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  Mo-e-ung, 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  Makeopaca 
  

   tract 
  began. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  monaonk, 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   anything. 
  

  

  Nar-ri-och 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  the 
  island 
  by 
  some, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  Coney 
  island. 
  

  

  Nay-ack 
  means 
  a 
  point 
  or 
  angle, 
  and 
  appeared 
  as 
  Najack, 
  now 
  

   Fort 
  Hamilton, 
  in 
  1680. 
  The 
  sachem 
  of 
  Niocko 
  (Nayack) 
  certified 
  

   to 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  Coney 
  island 
  made 
  in 
  1649. 
  Land 
  was 
  sold 
  at 
  

   Nayeck 
  or 
  Naieck 
  in 
  1652. 
  

  

  Ni-eu-we-sings 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  Neversink, 
  to 
  which 
  some 
  give 
  

   the 
  same 
  meaning, 
  here 
  derived 
  from 
  naihaue, 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  ing, 
  

   place, 
  alluding 
  to 
  its 
  situation 
  between 
  Jamaica 
  and 
  Gravesend 
  bays. 
  

   The 
  " 
  English 
  of 
  Gravesend 
  at 
  Nieuwehings 
  " 
  were 
  mentioned 
  in 
  

   1664. 
  

  

  O-jik'-ha-da-ge'-ga, 
  salt 
  water, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  form 
  of 
  one 
  Iroquois 
  

   name 
  for 
  the 
  ocean. 
  

  

  Pek-ke-meck. 
  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  this 
  place 
  were 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1717. 
  

  

  Rin-ne-gack-onck 
  or 
  Rennegaconck 
  was 
  at 
  Wallabout 
  bay, 
  and 
  

   was 
  sold 
  in 
  1637, 
  the 
  patent 
  being 
  given 
  in 
  1641. 
  It 
  was 
  bought 
  

   by 
  Gearge 
  Rapalje. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  the 
  name 
  meant 
  on 
  the 
  

   pleasant 
  land. 
  

  

  Resk-ke-wack 
  or 
  Rechkewick 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Brooklyn 
  in 
  1647 
  

   and 
  1652, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  abbreviation 
  of 
  a 
  name 
  already 
  given. 
  

  

  Sa-po-rack-am 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  Brooklyn, 
  near 
  Gowanus, 
  

   in 
  1639 
  Tooker 
  said 
  it 
  meant 
  a 
  cultivated 
  Held 
  in 
  lowland. 
  It 
  

   was 
  also 
  called 
  Sapokanickan. 
  

  

  Sas-si-an's 
  cornfields 
  were 
  called 
  after 
  him, 
  his 
  name 
  meaning 
  

   planter 
  or 
  sower- 
  They 
  were 
  near 
  Gowanus. 
  Personal 
  names 
  were 
  

   sometimes 
  given 
  to 
  places. 
  

  

  Se-wan-hac-ky 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  1636, 
  more 
  prop- 
  

   erly 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  half. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  mean 
  land 
  of 
  shells, 
  

   but 
  land 
  of 
  loose 
  or 
  scattered 
  shell 
  beads, 
  properly 
  the 
  black 
  variety. 
  

  

  Shans-co-ma-cocke 
  was 
  an 
  island 
  near 
  Equendito. 
  

  

  Wer-pos 
  is 
  rendered 
  Warpoes, 
  place 
  of 
  rabbits, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  

   uncertain 
  definition. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  10th 
  ward 
  of 
  Brooklyn. 
  

  

  Wey-witt-spritt-ner 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  port 
  of 
  Brooklyn, 
  near 
  

   Coney 
  Island. 
  

  

  