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  and 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  uhquae, 
  point 
  or 
  end, 
  with 
  locative. 
  The 
  Uncac- 
  

   hogues 
  were 
  a 
  tribe. 
  In 
  1685 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  " 
  Certain 
  neck 
  of 
  land 
  

   at 
  Unquachage, 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Merryes." 
  Wilson 
  called 
  

   the 
  place 
  Unquachoek. 
  

  

  Un-che-mau, 
  which 
  appears 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Nesaquake 
  in 
  

   1677, 
  is 
  a 
  contraction 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  name. 
  

  

  Un-she-ma-muck 
  was 
  a 
  pond 
  west 
  ot 
  Nesaquake 
  river 
  in 
  1677. 
  

   In 
  1696 
  it 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  the 
  fresh 
  pond 
  of 
  Unshemomuck, 
  on 
  

   the 
  west 
  line 
  of 
  Smithtown. 
  In 
  some 
  records 
  it 
  is 
  Ashamaumuk, 
  

   the 
  pond 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  Lake 
  Ronconcoma. 
  It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  given 
  

   as 
  Untheamuck 
  or 
  Unsheamuck, 
  this 
  being 
  defined 
  as 
  eel 
  fishing 
  

   place, 
  by 
  Tooker. 
  For 
  the 
  present 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  he 
  has 
  another 
  

   meaning. 
  

  

  Un-co-houg 
  was 
  on 
  Mastic 
  Neck, 
  and 
  may 
  mean 
  a 
  point 
  of 
  land. 
  

  

  Wains-cott 
  is 
  usually 
  considered 
  an 
  Indian 
  word, 
  but 
  Tooker 
  

   thought 
  it 
  European. 
  Thompson 
  wrote 
  it 
  Wainscut, 
  and 
  Mrs 
  Flint 
  

   derived 
  it 
  from 
  Wayumscutt. 
  Spafford 
  called 
  it 
  Wenscoat, 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1708. 
  If 
  an 
  Indian 
  word 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  

   wanashquonk, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  anything. 
  

  

  Wam-pan-o-men, 
  the 
  eastern 
  extremity 
  of 
  Southampton, 
  was 
  an 
  

   early 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  eastern 
  point. 
  In 
  a 
  deed 
  of 
  1661 
  it 
  is 
  Wom- 
  

   penanit. 
  Tooker 
  writes 
  it 
  Womponamon, 
  at 
  the 
  east. 
  

  

  Wamp-mis-sic 
  was 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  swamp 
  near 
  Coram, 
  

   now 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  Brookhaven. 
  One 
  form 
  is 
  Wampmissuc. 
  

  

  War-ac-to 
  Neck 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Southold 
  records 
  of 
  1714, 
  as 
  

   being 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  Wat-chogue 
  Neck 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  1694, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  Smithtown. 
  The 
  

   name 
  is 
  also 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  brook 
  from 
  contiguity. 
  Thompson 
  wrote 
  

   it 
  Wachog, 
  and 
  Tooker 
  Wachogue, 
  hilly 
  land. 
  The 
  derivation 
  is 
  

   from 
  wadchue 
  ohkeit, 
  hill 
  country. 
  

  

  Wa-we-pex 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  harbor, 
  

   and 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  winding 
  course. 
  

  

  We-a-ke-wa-napp 
  was 
  reserved 
  in 
  a 
  sale 
  in 
  Southold 
  in 
  1660. 
  

  

  Wee-pose 
  brook 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  Keemiscomock. 
  Schoolcraft 
  

   derives 
  the 
  former 
  name 
  from 
  wawbose, 
  a 
  hare, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  

   thought 
  satisfactory. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  wipochk, 
  a 
  bush, 
  

   referring 
  to 
  a 
  bushy 
  place. 
  

  

  