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  beech 
  woods, 
  or 
  place 
  of 
  beech 
  trees, 
  was 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Chawan- 
  

   gong 
  tract 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Mr 
  Scott. 
  

  

  Schun-e-munk, 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  Shawangunk, 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  in 
  Blooming 
  Grove 
  and 
  Monroe. 
  

  

  Sen-e-yaugh-quan 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Eager 
  as 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  

   place 
  where 
  the 
  Swarthouts 
  lived, 
  and 
  defined 
  by 
  him 
  as 
  bridge 
  

   across 
  a 
  brook. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  moderate 
  ground 
  for 
  this 
  interpretation. 
  

   - 
  Sen-ka-pogh 
  creek 
  was 
  opposite 
  Anthony's 
  Nose 
  according 
  to 
  

   Ruttenber, 
  who 
  also 
  gives 
  it 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Tongapogh. 
  He 
  placed 
  

   Assinapink 
  creek 
  there 
  but 
  farther 
  north. 
  Sinkapogh 
  creek 
  (now 
  

   Snakehole 
  creek) 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  the 
  south 
  line 
  of 
  lands 
  bought 
  

   by 
  Van 
  Cortlandt 
  in 
  1685, 
  the 
  north 
  line 
  being 
  Assinnapink. 
  A 
  

   good 
  derivation 
  would 
  be 
  from 
  sonkippog, 
  cool 
  water. 
  

  

  Sha-wan-gunk 
  or 
  Schunemunk 
  mountains 
  was 
  written 
  Skone- 
  

   moghky 
  in 
  some 
  early 
  deeds, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  forms. 
  Ruttenber 
  

   gave 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  space 
  to 
  the 
  name, 
  including 
  a 
  synopsis 
  of 
  an 
  

   address 
  before 
  the 
  Ulster 
  Historical 
  Society 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Charles 
  

   Scott. 
  Schoolcraft 
  had 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  schawan, 
  white, 
  and 
  gunk, 
  

   rock, 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  white 
  cliffs 
  west 
  of 
  Tuthilltown, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  

   not 
  satisfactory. 
  The 
  Dutch 
  wrote 
  it 
  Shawangunk, 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  

   sometimes 
  Chawangong, 
  as 
  in 
  Dongan's 
  deed 
  of 
  1684. 
  Originally 
  

   it 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  fine 
  lowland, 
  west 
  of 
  Shawangunk 
  kill, 
  and 
  thence 
  

   the 
  name 
  spread 
  to 
  the 
  creek 
  and 
  mountain. 
  Scott 
  gave 
  the 
  name 
  

   as 
  Shawangum, 
  south 
  water. 
  This 
  has 
  a 
  fair 
  foundation, 
  though 
  

   not 
  exact, 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  schawaneu, 
  meaning 
  south, 
  and 
  gam- 
  

   munk, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  This 
  would 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  land. 
  

  

  Ruttenber 
  did 
  not 
  feel 
  sure 
  of 
  all 
  this, 
  and 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  part 
  or 
  noun 
  of 
  the 
  word, 
  shawan 
  or 
  chawan, 
  would 
  

   seem 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  jewan, 
  swift 
  current 
  or 
  strong 
  stream, 
  or 
  the 
  rapid 
  

   water 
  settlement. 
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  * 
  * 
  Another 
  interpretation 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  

   shong, 
  the 
  Algonquin 
  word 
  for 
  mink, 
  and 
  urn 
  or 
  oma, 
  zvater, 
  or 
  onk, 
  

   a 
  place 
  or 
  country. 
  Still 
  another 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  Cheegaugong, 
  

   the 
  place 
  of 
  leeks, 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  little 
  force 
  in 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  wild 
  

   onions, 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  found 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  of 
  country. 
  Indeed, 
  

   so 
  universal 
  is 
  this 
  pest 
  of 
  the 
  farmer 
  there, 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  well 
  

   have 
  given 
  this 
  name 
  to 
  the 
  stream, 
  the 
  valley 
  and 
  the 
  mountains. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  is 
  usually 
  derived 
  from 
  schawaneu, 
  south 
  or 
  south- 
  

   ward. 
  Spafford 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Shawangunk 
  is 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   tract 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  to 
  the 
  mountains. 
  ... 
  Shawan, 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  