﻿ABORIGINAL 
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  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Mas-kut-eho-ung, 
  in 
  1659, 
  was 
  a 
  neck 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  Hemp- 
  

   stead, 
  the 
  name 
  apparently 
  referring 
  to 
  meadows. 
  

  

  Mas-pet 
  or 
  Mispat 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  Wandowenock, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  New- 
  

   town. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  commonly 
  Maspeth. 
  

  

  Mas-sa-pe-qua 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  at 
  Oyster 
  Bay. 
  

  

  Mat-o-wacks 
  or 
  Meitowax, 
  land 
  of 
  periwinkles, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  

   all 
  Long 
  Island, 
  though 
  most 
  applicable 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  half. 
  It 
  is 
  

   variously 
  written. 
  

  

  Mat-se-pe 
  in 
  1644 
  is 
  now 
  Massepa 
  river. 
  It 
  probably 
  means 
  a 
  

   large 
  river, 
  though 
  a 
  bad 
  signification 
  is 
  just 
  as 
  easily 
  found. 
  

  

  Mat-tan-wake 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  as 
  long 
  island, 
  but 
  of 
  course 
  this 
  

   is 
  a 
  corrupted 
  form. 
  Heckewelder 
  suggested 
  that 
  originally 
  this 
  

   meant 
  the 
  island 
  country, 
  but 
  Tooker 
  does 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  him. 
  It 
  

   properly 
  belongs 
  to 
  Suffolk 
  county. 
  

  

  Me-ric, 
  Moroke 
  or 
  Merikoke 
  is 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Merrick, 
  in 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Hempstead, 
  and 
  was 
  so 
  named 
  from 
  a 
  tribe 
  living 
  there. 
  

   These 
  Mericoke 
  Indians 
  sold 
  some 
  land 
  in 
  1657. 
  In 
  a 
  land 
  sale 
  in 
  

   1643 
  they 
  were 
  called 
  Indians 
  of 
  Merriack 
  or 
  Rockaway. 
  Merrack 
  

   Neck 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1658. 
  

  

  Mus-coo-ta, 
  a 
  grassy 
  place 
  or 
  -flat. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  frequent 
  name. 
  

  

  On-qua 
  or 
  Unqua 
  was 
  a 
  neck 
  in 
  Oyster 
  Bay, 
  according 
  to 
  Thomp- 
  

   son. 
  Mrs 
  Flint 
  identified 
  Unkway 
  Neck 
  with 
  Massapequa. 
  In 
  a 
  

   journal 
  of 
  1673 
  ^ 
  * 
  s 
  said: 
  "We 
  had 
  Onkeway 
  on 
  our 
  beam" 
  in 
  

   coming 
  from 
  Gardiner's 
  bay 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  Ongkoue 
  means 
  be- 
  

   yond 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  in 
  some 
  Algonquin 
  dialects. 
  

  

  Qua-o-tu-ac, 
  east 
  of 
  Flushing, 
  is 
  now 
  Little 
  Neck. 
  

  

  Rech-ka-wyck 
  appears 
  in 
  1660, 
  and 
  Reckowacky 
  in 
  .the 
  same 
  

   year. 
  Rechwuwhatky 
  of 
  1645 
  an 
  d 
  Reckonhacky 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  period 
  

   seem 
  identical. 
  Sandy 
  place. 
  

  

  Rock-a-way, 
  bushy 
  place, 
  but 
  some 
  interpret 
  it 
  sandy 
  beach. 
  It 
  

   was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  Racowa 
  beach 
  in 
  1709, 
  and 
  as 
  Rockaway 
  in 
  1656. 
  

  

  Sa-cut 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  of 
  Success 
  pond. 
  

  

  The 
  Se-que-tanck 
  Indians 
  of 
  1675 
  see 
  m 
  those 
  of 
  Seacutang, 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  1656. 
  

  

  Sick-e-teuw-hack-y 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  boundary 
  of 
  land 
  sold 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  shore 
  by 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  Sintsinck, 
  in 
  1639. 
  It 
  was 
  Sicketeu- 
  

   hacky 
  in 
  1645, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  similar 
  forms 
  later. 
  This 
  was 
  apparently 
  

   south 
  of 
  Martin 
  Gerritsen's 
  bay. 
  

  

  