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  Os-ce-o'-la, 
  usually 
  defined 
  as 
  black 
  drink, 
  is 
  a 
  pond 
  between 
  Lake 
  

   Mohegan 
  and 
  Lake 
  Mahopac, 
  and 
  is 
  named 
  from 
  the 
  Seminole 
  chief. 
  

  

  Pa-ka-ke-ing 
  creek 
  was 
  near 
  the 
  Matapan 
  fall 
  in 
  1680. 
  The 
  name 
  

   is 
  from 
  pahque, 
  it 
  is 
  clear, 
  and 
  the 
  locative 
  terminal. 
  

  

  Sag-a-more 
  lake, 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  title 
  for 
  a 
  principal 
  chief, 
  derived 
  

   from 
  a 
  verb 
  signifying 
  to 
  prevail 
  over 
  or 
  have 
  the 
  mastery. 
  

  

  Sim-e-wog 
  hills, 
  perhaps 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  shook 
  hands. 
  

  

  Tonetta 
  lake 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  of 
  Indian 
  origin, 
  though 
  such 
  a 
  word 
  

   might 
  be 
  formed 
  from 
  tanohketeau, 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  cultivated 
  place. 
  

  

  Wic-co-pee 
  or 
  Wickopee 
  pond, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Southeast, 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  named 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  Indian 
  tribe. 
  The 
  reference 
  may 
  

   be 
  to 
  a 
  house 
  by 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  QUEENS 
  COUNTY, 
  WITH 
  PART 
  OF 
  NASSAU 
  

  

  The 
  Long 
  Island 
  Indians 
  were 
  all 
  Algonquins, 
  quite 
  generally 
  

   united 
  under 
  one 
  leading 
  chief, 
  but 
  with 
  lesser 
  ones, 
  exercising 
  local 
  

   jurisdiction. 
  Near 
  Brooklyn 
  their 
  lands 
  were 
  soon 
  bought 
  and 
  their 
  

   names 
  quickly 
  disappeared. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  Indian 
  

   names 
  in 
  the 
  recently 
  formed 
  Nassau 
  county 
  will 
  be 
  placed 
  with 
  

   those 
  of 
  Queens, 
  where 
  all 
  writers 
  have 
  heretofore 
  placed 
  them. 
  

   This 
  will 
  facilitate 
  reference 
  to 
  these 
  names, 
  the 
  division 
  by 
  counties 
  

   used 
  here 
  being 
  only 
  for 
  convenience. 
  

  

  Busk-rum, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Oyster 
  Bay, 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Thomp- 
  

   son 
  as 
  an 
  Indian 
  name, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  known 
  as 
  Buckram 
  afterward, 
  

   and 
  is 
  now 
  Locust 
  Valley. 
  

  

  Can-o-ras-set 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  first 
  proposed 
  for 
  Jamaica, 
  and 
  Tooker 
  

   identified 
  this 
  with 
  Canarsie. 
  

  

  Ca-um-sett 
  was 
  Lloyd's 
  Neck, 
  and 
  Horse 
  Neck 
  in 
  some 
  docu- 
  

   ments. 
  

  

  Ga'-wa-nase-geh, 
  a 
  long 
  island, 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Morgan 
  as 
  the 
  Oneida 
  

   name 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  island. 
  

  

  Ja-mai-ca, 
  in 
  its 
  present 
  form 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  

   Indies, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  mean 
  there 
  land 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  water, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   founded 
  here 
  on 
  a 
  local 
  name, 
  mentioned 
  as 
  Jamaico 
  in 
  1674. 
  Mr 
  

   Tooker 
  thinks 
  Gemeco 
  or 
  Jameco 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  Tamaqua, 
  the 
  

   beaver. 
  Mrs 
  Flint 
  mentions 
  early 
  entries 
  of 
  " 
  Ye 
  bever-pond 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  called 
  Jemeco," 
  and 
  says 
  that 
  Amique, 
  the 
  Mohegan 
  word 
  for 
  

   beaver, 
  becomes 
  Jamique 
  when 
  aspirated. 
  

  

  