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  Mas-tic 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  in 
  Brookhaven, 
  formerly 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  

   Poospatuck 
  Indians. 
  A 
  river 
  bears 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Ma-to-wacks, 
  land 
  of 
  perizvinkles, 
  was 
  a 
  general 
  name 
  for 
  Long 
  

   Island 
  in 
  1674, 
  but 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  fisheries 
  were 
  at 
  Gardiner's 
  

   bay. 
  Tooker 
  derived 
  this 
  meaning 
  from 
  meteauhock, 
  periwinkle, 
  

   and 
  thence 
  Meht-anaw-ack 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  name. 
  Heckewelder 
  

   made 
  Mattanwake, 
  the 
  island 
  country. 
  According 
  to 
  Hubbard 
  the 
  

   name 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  

   Stirling's 
  grant, 
  Matowa 
  appearing 
  as 
  a 
  variant. 
  

  

  Mat-te-moy 
  was 
  west 
  of 
  Mastic 
  river. 
  

  

  Mat-ti-tuck 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  as 
  place 
  without 
  zvood, 
  mehtug 
  

   being 
  a 
  tree. 
  With 
  the 
  supposed 
  meaning 
  the 
  derivation 
  would 
  

   probably 
  be 
  from 
  mattateag, 
  having 
  nothing. 
  

  

  Mat-tuck 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  three 
  necks 
  sold 
  in 
  Smithtown 
  in 
  1648. 
  It 
  

   may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  mehtug, 
  a 
  tree 
  or 
  from 
  moteag, 
  signifying 
  

   nothing; 
  but 
  tuk, 
  in 
  composition, 
  is 
  a 
  river. 
  

  

  Me-cox 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  bay 
  in 
  Southampton, 
  which 
  Tooker 
  calls 
  

   a 
  personal 
  name. 
  

  

  Me-man-u-sack 
  river 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1660, 
  as 
  east 
  of 
  Nesa- 
  

   quake 
  river. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  called 
  Stony 
  brook, 
  and 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  line 
  

   of 
  Smithtown. 
  Tooker 
  defines 
  this 
  where 
  tzvo 
  streams 
  meet. 
  

  

  Me-ro-suck 
  is 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Canoe 
  Place. 
  

  

  Mer-reck 
  is 
  a 
  bay 
  in 
  Huntington. 
  

  

  Mi-an-ta-cut 
  was 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Wyandance 
  in 
  1648, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  deed 
  of 
  East 
  Hampton. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  Meantaquit 
  in 
  1659, 
  and 
  

   Montacut 
  in 
  1703. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  mean 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  assembly, 
  where 
  

   men 
  were 
  called 
  together 
  for 
  any 
  purpose, 
  and 
  this 
  agrees 
  with 
  its 
  

   being 
  the 
  great 
  chief's 
  town. 
  

  

  Mi-nas-se-roke 
  is 
  Little 
  Neck 
  bay 
  in 
  Brookhaven, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  

   has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  Strong's 
  Neck. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  minne- 
  

   ash, 
  small 
  fruits 
  or 
  berries 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  with 
  locative 
  affix. 
  

  

  Min-na-paugs, 
  a 
  pond 
  northeast 
  of 
  Toms 
  creek 
  in 
  1690, 
  from 
  

   minne, 
  berry, 
  and 
  paug, 
  pond. 
  

  

  Min-ne-sunk 
  lake, 
  berry 
  place, 
  is 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  

   Southampton. 
  

  

  Mi-o-mog 
  was 
  in 
  Riverhead. 
  French 
  gives 
  this 
  and 
  Mianrogue 
  

   as 
  names 
  of 
  Jamesport 
  in 
  that 
  town. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  

   where 
  assemblies 
  were 
  held. 
  

  

  