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  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  language 
  of 
  the 
  Mohegan 
  Indians, 
  signifies 
  white, 
  also 
  salt; 
  and 
  

   gunk, 
  a 
  large 
  rock 
  or 
  pile 
  of 
  rocks. 
  Shawangunk, 
  therefore, 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  applied 
  by 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  precipice 
  of 
  white 
  rock 
  of 
  the 
  

   millstone 
  kind, 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  these 
  mountains 
  and 
  facing 
  the 
  east." 
  

   His 
  citations 
  are 
  not 
  fortunate. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  Shawangunk 
  river 
  or 
  

   creek. 
  

  

  Sin-si-pink 
  lake 
  is 
  near 
  West 
  Point. 
  

  

  Sko-nan-o-ky, 
  Ruttenber 
  says, 
  was 
  " 
  apparently 
  derived 
  from 
  

   shunna, 
  sour, 
  and 
  na, 
  excellent, 
  nuk, 
  locality 
  — 
  probably 
  referring 
  

   to 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  wild 
  grapes 
  found 
  there." 
  A 
  derivation 
  from 
  

   sokanon, 
  rain, 
  with 
  locative 
  would 
  seem 
  better. 
  It 
  would 
  then 
  be 
  

   rainy 
  place. 
  This 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  

   northern 
  spur 
  of 
  Schunemunk 
  mountain 
  and 
  near 
  its 
  base. 
  

  

  Tuxedo 
  is 
  a 
  doubtful 
  name, 
  appearing 
  on 
  early 
  maps 
  as 
  Tuxseto. 
  

   While 
  he 
  thought 
  it 
  of 
  uncertain 
  origin 
  Freeland 
  called 
  it 
  Tucseto, 
  

   lake 
  of 
  clear 
  flowing 
  water, 
  but 
  there 
  seems 
  no 
  reason 
  for 
  this. 
  

  

  Wa-na-ka-wagh-kin, 
  now 
  Iona 
  island, 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Van 
  

   Cortlandt's 
  purchase 
  of 
  1683. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  wunnegen, 
  

   it 
  is 
  good, 
  and 
  ahki, 
  land. 
  

  

  Wa-nok-sink, 
  place 
  of 
  sassafras, 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  Wallkill, 
  near 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  

   the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountains. 
  The 
  definition 
  is 
  good. 
  

  

  Wa-ren-sagh-ken-nick 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  on 
  the 
  Minisink 
  in 
  1697. 
  It 
  

   may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  woweaushin, 
  winding 
  about. 
  

  

  Wa-was-ta-wa, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  grantors 
  of 
  the 
  Wawa- 
  

   yanda 
  purchase, 
  was 
  associated 
  with 
  Runbolt's 
  Run. 
  

  

  Wa-wa-yan-da 
  first 
  appeared 
  in 
  1703, 
  in 
  a 
  petition 
  of 
  Dr 
  Staats. 
  

   A 
  tract 
  he 
  had 
  bought, 
  called 
  Wawayanda 
  or 
  Woerawin, 
  was 
  

   ■' 
  altogether 
  a 
  swamp." 
  It 
  covered 
  all 
  the 
  drowned 
  lands 
  and 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  tract. 
  Ruttenber 
  defined 
  Woerawin 
  from 
  

   woreco, 
  handsome, 
  or 
  woorecan, 
  good; 
  and 
  Wawayanda 
  from 
  

   wewau, 
  waters, 
  and 
  wocan, 
  barking 
  or 
  roaring, 
  describing 
  a 
  high 
  

   fall 
  or 
  a 
  rapid 
  and 
  roaring 
  stream. 
  Schoolcraft 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  

   aindauyain, 
  my 
  home, 
  and 
  thought 
  thence 
  might 
  come 
  our 
  homes 
  

   or 
  villages. 
  This 
  is 
  unsatisfactory. 
  A 
  fair 
  derivation 
  might 
  be 
  

   made 
  from 
  wewnndachqui, 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  but 
  the 
  real 
  meaning 
  is 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  ascertain. 
  On 
  Long 
  House 
  creek 
  was 
  a 
  supposed 
  

   council 
  house. 
  The 
  patent 
  covered 
  part 
  of 
  Minisink, 
  Warwick, 
  

   Goshen 
  and 
  Hamptonburg, 
  and 
  was 
  issued 
  in 
  1703. 
  A 
  fanciful 
  

  

  