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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  RICHMOND 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Some 
  writers 
  have 
  placed 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Manhattans 
  on 
  Staten 
  

   Island, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  as 
  significant 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  place 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   other, 
  but 
  the 
  title 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  was 
  vested 
  in 
  several 
  nonresident 
  

   tribes. 
  

  

  A-que-hon-ga 
  is 
  the 
  English 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  

   this 
  island. 
  

  

  Achwowangeu 
  is 
  Delaware 
  for 
  high 
  sandy 
  banks, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  

   the 
  name 
  seems 
  derived. 
  In 
  1670 
  it 
  appeared 
  as 
  Aqtiehonga 
  

   Manacknong, 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  island 
  with 
  high 
  sandy 
  banks. 
  

  

  Egh-qua-ons 
  was 
  the 
  Dutch 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  word, 
  and 
  under 
  

   this 
  name 
  it 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  1657 
  by 
  the 
  sachems 
  of 
  several 
  tribes, 
  this 
  

   implying 
  joint 
  ownership 
  and 
  occasional 
  residence. 
  

  

  Ma-ta-nucke 
  was 
  another 
  early 
  name, 
  perhaps 
  like 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  Ma-ta-wucks 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Staten 
  Island 
  in 
  163 
  1, 
  given 
  by 
  

   Ruttenber, 
  and 
  meaning 
  land 
  of 
  periwinkles, 
  as 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  Ruttenber 
  said 
  that 
  De 
  Vries 
  called 
  it 
  Monocknong 
  and 
  its 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  Monatons, 
  being 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Manhattans 
  or 
  islanders. 
  

   Schoolcraft 
  interpreted 
  the 
  former 
  word 
  iromvood 
  place, 
  but 
  it 
  

   seems 
  certainly 
  to 
  mean 
  the 
  island 
  place. 
  

  

  Na-osh 
  was 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  Sandy 
  Hook, 
  which 
  he 
  de- 
  

   fined 
  as 
  a 
  point 
  surpassing 
  all 
  others, 
  an 
  extravagant 
  definition. 
  

  

  Wat-chogue 
  has 
  sometimes 
  been 
  written 
  Watch 
  Oak, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   notable 
  hill 
  on 
  this 
  island. 
  If 
  an 
  Indian 
  name, 
  as 
  is 
  probable, 
  it 
  

   would 
  be 
  from 
  wadchu, 
  a 
  hill, 
  adding 
  the 
  locative. 
  Tooker 
  defines 
  

   Wachogue 
  elsewhere 
  as 
  hilly 
  land, 
  which 
  suits 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  ROCKLAND.COUNTY 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  names 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  are 
  Algonquin, 
  the 
  land 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  the 
  Tappan 
  Indians, 
  whose 
  possessions 
  extended 
  much 
  farther 
  

   south. 
  

  

  A-he-que-re-noy, 
  near 
  Flora's 
  falls, 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1716. 
  

   Partly 
  from 
  ahque, 
  to 
  leave 
  off, 
  often 
  used 
  in 
  boundary 
  names. 
  

  

  A-rin-gee 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  five 
  tracts 
  bought 
  from 
  the 
  Indians 
  by 
  

   Blandia 
  Bayard 
  in 
  1700. 
  

  

  Cam-gu-se 
  was 
  another 
  of 
  these 
  tracts. 
  

  

  Cheese-cock's 
  patent 
  took 
  in 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  county, 
  and 
  was 
  granted 
  

   in 
  1707. 
  

  

  