﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  1 
  89 
  

  

  Indian 
  there 
  removed 
  in 
  1793. 
  This 
  was 
  near 
  the 
  Sullivan 
  county 
  

   line. 
  

  

  Pot-hat 
  or 
  Potake, 
  round 
  pond, 
  one 
  so 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Indians, 
  is 
  

   2^4 
  miles 
  from 
  Sloatsburg. 
  

  

  Quas-peck 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  at 
  which 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  sale 
  of 
  

   5000 
  acres 
  in 
  1694. 
  Rnttenber 
  derived 
  the 
  name 
  from 
  qusuk, 
  a 
  

   stone, 
  and 
  placed 
  it 
  at 
  Verdrietig 
  Hook, 
  a 
  Dutch 
  name 
  meaning 
  

   tedious 
  point. 
  

  

  Ra-mach-ke-nanck 
  in 
  1660, 
  and 
  Re-wech-nongh 
  in 
  1664, 
  are 
  dif- 
  

   fering 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Haverstraw 
  bay, 
  probably 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  sandy 
  place. 
  Rewechgawanancks 
  and 
  Rewechnonghs 
  are 
  early 
  

   names 
  for 
  Indians 
  living 
  there. 
  

  

  Ra-ma-po, 
  often 
  written 
  Ramapongh, 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  

   bought 
  in 
  1700, 
  when 
  it 
  had 
  the 
  latter 
  form. 
  Ruttenber 
  defined 
  it 
  

   a 
  river 
  which 
  empties 
  into 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  round 
  ponds. 
  He 
  also 
  

   writes 
  it 
  Ramspook. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  river 
  and 
  mountains. 
  

  

  Ra-sen-de 
  brook 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1790. 
  

  

  Sar-rack 
  is 
  opposite 
  Tarrytown 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map. 
  

  

  Scun-ne-mank 
  hills 
  are 
  also 
  on 
  this, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  

   already 
  treated. 
  

  

  Skoon-nen-ogh-ky 
  suggests 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  

   for 
  the 
  Backberg 
  on 
  the 
  Cheesecock 
  patent 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Stony 
  Point 
  

   tract. 
  

  

  Tap-pan 
  is 
  variously 
  written 
  and 
  often 
  appears 
  in 
  early 
  records. 
  

   Heckewelder 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware 
  language, 
  and 
  de- 
  

   rived 
  from 
  Thuphane 
  or 
  Tnp-hanne, 
  Cold 
  Spring." 
  The 
  derivation 
  

   is 
  closer 
  than 
  many 
  of 
  his, 
  but 
  the 
  word 
  suggests 
  a 
  river 
  rather 
  than 
  

   a 
  spring. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  tribe 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  bay, 
  

   and 
  thence 
  came 
  Tappantown 
  in 
  Orangetown. 
  

  

  Was-sa-gro-ras 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1776, 
  and 
  the 
  Wescyrorap 
  plain 
  

   of 
  1696 
  and 
  1 
  71 
  3 
  seems 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Wa-wa-yan-da 
  patent 
  was 
  partly 
  in 
  this 
  county. 
  

  

  Who-ri-nims 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  tracts 
  purchased 
  by 
  S. 
  Bayard 
  in 
  

   1703. 
  

  

  ST 
  LAWRENCE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Ak-wis-sas'-ne 
  , 
  where 
  the 
  partridge 
  drums; 
  St 
  Regis. 
  Morgan 
  

   wrote 
  it, 
  Ah-qua-sos'-ne, 
  partridges 
  drumming. 
  This 
  bird 
  afforded 
  

   a 
  favorite 
  personal 
  name 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  

  

  