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  tenber, 
  who 
  alone 
  mentions 
  it. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  seip, 
  a 
  river, 
  and 
  

   locative. 
  

  

  Ta-es-ca-me-a-sick 
  is 
  also 
  placed 
  by 
  Ruttenber 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  

   Lansingburg, 
  and 
  suggests 
  a 
  ford. 
  

  

  The 
  Taghkanic 
  mountains 
  extend 
  into 
  this 
  county. 
  

  

  Tam-shen-a-kas-sick 
  was 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  woodland 
  bought 
  in 
  1678, 
  

   about 
  5 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  A 
  reference 
  to 
  stones 
  is 
  again 
  

   seen 
  here. 
  

  

  Tax-ki-che-nok 
  was 
  a 
  vly 
  near 
  this. 
  

  

  Tom-han-nock 
  creek 
  is 
  Tomhenuck 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map, 
  and 
  may 
  

   be 
  derived 
  from 
  tommog, 
  it 
  is 
  flooded, 
  and 
  hanne, 
  a 
  river. 
  Rutten- 
  

   ber 
  calls 
  it 
  Tomhenack, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Hoosick 
  from 
  the 
  south. 
  

   The 
  first 
  name 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  postoffice 
  in 
  Pittstown. 
  

  

  Tou-har-na 
  is 
  another 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Hoosick. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  

   word 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  as 
  hook 
  or 
  spear 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  

   This 
  seems 
  without 
  foundation 
  and 
  tahioni, 
  wolf, 
  or 
  teyohrowe, 
  

   valley, 
  are 
  nearer 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Tsat-sa-was-sa 
  or 
  Tack-a-was-ick 
  creek 
  and 
  lake 
  are 
  placed 
  in 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Nassau 
  by 
  French. 
  The 
  name 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  stone 
  

   mortar. 
  

  

  Tus-cum-e-at-ick 
  in 
  O'Callaghan, 
  and 
  Tus-cum-ca-tick 
  according 
  

   to 
  French, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Greenbush, 
  and 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  fording 
  

   place, 
  as 
  to 
  an 
  island. 
  

  

  Ty-o-shoke 
  Church, 
  at 
  San 
  Coick, 
  is 
  also' 
  called 
  Tiashoke, 
  and 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Hoosick. 
  It 
  suggests 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  word 
  for 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  of 
  waters, 
  and 
  in 
  fact 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county. 
  

  

  Un-se-wats 
  castle 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  on 
  an 
  early 
  map. 
  It 
  is 
  

   an 
  Algonquin 
  word, 
  of 
  course, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  oosoowe- 
  

   neat, 
  to 
  swim, 
  as 
  a 
  place 
  favorable 
  for 
  bathing, 
  or 
  a 
  customary 
  way 
  

   of 
  crossing. 
  

  

  Wal-loom-sac 
  river 
  is 
  variously 
  given 
  in 
  old 
  maps 
  and 
  papers. 
  

   Spafford 
  wrote 
  it 
  Walloomscoic, 
  and 
  Ruttenber, 
  Wallomschock. 
  

  

  Wau-nau-kau-ma-kack. 
  In 
  1767 
  some 
  Indians 
  claimed 
  land 
  from 
  

   this 
  place, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  south 
  of 
  Colonel 
  Hoffman's 
  home, 
  

   northward 
  to 
  Fort 
  Edward, 
  as 
  appears 
  in 
  a 
  manuscript 
  in 
  the 
  

   Secretary 
  of 
  State's 
  office 
  at 
  Albany. 
  

  

  