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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Ma-cha-be-neer 
  Sha-wen-gonck 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  lands 
  in 
  this 
  

   county 
  in 
  1701. 
  The 
  first 
  name 
  is 
  also 
  written 
  Massachabeneers. 
  

  

  Ma-chack-a-mock 
  was 
  called 
  Machakamick 
  in 
  1758. 
  

  

  Ma-ga-at 
  Ra-mis 
  was 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  JefTrouw's 
  hook 
  in 
  

   1677, 
  and 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  tract 
  south 
  of 
  Maggonck. 
  

  

  Ma-gat-scoot 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1698. 
  

  

  Ruttenber 
  says 
  that 
  Paltz 
  Point 
  was 
  called 
  Maggrnapogh 
  by 
  the 
  

   Indians, 
  and 
  was 
  distinguished 
  as 
  a 
  high 
  mountain. 
  At 
  its 
  foot 
  he 
  

   placed 
  a 
  swamp 
  called 
  Moggonck. 
  

  

  Ma-go-wa-sin-ginck 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  north 
  of 
  Kahakasnik 
  creek 
  in 
  

   1677, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  Mag'owasinck 
  Indians, 
  being 
  an 
  Esopus 
  tribe. 
  

  

  Ma-gunck 
  is 
  like 
  a 
  name 
  below, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  different 
  in 
  meaning, 
  

   being 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  Marbletown. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  

   derived 
  from 
  megucKe, 
  a 
  plain 
  without 
  timber. 
  

  

  Ma-he-uw 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  Esopus 
  tribes. 
  

  

  Mas-kekts 
  lands 
  were 
  near 
  Machabeneer 
  and 
  were 
  called 
  Mask- 
  

   aeck 
  in 
  1702. 
  This 
  name 
  implies 
  meadows. 
  

  

  Mat-tas-sink 
  or 
  Matissink 
  island, 
  apparently 
  at 
  Rondout 
  creek 
  

   and 
  probably 
  Assinck 
  island. 
  

  

  Me-och-konck 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Ruttenber 
  as 
  a 
  Minisink 
  village, 
  

   either 
  in 
  this 
  or 
  Orange 
  county. 
  

  

  Met-te-ke-honks 
  of 
  1709 
  was 
  Mattecohunks 
  in 
  1718. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  

   Mettacahonts 
  creek 
  in 
  Rochester, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  personal 
  name. 
  

  

  Min-i-sink. 
  In 
  King 
  William's 
  reign 
  it 
  was 
  enacted 
  that 
  " 
  great 
  

   and 
  little 
  Minisink 
  should 
  be 
  annexed 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Ulster." 
  

  

  Min-ne-was-ka 
  is 
  a 
  recently 
  applied 
  name. 
  

  

  Mog-gonck 
  was 
  a 
  swamp 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  at 
  Paltz 
  Point, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Ruttenber, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  deed 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  New 
  Paltz. 
  in 
  1677, 
  

   Moggoneck 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  high 
  hill. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  written 
  Maggonck, 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  mogge, 
  it 
  is 
  great 
  , 
  with 
  suffix, 
  or 
  from 
  

   megucke, 
  a 
  plain 
  without 
  timber. 
  

  

  Mo-honk 
  lake, 
  from 
  mohoan, 
  to 
  eat 
  solid 
  food, 
  or 
  mohewoneck, 
  

   a 
  racoon 
  skin 
  coat. 
  Some 
  have 
  thought 
  it 
  meant 
  great 
  hill, 
  but 
  

   this 
  lacks 
  support. 
  

  

  Mom-bac-cus 
  was 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  

   written 
  Mombach 
  in 
  1772. 
  Spafford 
  said 
  of 
  this: 
  " 
  Mombackus, 
  

   which 
  means 
  Indian 
  face, 
  was 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  name, 
  legislated 
  away 
  

  

  