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  Mi-rach-tau-hack-y. 
  The 
  sachem 
  of 
  this 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1645. 
  

  

  Mis-pa-tuck 
  brook 
  in 
  Islip. 
  The 
  name 
  might 
  mean 
  a 
  great 
  fall, 
  

   but 
  this 
  would 
  depend 
  on 
  local 
  conditions. 
  More 
  probably 
  it 
  means 
  

   a 
  large 
  stream. 
  

  

  The 
  sachem 
  of 
  Moch-gon-ne-konck 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1645, 
  and 
  

   the 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  that 
  for 
  Gardiner's 
  island. 
  

  

  Mon-co-rum 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  near 
  Peconic 
  river 
  in 
  1677. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Hashamommock 
  purchase 
  of 
  1645, 
  " 
  Monnepaught 
  at 
  the 
  

   fresh 
  pann 
  " 
  is 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Mon-tauk 
  has 
  been 
  translated 
  both 
  island 
  country 
  and 
  fort 
  

   country. 
  Rnttenber 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  mintuk, 
  a 
  tree, 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  

   Roger 
  Williams, 
  but 
  that 
  early 
  writer 
  is 
  not 
  supported 
  in 
  this 
  

   spelling, 
  and 
  this 
  derivation 
  may 
  be 
  dropped 
  for 
  other 
  plain 
  

   reasons. 
  Trumbull 
  gave 
  the 
  original 
  form 
  as 
  Montauket 
  or 
  Mon- 
  

   tacut, 
  and 
  thought 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  from 
  manati, 
  auke 
  and 
  it, 
  col- 
  

   lectively 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  country, 
  or 
  country 
  of 
  islanders. 
  Williams 
  

   wrote 
  it 
  Munnatawkit, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  strengthen 
  Ruttenber's 
  

   definition. 
  

  

  Mo-ri-ches 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  village 
  and 
  bay 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  

   M.eroges 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  as 
  the 
  original. 
  In 
  1685 
  there 
  was 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  a 
  " 
  Certain 
  neck 
  of 
  land 
  at 
  Unquachage, 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  Merryes," 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  In 
  1693 
  ft 
  was 
  called 
  

   Merigies 
  Neck 
  at 
  Unquetague, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

   Tooker 
  thought 
  this 
  a 
  personal 
  name. 
  

  

  Mot-to-mog 
  was 
  on 
  Mastic 
  Neck, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  writen 
  Mattemoy. 
  

  

  Mus-ka-tuc 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  part 
  of 
  Islip. 
  From 
  moskeht, 
  grass, 
  

   and 
  either 
  tnk, 
  river, 
  or 
  auke, 
  land, 
  probably 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  Nach-a-qua-tuck 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  in 
  Huntington, 
  

   but 
  some 
  mention 
  it 
  as 
  Nashaqnatac, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  that 
  place. 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  nashquttag, 
  a 
  fierce 
  fire, 
  but 
  other 
  deriva- 
  

   tions 
  can 
  be 
  suggested. 
  

  

  A 
  deed 
  of 
  Na-gun-ta-togue 
  Neck 
  was 
  given 
  in 
  [691., 
  Tt 
  was 
  

   mentioned 
  as 
  Naguntatoug 
  Neck 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  score 
  of 
  vears 
  earlier. 
  

   This 
  was 
  in 
  Huntington, 
  and 
  was 
  afterward 
  called 
  Ketcham's 
  Neck. 
  

   It 
  comes 
  from 
  naguntu, 
  on 
  the 
  sand. 
  

  

  \am-ke. 
  according 
  to 
  Rnttenber, 
  is 
  a 
  creek 
  near 
  Riverhcad, 
  and 
  

   he 
  derives 
  it 
  from 
  namaas, 
  fish, 
  and 
  ke, 
  place, 
  ( 
  Hhers 
  have 
  applied 
  

  

  