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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  many 
  tribes. 
  " 
  Hence/' 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  told 
  by 
  an 
  old 
  governor, 
  who 
  

   was 
  somewhat 
  of 
  a 
  wag, 
  and 
  flourished 
  almost 
  a 
  century 
  since, 
  and 
  

   had 
  paid 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  wits 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  " 
  hence 
  arose 
  the 
  appella- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  man-hat-on, 
  first 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  to 
  the 
  

   island" 
  — 
  a 
  stupid 
  joke! 
  — 
  but 
  well 
  enough 
  for 
  a 
  governor. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   There 
  is 
  another 
  founded 
  on 
  still 
  more 
  ancient 
  and 
  indisputable 
  au- 
  

   thority, 
  which 
  I 
  particularly 
  delight 
  in, 
  seeing 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  poetical, 
  

   melodious, 
  and 
  significant, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  before 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  voyage 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Hudson, 
  written 
  by 
  Master 
  Juet; 
  who 
  

   clearly 
  and 
  correctly 
  calls 
  it 
  Manna-hatta, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  the 
  island 
  

   of 
  manna, 
  or 
  in 
  other 
  words, 
  " 
  a 
  land 
  flowing 
  with 
  milk 
  and 
  honey." 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Juet 
  on 
  returning 
  from 
  the 
  voyage 
  up 
  the 
  

   river, 
  that 
  of 
  Manna-hata, 
  is 
  the 
  earliest 
  on 
  record, 
  furnishing 
  a 
  

   hint 
  for 
  Irving's 
  fancy. 
  The 
  other 
  pun 
  came 
  from 
  a 
  familiar 
  cus- 
  

   tom 
  of 
  Indian 
  women, 
  still 
  existing. 
  

  

  Min-na-han-onck, 
  on 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  island, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Blackwell's 
  

   island 
  in 
  1637, 
  from 
  menahan, 
  island, 
  and 
  uck, 
  place. 
  

  

  Min-ne-ais, 
  Bedloe's 
  island, 
  was 
  defined 
  lesser 
  island, 
  by 
  School- 
  

   craft. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  from 
  minneash, 
  meaning 
  either 
  berries 
  or 
  nuts. 
  

  

  Min-ne-wits 
  island, 
  below 
  Hellgate 
  and 
  so 
  called 
  in 
  1663, 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  of 
  either 
  Dutch 
  or 
  Indian 
  origin. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  it 
  

   tlie 
  former. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  case 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  pine 
  island. 
  

  

  Mus-coo-ta, 
  meadozv 
  or 
  grass 
  land, 
  was 
  a 
  meadow 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  near 
  Kingsbridge. 
  In 
  1638 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  Mus- 
  

   cota, 
  a 
  flat 
  near 
  Harlem. 
  The 
  term 
  was 
  usually 
  applied 
  to 
  wet 
  

   land. 
  

  

  Xagh-tongk, 
  sandy 
  place, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  Corlaer's 
  Hook 
  

   by 
  Benson 
  and 
  Schoolcraft. 
  French 
  wrote 
  it 
  Nechtank. 
  Nagunt 
  

   means 
  a 
  sandy 
  place. 
  

  

  O-ci-toc 
  was 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  hight 
  of 
  land 
  near 
  Niblo's. 
  

  

  Pag-ganck 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Governor's 
  island 
  in 
  1637. 
  The 
  Dutch 
  

   called 
  it 
  Nut 
  island, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  pohk, 
  to 
  

   break 
  open, 
  and 
  the 
  terminal 
  locative 
  making 
  a 
  place 
  for 
  cracking 
  

   nuts. 
  

  

  Pen-a-bick 
  was 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  Washington 
  Heights, 
  de- 
  

   rived 
  from 
  abic, 
  a 
  rock. 
  This 
  probably 
  originated 
  with 
  him. 
  

  

  Rech-ta-uck 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Corlaer's 
  Hook, 
  which 
  Ruttenber 
  

   derived 
  from 
  reckwa, 
  sand, 
  making 
  the 
  meaning 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  

   of 
  another 
  name. 
  

  

  