﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  22*j 
  

  

  Yen-ne-cock 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  Southpld 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  Cutchogue. 
  The 
  

   Yannocock 
  Indians 
  were 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1667, 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  in 
  1640. 
  

   Tooker 
  writes 
  it 
  Yennycott, 
  deriving 
  it 
  from 
  Yaen-auk-ut, 
  at 
  the 
  

   extended 
  country. 
  The 
  early 
  forms 
  vary 
  but 
  little. 
  It 
  might 
  mean 
  

   on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  some 
  place. 
  

  

  The 
  practice 
  of 
  buying 
  land 
  gradually 
  and 
  in 
  small 
  quantities 
  

   from 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  owners 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  preservation 
  

   of 
  many 
  Indian 
  names 
  there. 
  

  

  SULLIVAN 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  A-las-ka-ye-ing 
  mountains 
  appear 
  on 
  Sauthiers 
  map 
  as 
  the 
  

   southern 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountains. 
  

  

  Ba-sha 
  or 
  Basher's 
  kill. 
  Basha 
  was 
  an 
  old 
  squaw, 
  according 
  to 
  

   one 
  story, 
  whose 
  husband 
  killed 
  a 
  deer 
  and 
  left 
  her 
  to 
  bring 
  it 
  home. 
  

   She 
  fastened 
  it 
  securely 
  on 
  her 
  back, 
  but 
  in 
  crossing 
  the 
  stream 
  

   fell 
  under 
  her 
  burden. 
  Being 
  unable 
  to 
  release 
  herself 
  she 
  was 
  

   drowned. 
  Another 
  story 
  is 
  that 
  she 
  was 
  shot 
  here 
  during 
  the 
  

   Esopus 
  war. 
  

  

  Cal-li-coon 
  river 
  is 
  of 
  doubtful 
  origin, 
  but 
  seems 
  to 
  mean 
  turkey 
  

   in 
  either 
  case. 
  On 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  1825 
  it 
  is 
  Kollikoen, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  statutes, 
  etc., 
  it 
  is 
  commonly 
  written 
  Collikoon. 
  Kalkoen 
  is 
  

   Dutch 
  for 
  turkey, 
  and 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  gulukochsun 
  means 
  the 
  

   same. 
  

  

  Chough-ka-wa-ka-no-e 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1665. 
  

  

  Co-chec-ton 
  or 
  Cashington 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  originally 
  been 
  Cush- 
  

   nun-tunk 
  or 
  low 
  grounds. 
  This 
  is 
  preferable 
  to 
  Boyd's 
  definition 
  of 
  

   a 
  finished 
  small 
  harbor, 
  but 
  Kussitchuan, 
  a 
  rapid 
  stream, 
  seems 
  

   better 
  than 
  either. 
  In 
  1755 
  Cashiektunk 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  on 
  

   a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  called 
  Fishkill, 
  and 
  it 
  appears 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  

   map 
  as 
  Cashiegtonk 
  island 
  and 
  falls. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  written 
  

   Cashickatunk, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  its 
  being 
  an 
  old 
  or 
  princi- 
  

   pal 
  place. 
  The 
  Delaware, 
  near 
  this 
  place, 
  was 
  the 
  former 
  home 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cashigton 
  Indians, 
  and 
  they 
  sent 
  a 
  belt 
  to 
  Governor 
  Clinton 
  in 
  

  

  1-745- 
  

  

  Hag-ga-is 
  pond 
  is 
  in 
  Lumberland. 
  Hogki 
  is 
  clothing, 
  and 
  thence 
  

  

  we 
  have 
  fish 
  scales 
  and 
  shells. 
  

  

  Ho-mo-wack 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  water 
  Hows 
  out, 
  but 
  this 
  lacks 
  

   support. 
  It 
  seems 
  better 
  to 
  derive 
  it 
  from 
  aumauog, 
  they 
  fish, 
  or 
  

  

  