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  is 
  nearer 
  this 
  form. 
  Ptukhican 
  is 
  a 
  round 
  ball 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  and 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  black 
  walnut. 
  

  

  Pis-ca-wen 
  creek 
  was 
  on 
  Van 
  Rensselaer's 
  patent, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  

   may 
  be 
  from 
  peskhommin, 
  it 
  thunders, 
  or 
  makes 
  a 
  great 
  noise. 
  

  

  Pon-o-kose 
  hill, 
  the 
  principal 
  hill 
  opposite 
  Albany, 
  was 
  so 
  called 
  

   by 
  an 
  old 
  Stockbridge 
  Indian. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  penohkonau, 
  to 
  

   throw 
  down. 
  

  

  Po-quam-pa-cak 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Ruttenber 
  as 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  

   the 
  Hoosick. 
  On 
  Southiers 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  Pocampacak, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   from 
  poggohham, 
  to 
  pound 
  out 
  grain, 
  with 
  locative. 
  

  

  Pot-quas-sick 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  for 
  Lansingburg, 
  according 
  to 
  

   some, 
  and 
  might 
  be 
  defined 
  round 
  stones. 
  Ruttenber 
  applies 
  the 
  

   name 
  to 
  a 
  woodland 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  " 
  near 
  a 
  small 
  island 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  known 
  as 
  whale 
  fishing 
  island," 
  supposed 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Lansingburg. 
  Early 
  writers 
  relate 
  that 
  a 
  whale, 
  40 
  

   feet 
  long, 
  was 
  stranded 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   river, 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1646. 
  Four 
  others 
  were 
  stranded 
  the 
  same 
  

   season, 
  120 
  miles 
  above 
  New 
  Amsterdam. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  whale 
  is 
  

   from 
  pootau, 
  he 
  blows 
  strongly. 
  The 
  place 
  name 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  

   petuhqui, 
  it 
  is 
  round, 
  and 
  quassik, 
  stone. 
  

  

  Psan-ti-coke 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  swamp 
  in 
  Nassau. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  pisseag- 
  

   quane, 
  miry, 
  and 
  the 
  note 
  of 
  place. 
  

  

  Quack-an-sick 
  was 
  mentioned, 
  with 
  Hoosick, 
  as 
  being 
  north 
  of 
  

   Albany 
  in 
  1664. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  quequan, 
  it 
  shakes, 
  and 
  

   the 
  locative. 
  The 
  next 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  it. 
  

  

  Que-quick 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  of 
  Hoosick 
  Falls, 
  on 
  the 
  Hoosick 
  

   patent. 
  On 
  Sauthier's 
  map 
  it 
  appears 
  as 
  Quiqueck 
  falls 
  on 
  the 
  

   Shackook, 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Hoosick, 
  but 
  the 
  former 
  application 
  is 
  

   well 
  sustained 
  by 
  land 
  papers. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  quequan, 
  

   it 
  shakes 
  or 
  trembles, 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  falls; 
  or 
  from 
  quequeckum, 
  

   ducks, 
  as 
  a 
  resort 
  of 
  waterfowl. 
  

  

  Ra-nat-sha-gan-ha 
  is 
  D. 
  Cusick's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Mahicans 
  on 
  the 
  

   east 
  " 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Skaunataty 
  or 
  Hudson." 
  

  

  Sank-an-is-sick, 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Tomhannock 
  or 
  Tomhenick. 
  

   The 
  root 
  of 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  sonkin, 
  to 
  grow 
  up 
  like 
  a 
  plant, 
  but 
  the 
  

   meaning 
  is 
  obscure. 
  

  

  Sank-ho-ick 
  or 
  San 
  Coick 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  last. 
  Sinck- 
  

   haick 
  was 
  burned 
  in 
  1754. 
  Sintyck 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Burgoyne's 
  

  

  