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  it 
  to 
  a 
  creek 
  in 
  Islip, 
  and 
  to 
  Blue 
  Point 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  Such 
  a 
  

   name 
  might 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  many 
  places. 
  

  

  Napeague 
  harbor 
  and 
  beach 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  Neapeague, 
  for 
  the 
  

   isthmus 
  uniting 
  Montauk 
  and 
  East 
  Hampton. 
  Ruttenber 
  derives 
  

   this 
  from 
  nepe, 
  water, 
  and 
  eage, 
  land, 
  calling 
  it 
  water 
  land. 
  Spaf- 
  

   ford 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  beach 
  leading 
  to 
  Montauk 
  Point 
  : 
  " 
  It 
  retains 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Napeage 
  from 
  the 
  Montauk 
  Indians, 
  which 
  signifies, 
  

   literally, 
  water 
  land; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  dialect, 
  Mon, 
  in 
  Montauk, 
  

   signifies 
  Island." 
  Napeague 
  bay 
  is 
  southeast 
  of 
  Gardiner's 
  island. 
  

  

  Nar-hig-gan 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1675, 
  an 
  d 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  Nahicans 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  1616, 
  but 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  

   way 
  as 
  to 
  suggest 
  a 
  people 
  like 
  the 
  Mahicans, 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  place. 
  

   The 
  former 
  name, 
  however, 
  might 
  be 
  from 
  naiyag, 
  a 
  point. 
  

  

  Nas-sa-ke-ag 
  is 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  

  

  Nas-sa-yon-suck 
  or 
  Nashayonsuck 
  was 
  land 
  sold 
  in 
  Southold 
  in 
  

   1645. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  neeshuongok, 
  eels, 
  or 
  from 
  nashaue, 
  between, 
  

   ayeuonk, 
  place, 
  and 
  sauk, 
  outlet. 
  

  

  Ne-com-mack 
  was 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Mastic 
  tract, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  indi- 
  

   cates 
  an 
  inclosure 
  there. 
  

  

  Ne-sar-as-ke 
  or 
  Pascuuks 
  creek 
  was 
  the 
  east 
  bound 
  of 
  an 
  island 
  

   of 
  meadow 
  in 
  South 
  bay, 
  Huntington, 
  in 
  1689. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  

   this 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  " 
  his 
  heirs." 
  

  

  Ne-shug-gun-cir 
  was 
  one 
  name 
  of 
  Hashamamuck 
  in 
  1659, 
  with 
  

   a 
  probable 
  reference 
  to 
  eels. 
  

  

  Ni-a-maug, 
  betzvecn 
  the 
  fishing 
  places, 
  was 
  one 
  name 
  of 
  Canoe 
  

   Place. 
  It 
  was 
  written 
  Niamock 
  in 
  1667, 
  and 
  Niamuck 
  in 
  1662. 
  

  

  Ni-sinck-quegh-hack-y, 
  a 
  village 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1645, 
  was 
  in 
  

   Smithtown. 
  There 
  are 
  now 
  Nissequague 
  river 
  and 
  Nissequogue 
  

   neck, 
  harbor 
  and 
  hamlet 
  in 
  that 
  town. 
  Tooker 
  said 
  the 
  tribe 
  and 
  

   river 
  did 
  not 
  have 
  the 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  chief 
  Nesaquake, 
  as 
  some 
  

   have 
  supposed. 
  The 
  name 
  first 
  appears 
  in 
  1645, 
  as 
  " 
  Nisinck- 
  

   queghhacky, 
  being 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  Matinnecocks 
  now 
  reside." 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  derivation 
  from 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  word 
  pissaqua, 
  

   mire 
  or 
  clay 
  ; 
  or 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  assisqua, 
  clay 
  or 
  mud. 
  Add 
  

   the 
  terminal 
  hacky 
  or 
  ake, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  clay 
  or 
  mud 
  country. 
  He 
  

   thought 
  this 
  might 
  mean 
  a 
  land 
  suitable 
  for 
  making 
  pottery. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  quite 
  as 
  likely 
  that 
  mere 
  mud 
  was 
  meant. 
  In 
  Nichol's 
  order 
  

   of 
  1670, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  Nesaquake 
  lands 
  were 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  

  

  