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  Sintsinck 
  of 
  1638, 
  at 
  Sellout's 
  bay, 
  is 
  the 
  stony 
  place, 
  and 
  was 
  

   sold 
  in 
  1639. 
  

  

  So-pers 
  is 
  from 
  sepu, 
  a 
  river 
  or 
  creek. 
  

  

  Suns-wick 
  is 
  Astoria, 
  or 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  neighboring 
  stream, 
  and 
  

   may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  Sunkisq 
  or 
  Sunksquau, 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  a 
  sachem's 
  

   wife. 
  Sunnuckhig, 
  a 
  falling 
  trap 
  for 
  wolves 
  seems 
  better, 
  but 
  the 
  

   terminal 
  syllable 
  may 
  be 
  locative. 
  

  

  Sy-os-set 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Thompson 
  as 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  

   of 
  Oyster 
  Bay 
  village, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  railroad 
  station 
  in 
  

   that 
  town. 
  Mr 
  Tooker 
  questions 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  this, 
  saying 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  its 
  present 
  form 
  in 
  early 
  records, 
  though 
  

   substituted 
  for 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Oyster 
  Bay 
  in 
  1846 
  as 
  an 
  aboriginal 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  place, 
  meaning 
  a 
  settlement 
  on 
  a 
  bay 
  protected 
  by 
  

   islands. 
  In 
  his 
  history 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  Dunlap 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  1640 
  Gov. 
  

   Kieft 
  " 
  sent 
  a 
  party 
  to 
  Siocits 
  Bay, 
  since 
  called 
  Oyster 
  Bay," 
  to 
  

   break 
  up 
  an 
  English 
  settlement 
  there. 
  The 
  note 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   Colonial 
  Documents, 
  volume 
  2, 
  page 
  145, 
  partially 
  quoted 
  before, 
  

   says 
  of 
  Sellout's 
  bay 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  Manhasset 
  (North 
  Hempstead), 
  

   at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Cow 
  bay, 
  afterwards 
  called 
  Howe's 
  bay 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  Sellout's 
  from 
  the 
  circumstance 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  official 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  landed 
  there." 
  Mr' 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  both 
  mistook 
  and 
  mis- 
  

   applied 
  the 
  name, 
  turning 
  the 
  Dutch 
  word 
  into 
  Siocits, 
  adding 
  that 
  

   " 
  The 
  bay, 
  or 
  in 
  reality 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  Oyster 
  Bay 
  harbor, 
  was 
  so 
  

   designated 
  from 
  a 
  Dutch 
  officer, 
  called 
  the 
  ' 
  Schort 
  ' 
  or 
  'Sheriff' 
  

   who 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  landed 
  there." 
  He 
  thus 
  places 
  Sellout's 
  bay 
  farther 
  

   east 
  than 
  some 
  have 
  done, 
  but 
  other 
  circumstances 
  seem 
  to 
  require 
  

   this. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  Oyster 
  Bay 
  was 
  changed 
  to 
  Syosset, 
  January 
  

   20, 
  1846, 
  and 
  restored 
  a 
  week 
  later 
  to 
  its 
  former 
  pleasantly 
  sug- 
  

   gestive 
  use. 
  

  

  Wal-lage 
  is 
  now 
  Westburv 
  in 
  North 
  Hempstead. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  

   derived 
  from 
  wahwall, 
  eggs, 
  with 
  locative, 
  place 
  of 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Wan-do-we-nocK 
  was 
  at 
  Middleburg 
  in 
  Newtown. 
  The 
  name 
  

   may 
  be 
  from 
  wonteaog, 
  they 
  dig 
  pits, 
  referring 
  to 
  those 
  for 
  corn, 
  

   and 
  adding 
  the 
  locative. 
  

  

  Wan-tagh 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  in 
  Hempstead. 
  

  

  Wa-we-pex 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Cold 
  Spring, 
  perhaps 
  referring 
  

   to 
  the 
  circuitous 
  path 
  leading 
  there. 
  

  

  