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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  is 
  no 
  internal 
  evidence 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  the 
  writer 
  and 
  the 
  belief 
  of 
  this 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  founded 
  on 
  O'Callaghan's 
  statement 
  that 
  he 
  

   came 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1630. 
  Mr 
  A. 
  J. 
  F. 
  van 
  Laer, 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Library, 
  has 
  closely 
  examined 
  the 
  Van 
  Rensselaer 
  manuscripts 
  and 
  

   writes 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  " 
  not 
  found 
  a 
  single 
  reference 
  to 
  Van 
  Curler 
  

   before 
  1638. 
  The 
  letters 
  in 
  the 
  Bowier 
  collection 
  show 
  beyond 
  

   question 
  that 
  he 
  came 
  in 
  that 
  year." 
  The 
  journalist 
  says 
  he 
  was 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  commissioners, 
  and 
  mentions 
  his 
  two 
  companions 
  by 
  

   name. 
  As 
  the 
  references 
  are 
  to 
  the 
  journal 
  as 
  named 
  by 
  Wilson, 
  

   they 
  are 
  allowed 
  to 
  remain 
  for 
  convenience, 
  with 
  this 
  statement 
  

   of 
  their 
  real 
  character. 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Schoolcraft 
  gave 
  some 
  Indian 
  names 
  in 
  this 
  county, 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  

   depend 
  on 
  his 
  authority 
  alone, 
  nor 
  do 
  his 
  interpretations 
  always 
  

   meet 
  with 
  favor. 
  

  

  A-bic, 
  a 
  rock, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  rock 
  rising 
  in 
  the 
  Battery. 
  

  

  Ash-i-bic 
  he 
  derived 
  from 
  this 
  and 
  assigned 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  ridge 
  north 
  

   of 
  Beekmen 
  street. 
  

  

  Ga-no'-no 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  for 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  with- 
  

   out 
  any 
  definition. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  call 
  it 
  Kanono, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  now 
  

   definitely 
  know 
  its 
  origin. 
  It 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  

   for 
  the 
  State. 
  Mr 
  Brant-Sero 
  defines 
  Kanoono, 
  fresh-water 
  basin, 
  

   in 
  allusion 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  harbor. 
  

  

  Ish-pa-te-na 
  was 
  applied 
  by 
  Schoolcraft 
  to 
  Richmond 
  Hill. 
  

  

  Kap-see, 
  afterward 
  Copsie 
  point, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  extreme 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  Battery. 
  He 
  defined 
  it 
  a 
  safe 
  place 
  for 
  landing. 
  When 
  

   Ruttenber 
  wrote 
  (1872) 
  he 
  said 
  this 
  was 
  still 
  known 
  to 
  some 
  as 
  

   Copsie 
  point. 
  

  

  Ki-oshk, 
  gull 
  island, 
  is 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  Ellis 
  island. 
  

  

  La-ap-ha-wach-king, 
  place 
  of 
  stringing 
  wampum, 
  beads. 
  This 
  is 
  

   a 
  reputed 
  Muncey 
  name 
  for 
  Manhattan 
  island, 
  but 
  is 
  placed 
  by 
  

   some 
  in 
  Westchester 
  county. 
  Heckewelder 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  They 
  say 
  this 
  

   name 
  was 
  given 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  beads 
  among 
  

   them 
  by 
  Europeans, 
  and 
  that 
  after 
  the 
  Europeans 
  returned, 
  wher- 
  

   ever 
  one 
  looked, 
  the 
  Indians 
  were 
  seen 
  stringing 
  beads 
  and 
  wam- 
  

   pum 
  the 
  whites 
  gave 
  them." 
  

  

  La-pin-i-kan, 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  Greenwich, 
  probably 
  should 
  

  

  