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  RENSSELAER 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Bach'-a-was-sick 
  pond. 
  The 
  terminal 
  syllable 
  may 
  be 
  locative, 
  or, 
  

   with 
  the 
  penult, 
  refer 
  to 
  some 
  stony 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  place. 
  Most 
  of 
  

   the 
  Indian 
  names 
  of 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  Algonquin, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  home 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mahicans 
  when 
  first 
  known. 
  

  

  Cach-ta-na-quick 
  was 
  an 
  island 
  opposite 
  Beeren 
  island. 
  

  

  Hoo-sick 
  or 
  Hosack, 
  place 
  of 
  stones 
  according 
  to 
  Ruttenber, 
  who 
  

   derived 
  it 
  from 
  hussun, 
  stone, 
  and 
  ack, 
  place; 
  thence 
  stony 
  place 
  

   by 
  contraction. 
  He 
  also 
  said 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  patents 
  spoke 
  of 
  

   a 
  tract 
  25 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Albany, 
  " 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Hoosack." 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  settler 
  was 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  Alexander 
  Hosack, 
  but 
  he 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  called 
  from 
  his 
  

   place 
  of 
  residence. 
  The 
  Hoosick 
  patent, 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  Washington 
  

   county, 
  was 
  granted 
  to 
  Maria 
  Van 
  Rensselaer 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  1688. 
  

   The 
  Mohawks 
  spoke 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  Hoosick 
  in 
  1664, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  

   an 
  Algonquin 
  word, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  along 
  the 
  kettle. 
  School- 
  

   craft 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  wr.dyoo, 
  mountain, 
  and 
  abic, 
  rock, 
  but 
  this 
  has 
  

   plainly 
  no 
  foundation. 
  

  

  Jus-cum-e-a-tick, 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  given 
  for 
  • 
  Greenbush, 
  probably 
  

   has 
  the 
  wrong 
  initial 
  letter. 
  Ruttenber 
  and 
  Franch 
  both 
  wrote 
  it 
  

   Tuscumcatick, 
  and 
  this 
  seems 
  right. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  tooskeonganit, 
  

   at 
  the 
  fording 
  place, 
  referring 
  to 
  crossing 
  to 
  some 
  island, 
  or 
  merely 
  

   to 
  wading 
  in 
  shallow 
  water. 
  

  

  Kau-nau-meek, 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  18 
  miles 
  eastward 
  of 
  Albany, 
  

   where 
  David 
  Brainerd 
  preached 
  in 
  1743. 
  The 
  name 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  

   carrying 
  something. 
  

  

  Kee-sey-we-go 
  kill, 
  according 
  to 
  Ruttenber, 
  was 
  opposite 
  Albany 
  

   and 
  "1200 
  rods 
  from 
  Major 
  Abram 
  Staet's 
  kill." 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  

   after 
  an 
  Indian. 
  

  

  Ke-hen-tick 
  was 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  corn 
  land 
  adjoining 
  a 
  tract 
  5 
  miles 
  

   from 
  the 
  river. 
  It 
  was 
  purchased 
  in 
  1678. 
  

  

  Ki-es-sie-wey's 
  kill 
  was 
  in 
  Claverack 
  at 
  Schodack, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   year, 
  and 
  had 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  an 
  Indian, 
  so 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Dutch. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  one 
  above. 
  

  

  Ma-qua-con-ka-eck 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Hoosick. 
  

  

  Ma-qna-in-ka-de-ly 
  creek 
  was 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  river. 
  

  

  Ma-roons-ka-ack 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  entering 
  the 
  Hoosick 
  at 
  Sankhoick. 
  

   The 
  name 
  seems 
  intended 
  for 
  Walloonsac. 
  

  

  