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  from 
  it"; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  still 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  creek. 
  The 
  definition 
  has 
  no 
  

   foundation. 
  The 
  name 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  Mohshequssuk, 
  flinty 
  rock. 
  

  

  Mo-na-yunk 
  creek 
  appears 
  on 
  recent 
  maps. 
  Heckewelder 
  called 
  

   this 
  our 
  place 
  of 
  drinking. 
  

  

  Na-as-se-rok 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  in 
  Rochester 
  in 
  1709. 
  

  

  Na-no-seck 
  was 
  an 
  island 
  in 
  Esopus, 
  

  

  Nap-a-noch 
  or 
  Napanock 
  is 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  Wawarsing, 
  called 
  after 
  

   an 
  Indian 
  chief. 
  

  

  Nev-er-sink 
  river 
  has 
  been 
  treated 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  O-nang-wack- 
  creek 
  was 
  east 
  of 
  Rondout 
  creek. 
  

  

  Pa-ca-na-sink 
  lands 
  were 
  on 
  record 
  in 
  171 
  7, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing. 
  

  

  Pack-a-se-eck 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  sold 
  in 
  1678, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   derived 
  from 
  pachsajeek, 
  a 
  valley. 
  

  

  Pa-wach-ta 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  sold 
  in 
  1678. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  also 
  applied 
  

   to 
  a 
  creek 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  swamp 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   derived 
  from 
  paswohteau, 
  it 
  is 
  near. 
  

  

  The 
  Papagonk 
  Indians 
  were 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  in 
  1774 
  according 
  to 
  

   Tryon's 
  report. 
  

  

  Pat-au-tunk 
  creek 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  recent 
  map. 
  

  

  Po-chuck 
  creek 
  is 
  mentioned 
  here. 
  

  

  Ponck-hock-ie 
  is 
  a 
  place 
  near 
  Kingston. 
  Ruttenber 
  thought 
  the 
  

   Dutch 
  fort 
  was 
  " 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  still 
  bearing 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  name 
  of 
  

   Ponckokie." 
  French 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  Dutch 
  fort 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  upon 
  a 
  plateau 
  in 
  the 
  w. 
  bounds 
  of 
  Rondout. 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  

   still 
  called 
  by 
  its 
  Indian 
  name, 
  Ponckhockie, 
  said 
  to 
  signify 
  canoe 
  

   harbor." 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  ponkque, 
  dry, 
  and 
  hacky, 
  land. 
  

  

  Quas-sa-ic 
  creek, 
  stony,, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Plattekill. 
  Some 
  docu- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  1 
  7 
  18-19 
  s 
  P 
  e 
  ak 
  of 
  the 
  Palatine 
  settlements 
  on 
  Quassaic 
  

   creek 
  in 
  Ulster, 
  which 
  properly 
  belong 
  in 
  Orange 
  county, 
  but 
  this 
  

   became 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  farther 
  north. 
  

  

  Ra-ga-wa-sinck 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Rondout 
  kill 
  in 
  1677. 
  

  

  Rap-hoos 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  island 
  in 
  Crum 
  Elbow 
  in 
  that 
  year, 
  

   and 
  was 
  also 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  tract 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  Rondout 
  creek. 
  

  

  Sche-pin-a-i-konck, 
  a 
  Minisink 
  village, 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  here 
  or 
  in 
  

   Orange. 
  

  

  Se-wak-an-a-mie 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  a 
  creek 
  in 
  1678. 
  

  

  Shan-da-ken. 
  Spafford 
  says 
  this, 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  dialect 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  