﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  211 
  

  

  in 
  1698. 
  About 
  1670 
  it 
  was 
  written 
  Guscomquorom 
  and 
  Guscom- 
  

   quaram. 
  

  

  •A 
  tract 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  Southold 
  in 
  1659, 
  which 
  ran 
  from 
  a 
  great 
  

   swamp 
  called 
  " 
  Caushawasha 
  by 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Dismal 
  to 
  a 
  certen 
  

   creek 
  the 
  Indians 
  call 
  Paugetuck." 
  

  

  Che-co-a-maug 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1667, 
  meaning 
  eel 
  fishing 
  place. 
  

  

  Cock-e-noe's 
  island, 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Saugatuck 
  river, 
  retains 
  

   its 
  name 
  in 
  the 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  charts, 
  having 
  received 
  it 
  in 
  1652 
  

   from 
  Checkanoe, 
  an 
  Indian 
  of 
  prominence. 
  

  

  Co-mac 
  is 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  Huntington. 
  The 
  name 
  enters 
  into 
  others 
  

   and 
  means 
  an 
  inclosed 
  place. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  written 
  Comack, 
  Commack 
  

   and 
  Comock. 
  Some 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  here 
  abbreviated 
  from 
  Winnecomac, 
  

   a 
  compound 
  word, 
  and 
  thus 
  Thompson 
  gives 
  it. 
  

  

  Co-met-i-co 
  is 
  now 
  Old 
  Field 
  point, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Brook- 
  

   haven. 
  

  

  Com-po-wams, 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  Islip, 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Thompson. 
  It 
  

   was 
  also 
  called 
  Compowis. 
  

  

  Con-nec-ti-cott 
  for 
  Fireplace 
  river, 
  was 
  also 
  given 
  by 
  him, 
  but 
  

   is 
  now 
  usually 
  written 
  Connecticut, 
  long 
  tidal 
  river. 
  It 
  was 
  formerly 
  

   Connetquot 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  

  

  Con-net-quot 
  was 
  also 
  mentioned 
  by 
  him, 
  as 
  a 
  fine 
  trout 
  stream 
  

   in 
  that 
  town. 
  It 
  repeats 
  the 
  last 
  name. 
  

  

  Con-o-mock 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  Fresh 
  pond, 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  fishing 
  

   place. 
  

  

  Co-nun-gum 
  Mills, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  

  

  Coos-pu-tus 
  was 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Mastic 
  tract 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  town. 
  

  

  Cop-pi-ag 
  Neck 
  is 
  near 
  Babylon. 
  It 
  was 
  written 
  Coppiage 
  in 
  

   1666 
  and 
  Copyag 
  in 
  1693. 
  Thompson 
  called 
  it 
  Copiag 
  or 
  Strong's 
  

   Neck, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Huntington. 
  

  

  Co-prog 
  was 
  Hone's 
  Neck 
  in 
  Huntington, 
  according 
  to 
  Thomp- 
  

   son. 
  

  

  Cor-am 
  or 
  Corum, 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  Brookhaven, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  named 
  from 
  a 
  chief. 
  

  

  Cots-je-w£-minck 
  suggests 
  a 
  name 
  already 
  given, 
  and 
  its 
  sachem 
  

   was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1645. 
  I 
  n 
  tne 
  deed 
  of 
  Shelter 
  Island, 
  one 
  name 
  

   was 
  Cotjewaminick. 
  

  

  Cum-se-wogue 
  is 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  

  

  Cupt-wauge 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  line 
  of 
  Southampton. 
  

  

  