﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  2IQ 
  

  

  O-wix-a 
  or 
  Awixa 
  creek 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Pa-he-he-tock 
  or 
  Pahatoc 
  was 
  west 
  of 
  Gardiner's 
  bay 
  in 
  1648, 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Pan-tuck, 
  a 
  stream 
  going 
  the 
  wrong 
  zuay, 
  is 
  near 
  Westhampton 
  

   station. 
  

  

  Pas-cu-uks 
  creek 
  was 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  a 
  meadow 
  at 
  South 
  bay, 
  

   Huntington, 
  in 
  1689. 
  

  

  Pa-shim-amsk 
  was 
  a 
  neck 
  at 
  Toms 
  creek 
  in 
  1645. 
  

  

  Pat-chogue, 
  from 
  the 
  Pochough 
  Indians, 
  is 
  defined 
  where 
  they 
  

   gamble 
  and 
  dance. 
  Roger 
  Williams 
  has 
  the 
  word 
  pauochauog, 
  

   they 
  are 
  playing 
  games 
  or 
  dancing; 
  a 
  merrymaking 
  in 
  general. 
  

   The 
  name 
  is 
  now 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  and 
  bay 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  

  

  Pat-chum-muck, 
  a 
  neighboring 
  sea 
  or 
  fishing 
  place, 
  was 
  the 
  

   North 
  Sea 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Toms 
  creek 
  in 
  1660. 
  

  

  Pa-ter-quos 
  was 
  on 
  Mastic 
  Neck. 
  It 
  may 
  come 
  from 
  Potaun- 
  

   tash, 
  to 
  blozv 
  the 
  fire, 
  or 
  from 
  a 
  kindred 
  word 
  for 
  whale, 
  referring 
  

   to 
  that 
  animal's 
  blowing 
  water. 
  

  

  Pat-ter-squash 
  was 
  an 
  island 
  in 
  Brookhaven, 
  with 
  a 
  name 
  like 
  

   the 
  last. 
  

  

  Pau-ca-ka-tun 
  is 
  derived 
  by 
  Tooker 
  from 
  Pohguta-tuk, 
  divided 
  

   tidal 
  stream, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  Southold. 
  

  

  Pau-cuck-a-tux 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  in 
  Southold, 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  1660, 
  as 
  "A 
  certen 
  creek 
  the 
  Indeans 
  call 
  Paugetuck 
  on 
  

   the 
  south 
  side." 
  . 
  

  

  Pau-ge-tuck, 
  clear 
  creek, 
  was 
  in 
  Southold 
  in 
  1659. 
  

  

  Pau-man-ack 
  has 
  been 
  interpreted 
  land 
  of 
  tribute, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  

   was 
  also 
  given 
  to 
  Shelter 
  island. 
  It 
  was 
  written 
  Panmanacke 
  in 
  

   1659 
  an 
  d 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  Long 
  Island. 
  This 
  was 
  tributary 
  

   to 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Indians, 
  and 
  afterward 
  to 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations. 
  

  

  Pau-qua-cum-suck, 
  where 
  we 
  zvade 
  for 
  thick 
  shells, 
  is 
  now 
  

   Wading 
  river. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  Pauqnaconsuck 
  in 
  1666, 
  and 
  Pau- 
  

   quaconsit 
  in 
  1679. 
  Near 
  this 
  river 
  was 
  a 
  beach 
  called 
  " 
  Pequaoc- 
  

   keon, 
  because 
  Pequaocks 
  were 
  found 
  there.'' 
  

  

  Pa-ya-quo-tusk 
  was 
  a 
  neck 
  in 
  Southold 
  in 
  1645. 
  

  

  Peakins 
  Neck, 
  near 
  Toms 
  creek 
  in 
  1658, 
  was 
  often 
  mentioned 
  

   later. 
  

  

  Pe-auke 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  wet 
  and 
  miry 
  place, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  Smithtown. 
  

  

  Pe-co-nic 
  river 
  was 
  the 
  principal 
  stream 
  toward 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  

  

  