was 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  the 
  boght 
  of 
  Mareckawick." 
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  Mer-i-to-wacks, 
  variously 
  written, 
  was 
  used 
  Ip^ihe 
  New 
  E&gland 
  

   Indians 
  for 
  Long 
  Island, 
  meaning 
  land 
  of 
  the 
  periwinkle 
  or 
  ear- 
  

   shell, 
  the 
  principal 
  supply 
  coming 
  thence 
  for 
  making 
  wampum. 
  

  

  Mes-pa-ech-tes 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Maspeth 
  kill 
  in 
  1638, 
  being 
  1 
  1 
  /? 
  

   leagues 
  from 
  Wallabout 
  bay. 
  The 
  land 
  next 
  to 
  Mespatchis 
  Neck 
  

   was 
  patented 
  in 
  1642, 
  

  

  