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  Me-sho-dac 
  peak, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Nassau, 
  is 
  from 
  mishadchu, 
  

   great 
  mountain. 
  

  

  Nach-as-sick-qua-ack 
  or 
  Na-de-a-quick-quack 
  in 
  the 
  Hoosick 
  pat- 
  

   ent, 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  above 
  Hoosick 
  falls 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  stream. 
  

  

  Ne-ga-gon-se, 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  line 
  of 
  Van 
  Rensselaer's 
  pat- 
  

   ent 
  of 
  1630, 
  and 
  3 
  miles 
  above 
  Petanock. 
  

  

  Nip-mo-osh, 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  Pittstown 
  in 
  1737. 
  

  

  On-ti-ke-ho-mawck 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  of 
  Stockbridge 
  Indians 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Nassau, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  named 
  from 
  their 
  chief, 
  

   Keshomawck. 
  

  

  Pa-an-pa-ack, 
  field 
  of 
  com, 
  as 
  usually 
  defined, 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  

   Troy, 
  and 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  Van 
  Rensselaer 
  purchase 
  of 
  1646. 
  There 
  

   is 
  nothing 
  to 
  support 
  this 
  definition, 
  but 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   corrupted 
  to 
  form 
  pankoukat, 
  a 
  fording 
  place. 
  

  

  Pah-ha-hoke 
  was 
  a 
  Stockbridge 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  Scaghticoke. 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  pahheau, 
  he 
  wait 
  for 
  him, 
  and 
  the 
  locative, 
  as 
  a 
  well 
  

   known 
  rendezvous. 
  A 
  large 
  oak 
  there 
  long 
  bore 
  the 
  German 
  name 
  

   of 
  the 
  council 
  tree. 
  

  

  Pan-hoo-sick 
  lay 
  north 
  of 
  Troy 
  and 
  in 
  Van 
  Rensselaer's 
  purchase 
  

   of 
  1646. 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  retained. 
  

  

  Pap-sie-ke-ne-kas 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  near 
  Semeerse, 
  abbreviated 
  from 
  

   the 
  owner's 
  name, 
  Paep-Sikenekomtas. 
  It 
  suggests 
  a 
  name 
  in 
  East 
  

   Greenbush, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  paupakinasik, 
  in 
  the 
  twilight. 
  

  

  Pap-ska-nee 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  island 
  belonging 
  to 
  East 
  Greenbush, 
  

   and 
  the 
  name 
  hardly 
  differs 
  from, 
  the 
  last. 
  French 
  says 
  this 
  was 
  

   also 
  written 
  Poepskenekoes 
  and 
  Papakenea. 
  It 
  is 
  Popsheny 
  on 
  

   Sauthier's 
  map. 
  

  

  Pat-ta-was-sa 
  lake 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Nassau. 
  From 
  puttahwhau, 
  

   taken 
  in 
  a 
  trap. 
  

  

  Per-i-go 
  hill 
  is 
  mentioned 
  by 
  French 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Sand 
  Lake. 
  

  

  Pe-ta-nock 
  was 
  a 
  mill 
  stream 
  opposite 
  Albany, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Van 
  

   Rensselaer's 
  patent. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  south 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  tract 
  called 
  

   Semesseerse. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  petau, 
  a 
  quiver, 
  and 
  the 
  

   locative. 
  This, 
  however, 
  is 
  from 
  petau, 
  to 
  put 
  something 
  in, 
  and 
  

   this 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  something 
  cast 
  into 
  the 
  stream. 
  

  

  Pe-tu-qua-poen, 
  mentioned 
  by 
  French 
  as 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  of 
  Green- 
  

   bush, 
  might 
  have 
  a 
  similar 
  origin 
  in 
  part 
  ; 
  but 
  puttukqui, 
  it 
  is 
  round, 
  

  

  