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  Mom-ba-sha-pond. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  Indian 
  name 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  larger 
  

   form 
  of 
  Basha 
  or 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  Mombaccns. 
  

  

  Mon-gaup 
  or 
  Mon-gaw-ping 
  river 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  several 
  

   streams, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  its 
  three 
  branches, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  satisfactory 
  

  

  Mon-ha-gan 
  is 
  in 
  Wallkill, 
  and 
  also 
  seems 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  an 
  island. 
  

  

  Much-hat-toes 
  hill 
  is 
  in 
  Windsor, 
  near 
  the 
  south 
  line 
  of 
  Newburgh, 
  

   and 
  was 
  called 
  Snake 
  hill. 
  Ruttenber 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  muhk, 
  red; 
  

   at, 
  near 
  or 
  by; 
  os, 
  small; 
  and 
  thence 
  small 
  red 
  hill 
  near 
  the 
  river. 
  

   Tooker 
  placed 
  it 
  in 
  Columbia 
  county, 
  and 
  defined 
  it 
  great 
  hill, 
  which 
  

   is 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  Mishadchu. 
  

  

  Nes-co-tonck 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  nishketeauog, 
  they 
  make 
  it 
  filthy. 
  It 
  

   was 
  in 
  the 
  Evans 
  tract, 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  what 
  was 
  afterward 
  known 
  as 
  

   McKinstry's 
  tannery. 
  

  

  Ne-ver-sink 
  river, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  has 
  been 
  variously 
  

   named 
  and 
  defined. 
  Schoolcraft 
  thought 
  it 
  meant 
  highlands 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  water, 
  but 
  applied 
  the 
  name 
  to 
  hills 
  near 
  the 
  sea. 
  Some 
  have 
  

   derived 
  it 
  from 
  newasink, 
  and 
  interpreted 
  it 
  mad 
  river. 
  There 
  is 
  

   no 
  good 
  ground 
  for 
  this. 
  

  

  Ogh-go-tac-ton 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  place 
  for 
  which 
  Sanders 
  asked 
  

   a 
  patent 
  in 
  1702. 
  

  

  Pa-ka-da-sank 
  or 
  Pakasank, 
  called 
  Pekadasank 
  in 
  1699, 
  differs 
  

   little 
  from 
  a 
  name 
  below 
  but 
  is 
  a 
  stream 
  in 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  valley, 
  at 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountains. 
  

  

  Pa-quan-nack 
  river 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  being 
  near 
  the 
  falls 
  of 
  

   Pompeton 
  in 
  1694. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  paukunawaw, 
  a 
  bear, 
  

   with 
  locative 
  affix, 
  or 
  from 
  pehik-konik, 
  a 
  small 
  plantation. 
  

  

  Pa-sak 
  brook 
  is 
  in 
  Monroe. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  pasoo, 
  it 
  is 
  near, 
  

   with 
  locative. 
  

  

  Pas-cack 
  river 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  Delaware 
  county. 
  Freeland 
  defined 
  this 
  

   burnt 
  lands. 
  

  

  Pe-en-pack 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  settlement 
  in 
  Deer 
  Park, 
  the 
  name 
  re- 
  

   ferring 
  to 
  a 
  hill. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  patent 
  for 
  this 
  land. 
  

  

  Pe-ko-na-sink 
  creek 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  part 
  of 
  Crawford, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   corruption 
  of 
  Peadadasank 
  creek, 
  thus 
  spelled 
  in 
  a 
  deed 
  of 
  1694. 
  

   Spafford 
  said 
  Peconasink 
  was 
  still 
  retained 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  

   near 
  the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountains. 
  French 
  mentions 
  Paugh-caugh- 
  

   naugh-sink 
  and 
  the 
  little 
  creek 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  

  

  