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  Cock-singh 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  almost 
  behind 
  Marbletown 
  in 
  1678. 
  It 
  

   was 
  also 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  point 
  of 
  land 
  below 
  Esopus 
  island 
  and 
  behind 
  

   Marbletown. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  owl 
  place, 
  but 
  HeckeweMer 
  made 
  Cohock- 
  

   sink 
  pine 
  lands. 
  

  

  Cuck-sink 
  was 
  bought 
  without 
  a 
  license 
  in 
  1683, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  

   name. 
  

  

  E-a-si-neh 
  was 
  included 
  in 
  a 
  tract 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Dutch 
  in 
  1681, 
  

   and 
  seems 
  the 
  Sager's 
  kill. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  eiassunck, 
  a 
  knife, 
  or 
  

   ehes, 
  a 
  clam. 
  

  

  E-so-pus, 
  once 
  Sopus, 
  was 
  derived 
  by 
  Heckewelder 
  from 
  seepu. 
  

   the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  for 
  river.. 
  Seepu 
  s 
  was 
  made 
  equivalent 
  to 
  

   Sopus, 
  and 
  Esopus 
  was 
  formed 
  from 
  this, 
  being 
  so 
  called 
  in 
  1655. 
  

   It 
  sometimes 
  appeared 
  as 
  Sopers. 
  The 
  Indians 
  there 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  

   Algonquin 
  family, 
  and 
  there 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  force 
  in 
  the 
  alleged 
  

   origin 
  had 
  they 
  not 
  called 
  the 
  place 
  by 
  another 
  name, 
  and 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   invariably 
  by 
  this. 
  It 
  became 
  prominent 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  day. 
  

  

  Fruy-de-yach-ka-mick, 
  or 
  the 
  Great 
  river, 
  appears 
  as 
  the 
  east 
  

   boundary 
  of 
  the 
  Esopus 
  Indians 
  in 
  1677, 
  being 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  

   near 
  Rondout. 
  F 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  Algonquin 
  words, 
  and 
  R 
  is 
  

   rarely 
  used, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  erroneously 
  given. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  

   kehche, 
  greatest, 
  and 
  amaug, 
  fishing 
  place, 
  or 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  

   kittangamunk, 
  great 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side. 
  

  

  Ho-mo-wack 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  water 
  Hows 
  out, 
  probably 
  an 
  error. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  Wawarsing, 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  Sullivan 
  county. 
  

  

  Ka-ha-kas-nik 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  west 
  of 
  Rondout 
  creek 
  in 
  1677, 
  and 
  a 
  

   tract 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  Rochester 
  was 
  called 
  Kahanckasinck 
  in 
  1709. 
  

  

  Ka-ka-ta-wis 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  Esopus 
  tribes. 
  

  

  Ker-honk-son 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  village 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  creek, 
  but 
  in 
  

   1665 
  land 
  was 
  sold 
  west 
  and 
  southwest 
  of 
  Kahankson 
  creek. 
  It 
  

   has 
  been 
  written 
  Kerhonkton, 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  later 
  forms 
  is 
  place 
  of 
  

   wild 
  geese. 
  

  

  Ket-se-pray 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  Esopus 
  tribes. 
  

  

  Kyserike 
  has 
  been 
  thought 
  an 
  Indian 
  name 
  by 
  some, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   hamlet 
  in 
  Rochester, 
  but 
  a 
  conveyance 
  of 
  land 
  called 
  Keysserryck 
  

   was 
  given 
  in 
  1703, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  purchased 
  of 
  the 
  Keysers, 
  who 
  were 
  

   early 
  settlers. 
  

  

  Lack-a-wack, 
  at 
  the 
  forks, 
  is 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  Wawarsing, 
  on 
  the 
  

   Rondout. 
  

  

  