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  YORK 
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  Munshongomuc, 
  and 
  signified 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  a 
  multitude 
  of 
  Indians 
  

   had 
  died." 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  mauchauhomwock, 
  the 
  

   dead. 
  No 
  other 
  meaning 
  has 
  been 
  suggested. 
  One 
  name 
  was 
  

   Manchonots. 
  

  

  Man-han-sick 
  A-ha-quat-a-mock 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  for 
  Shelter 
  

   island, 
  usually 
  translated 
  an 
  island 
  sheltered 
  by 
  islands, 
  alluding 
  to 
  

   its 
  protected 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  bay. 
  The 
  second 
  word, 
  however, 
  

   refers 
  to 
  a 
  fishing 
  place, 
  and 
  hence 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Jacob 
  E. 
  Mailman 
  

   made 
  it 
  the 
  protector 
  of 
  others, 
  rendering 
  it 
  at 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  island 
  

   which 
  shelters 
  this 
  fishing 
  place. 
  Manhansick 
  is 
  often 
  used 
  alone, 
  

   and 
  Manhasset 
  may 
  be 
  merely 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  this. 
  In 
  one 
  place 
  

   it 
  appears 
  as 
  "Ahaquazuwamuck, 
  otherwise 
  called 
  Menhansack." 
  

  

  The 
  Man-has-set 
  Indians 
  lived 
  on 
  Shelter 
  island, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  has 
  

   been 
  derived 
  from 
  munnohan, 
  island. 
  Trumbull 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  Man-' 
  

   hasset 
  or 
  Munhaussick, 
  a 
  diminutive 
  with 
  locative 
  affix. 
  It 
  would 
  

   thus 
  be 
  at 
  the 
  smaller 
  island 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  Long 
  Island. 
  On 
  

   some 
  maps 
  it 
  is 
  Manhanset, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  

   preceding. 
  

  

  Man-hau-sak. 
  The 
  sachem 
  of 
  this 
  sold 
  Robert's 
  island 
  in 
  1665, 
  

   and 
  it 
  seems 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  those 
  just 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Ma-now-tas-squott 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Blue 
  Point 
  in 
  Brookhaven, 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  oyster 
  bed. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  manoo- 
  

   tash, 
  baskets, 
  the 
  Indians 
  bringing 
  these 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  oysters 
  away. 
  

  

  Mansh-tak 
  creek 
  may 
  mean 
  fort 
  stream, 
  from 
  manshk, 
  a 
  fort. 
  

  

  Man-tash 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  part 
  of 
  Islip, 
  and 
  may 
  have 
  a 
  similar 
  

   derivation, 
  forts, 
  in 
  the 
  plural, 
  being 
  manskash. 
  

  

  Man-too-baugs, 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  land 
  bought 
  in 
  Southold 
  in 
  1660. 
  The 
  

   name 
  may 
  possibly 
  have 
  some 
  reference 
  to 
  baskets. 
  

  

  Mash-ma-nock 
  or 
  Toyoungs 
  creek 
  appeared 
  in 
  1648. 
  The 
  name 
  

   might 
  be 
  from 
  masarnock, 
  fiax, 
  or 
  mahchummoonk, 
  a 
  zcaste 
  or 
  

   desolate 
  place 
  

  

  Mash-o-mack 
  point 
  is 
  on 
  Shelter 
  island, 
  and 
  may 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  

   derivation 
  as 
  the 
  last, 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  mushoon, 
  canoe, 
  with 
  

   locative, 
  canoe 
  place. 
  

  

  Land 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  Huntington, 
  in 
  1682, 
  between 
  Massapage 
  and 
  

   Merreck 
  Guts. 
  Maspeque 
  Gut 
  was 
  also 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1698. 
  Mrs 
  

   Flint 
  gives 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Massapeqna 
  to 
  linkway 
  Neck, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  

   ( 
  )yster 
  Bav. 
  

  

  