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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Pen-han-sen's 
  land 
  was 
  called 
  after 
  Indians 
  living 
  in 
  Deer 
  Park. 
  

  

  Pit-kis-ka-ker, 
  high 
  hills 
  west 
  of 
  Murderer's 
  creek. 
  

  

  Po-chuck 
  creek 
  is 
  in 
  Warwick, 
  and 
  Ruttenber 
  said 
  of 
  this 
  : 
  " 
  Po- 
  

   chuck, 
  a 
  stream, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  district 
  called 
  Florida, 
  seems 
  to 
  retain 
  

   the 
  root 
  term 
  for 
  bog 
  or 
  muddy 
  land." 
  The 
  derivation 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  

   evident. 
  Eager 
  says 
  that 
  Pochuck 
  creek 
  and 
  mountain 
  were 
  named 
  

   from 
  an 
  Indian 
  chief. 
  

  

  Pon-chuck 
  mountain 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  just 
  named. 
  

  

  Pollopel's 
  island, 
  opposite 
  Plum 
  point, 
  is 
  mentioned 
  here 
  to 
  cor- 
  

   rect 
  an 
  impression 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  Indian 
  word. 
  Yates 
  and 
  Moulton 
  

   said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  island 
  was 
  named 
  Pollepel 
  from 
  its 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  

   convex 
  side 
  and 
  circular 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  bowl 
  of 
  a 
  ladle. 
  Lepel 
  in 
  

   Dutch, 
  is 
  a 
  spoon; 
  a 
  pollepel 
  is 
  a 
  ladle; 
  and 
  particularly 
  the 
  one 
  

   with 
  a 
  short 
  handle 
  for 
  beating 
  the 
  butter 
  for 
  the 
  wafel." 
  On 
  

   Sauthier's 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  Polipel, 
  and 
  Ruttenber 
  says 
  an 
  unfounded 
  

   Dutch 
  story 
  has 
  been 
  connected 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  Pom-pe-ton 
  falls 
  were 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1694. 
  

  

  Poop-loop's 
  kill 
  was 
  north 
  of 
  Assinnapink, 
  and 
  Ruttenber 
  says 
  

   it 
  was 
  so 
  called 
  from 
  its 
  Indian 
  owner. 
  Poplopen's 
  pond 
  is 
  in 
  

   Monroe. 
  

  

  Po-tuck 
  creek 
  has 
  had 
  its 
  name 
  derived 
  from 
  petukqui, 
  round. 
  

   This 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  odd 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  creek, 
  but 
  French 
  says 
  that 
  

   Wawayanda 
  creek 
  flows 
  into 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  comes 
  again 
  into 
  

   New 
  York 
  as 
  Potuck 
  creek. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  this 
  definition 
  might 
  allude 
  

   to 
  a 
  circuitous 
  route, 
  but 
  a 
  derivation 
  from 
  petukau, 
  it 
  is 
  going 
  on, 
  

   would 
  seem 
  more 
  suitable. 
  Quite 
  as 
  probably 
  it 
  is 
  from 
  pokke, 
  

   clear, 
  and 
  tuk, 
  river. 
  

  

  Quas-sa-ick 
  creek 
  enters 
  the 
  Hudson 
  south 
  of 
  Newburgh. 
  The 
  

   name 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  qussuk, 
  stone, 
  and 
  ick, 
  place. 
  Eager 
  says 
  

   that 
  New 
  r 
  burgh 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  Quassick 
  patent 
  and 
  that 
  Chambers 
  creek 
  

   was 
  called 
  Quassaick 
  after 
  Indians 
  living 
  there. 
  

  

  Ram-a-po 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  stream 
  formed 
  by 
  round 
  ponds. 
  

  

  Runbolt's 
  Run, 
  in 
  Goshen 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  Woodcock 
  mountain 
  was 
  

   the 
  home 
  of 
  Rumbout, 
  a 
  signer 
  of 
  the 
  deed 
  for 
  the 
  Wawayanda 
  

   patent. 
  

  

  Eager 
  said 
  that 
  Rutger's 
  Place 
  in 
  Minisink 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  word 
  Rutkys, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  every 
  way 
  improbable. 
  

  

  Schan-we-misch, 
  or 
  Weshauwemis 
  as 
  the 
  Dutch 
  pronounced 
  it, 
  

  

  