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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  T. 
  ~ 
  -■' 
  '- 
  |PUTNAM 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  This 
  county 
  has 
  no 
  Iroquois 
  names, 
  but 
  some 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  

   introduced. 
  All 
  told, 
  the 
  Indian 
  names 
  are 
  few 
  in 
  .number. 
  

  

  Ca-no-pus 
  hill 
  and 
  lake, 
  according 
  to 
  W. 
  J. 
  Blake, 
  have 
  their 
  name 
  

   from 
  an 
  Indian 
  chief. 
  Others 
  say 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  tribe 
  in 
  

   Westchester. 
  The 
  name 
  has 
  several 
  local 
  applications 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Putnam 
  Valley. 
  

  

  Cro-ton 
  river 
  and 
  lake, 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  part 
  of 
  Patterson, 
  have 
  their 
  

   name 
  usually 
  derived 
  from 
  kenotin, 
  a 
  wind. 
  

  

  Through 
  a 
  confusion 
  of 
  terms, 
  Mr 
  Tooker 
  gave 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   name 
  of 
  Kanendakerie 
  to 
  Anthony's 
  Nose. 
  It 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  

   Nose 
  in 
  Montgomery 
  county. 
  

  

  Kil-lal-e-my 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Ki-she-wa-na 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Southeast. 
  

  

  Ma-cook-pack 
  is 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  compared 
  with 
  

   Copake 
  farther 
  north. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  

   Indian 
  tribe, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  likely, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  changed 
  to 
  Mahopac 
  

   in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Carmel. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  Lake 
  Mahopac 
  was 
  derived 
  by 
  Ruttenber 
  from 
  ma, 
  

   large 
  water, 
  and 
  aki, 
  land, 
  making 
  it 
  large 
  inland 
  lake. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  

   satisfactory, 
  and 
  some 
  think 
  the 
  name 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  origin 
  as 
  that 
  

   of 
  Copake 
  lake 
  in 
  Columbia 
  county. 
  Mahodac 
  is 
  a 
  variant 
  form. 
  

  

  Ma-re-gond 
  appears 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map 
  in 
  Dutchess 
  county, 
  but 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  Putnam. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Mo-he'-gan 
  bears 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  noted 
  Indian 
  people, 
  which 
  

   means 
  a 
  wolf. 
  Hence 
  the 
  French 
  called 
  them 
  Loups. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Mo-hen'-sick 
  was 
  formerly 
  Crmn 
  pond. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  cor- 
  

   ruption 
  of 
  a 
  word 
  signifying 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  assembly. 
  

  

  Mount 
  Nimham, 
  not 
  far 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Kent, 
  was 
  called 
  

   after 
  a 
  chief 
  who 
  fought 
  for 
  the 
  Americans 
  in 
  the 
  Revolution. 
  His 
  

   home 
  was 
  here 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  side. 
  

  

  Os-ka-wa'-na, 
  so 
  called 
  from 
  an 
  Indian, 
  is 
  now 
  Lake 
  Conopus 
  

   and 
  was 
  formerly 
  Horton's 
  pond. 
  Oskewans 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  

   sold 
  land 
  to 
  Van 
  Cortlandt 
  in 
  1683. 
  

  

  Oregon, 
  an 
  introduced 
  name 
  from 
  that 
  state, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Putnam 
  Valley. 
  This 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  treated 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

   Chautauqua 
  county. 
  

  

  