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  Saug-a-tuck 
  river, 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Saug-tist 
  Neck 
  was 
  in 
  Southold 
  in 
  1656, 
  and 
  was 
  often 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  later. 
  The 
  name 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  neighboring 
  

   creek. 
  

  

  Scret-ches 
  river 
  was 
  west 
  of 
  Moriches 
  river 
  in 
  1714. 
  

  

  Se-as-ca-wa-ny 
  Neck 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  Josiah's 
  Neck 
  by 
  the 
  English 
  

   in 
  1689. 
  It 
  appeared 
  as 
  Scuraway 
  Neck 
  in 
  Huntington, 
  in 
  1694. 
  

  

  Se-a-tuck 
  is 
  a 
  hamlet 
  in 
  Brookhaven, 
  near 
  East 
  bay 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  

   shore. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  Seacotauk 
  in 
  1677, 
  and 
  thus 
  might 
  refer 
  

   either 
  to 
  land 
  or 
  water. 
  

  

  Se-bo-nac, 
  on 
  Peconic 
  bay, 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  large 
  ground 
  nut 
  place. 
  

   Sebon 
  or 
  sepen 
  is 
  the 
  meadow 
  lily 
  root, 
  according 
  to 
  Trumbull. 
  

   There 
  are 
  several 
  places 
  named 
  from 
  roots, 
  and 
  both 
  Trumbull 
  and 
  

   Tooker 
  have 
  critically 
  discussed 
  these. 
  

  

  Se-cou-tagh 
  was 
  the 
  foreland 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  in 
  1656. 
  

  

  Sen-eks 
  is 
  Thompson's 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  stream 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  

  

  Se-tau-ket 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Secatogue 
  Indians 
  in 
  Brookhaven, 
  and 
  

   the 
  name 
  has 
  many 
  forms. 
  In 
  1639 
  it 
  appeared 
  as 
  Siketeuhacky, 
  in 
  

   1666 
  as 
  Seatalcot, 
  and 
  in 
  1673 
  as 
  Seatawcott. 
  Fireplace 
  had 
  this 
  

   name, 
  according 
  to 
  Mrs 
  Flint, 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Setauket 
  bay. 
  

   From 
  seauhteau, 
  to 
  scatter 
  anything, 
  and 
  ahki, 
  land. 
  

  

  Se-tuck 
  is 
  Thompson's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  brook 
  dividing 
  Brookhaven 
  

   and 
  Southampton, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  see, 
  sour, 
  and 
  tuck, 
  

   river; 
  that 
  is, 
  a 
  stream 
  not 
  fit 
  to 
  drink. 
  

  

  Shag-wan-go, 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  1825, 
  is 
  Shagwong 
  point 
  on 
  some 
  

   later 
  maps, 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  Montauk. 
  Shawango 
  Neck 
  included 
  

   Montauk 
  point. 
  

  

  Sher-a-wog 
  is 
  now 
  St 
  James 
  in 
  Smithtown, 
  east 
  of 
  Stony 
  Brook 
  

   harbor. 
  Tooker 
  makes 
  this 
  the 
  middle 
  place. 
  

  

  Shin-ne-cock 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  many 
  forms, 
  and 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  group 
  

   of 
  hills 
  and 
  a 
  bay. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  translated 
  the 
  level 
  land, 
  but 
  with 
  

   no 
  satisfactory 
  derivation. 
  The 
  name 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  

   loose 
  or 
  unstrung 
  wampum 
  was 
  obtained. 
  SpafTord 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Shin- 
  

   acau 
  bay 
  was 
  the 
  ancient 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  of 
  Indians 
  called 
  

   Shinacau 
  or 
  Shinacaugh." 
  

  

  Si-a-ses 
  Neck 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1670 
  and 
  earlier. 
  It 
  suggests 
  

   Syosset. 
  

  

  Si-ek-rew-hack-y 
  is 
  Mrs 
  Flint's 
  name 
  for 
  Fire 
  Island, 
  and 
  this 
  

  

  