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  YORK 
  STATE 
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  some 
  kindred 
  word. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  postoffice 
  in 
  

   Mamakating. 
  

  

  Ke-no-za 
  lake, 
  pickerel. 
  Also 
  Cahoonzie. 
  

  

  Ki-a-me-sha 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  as 
  clear 
  zvater, 
  but 
  doubtfully. 
  This 
  

   is 
  Pleasant 
  pond, 
  near 
  Monticello. 
  

  

  Kon-ne-on-ga 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  white 
  lake, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  its 
  white 
  

   sand, 
  but 
  the 
  definition 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  doubtful, 
  having 
  no 
  

   foundation. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  pond 
  in 
  Bethel. 
  

  

  Lack-a-wack 
  is 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Rondout 
  creek, 
  and 
  means 
  a 
  

   river 
  fork. 
  

  

  Ma-hack-a-mack 
  is 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map 
  for 
  the 
  Neversink 
  river. 
  

   It 
  was 
  called 
  Maggaghkamieck 
  in 
  1694, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  allude 
  

   to 
  a 
  fishery. 
  

  

  Ma-ma-ka-ting 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   chief, 
  but 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  does 
  not 
  suggest 
  this, 
  nor 
  is 
  such 
  a 
  

   chief's 
  name 
  on 
  record. 
  Gordon's 
  Gazetteer 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  Mamma- 
  

   cotta, 
  dividing 
  the 
  waters. 
  SpafTord 
  speaks 
  of 
  " 
  Mameakating 
  or 
  

   Basler's 
  kill." 
  On 
  Sauthier's 
  map 
  the 
  Indian 
  village 
  is 
  called 
  Mame 
  

   Cotink. 
  Memakochcus, 
  red, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  suggestive 
  component 
  in 
  

   Zeisberger's 
  lexicon, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  either 
  a 
  red 
  or 
  bloody 
  

   place. 
  

  

  Me-tau-ques 
  or 
  Metongues 
  pond 
  is 
  in 
  Lumberland. 
  From 
  

   mehtugques, 
  small 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mon-gaup 
  is 
  Mangawping 
  or 
  Mingwing 
  river 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  denned 
  dancing 
  feather, 
  and 
  also 
  several 
  streams 
  in 
  

   allusion 
  to 
  its 
  three 
  branches. 
  The 
  last 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  well 
  

   sustained. 
  Munnequomin, 
  com 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  Held, 
  is 
  better, 
  but 
  

   the 
  name 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  islands. 
  

  

  Nev-er-sink 
  has 
  many 
  forms 
  and 
  definitions, 
  among 
  which 
  are 
  

   mad 
  river, 
  water 
  between 
  highlands, 
  and 
  fishing 
  place. 
  Some 
  have 
  

   thought 
  the 
  name 
  merely 
  an 
  English 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  highlands 
  or 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  clearly 
  aboriginal. 
  These 
  supposed 
  

   meanings 
  are 
  not 
  satisfactory. 
  Schoolcraft 
  derived 
  the 
  name 
  from 
  

   onawa, 
  water 
  or 
  between 
  waters, 
  and 
  sink, 
  a 
  place, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  sus- 
  

   tained 
  by 
  eastern 
  lexicons. 
  Ruttenber 
  thought 
  it 
  a 
  place 
  abound- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  birds, 
  but 
  this 
  lacks 
  support. 
  Nauwuchunke, 
  afternoon, 
  

   from 
  Zeisberger, 
  might 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  region 
  lying 
  west 
  of 
  any 
  

   place, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  Indipn 
  usage, 
  " 
  a 
  land 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  

  

  