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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  aborigines 
  of 
  this 
  region, 
  means 
  rapid 
  waters, 
  a 
  name 
  descriptive 
  

   and 
  appropriate." 
  There 
  seems 
  no 
  ground 
  for 
  this. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  a 
  town. 
  

  

  Shawangunk 
  mountains 
  and 
  creek 
  [see 
  Orange 
  county]. 
  

  

  Shen-she-chonck, 
  a 
  tract 
  near 
  Pacanasink, 
  but 
  south 
  of 
  Shaw- 
  

   angunk 
  creek. 
  

  

  Sho-kan' 
  was 
  sometimes 
  written 
  Ashokan, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  

   Olive. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  Shokaken 
  in 
  the 
  Marbletown 
  records 
  of 
  1677, 
  

   and 
  was 
  often 
  mentioned. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  chogan, 
  a 
  black- 
  

   bird, 
  or 
  sokan, 
  to 
  eross 
  the 
  creek, 
  the 
  last 
  being 
  preferable. 
  

  

  Taugh-caugh-naugh 
  creek 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  recent 
  map, 
  suggesting 
  

   Taghkanick. 
  

  

  Ta-wer-sta-gue 
  was 
  a 
  high 
  hill 
  in 
  New 
  Paltz 
  in 
  1677. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  written 
  Tauarataque. 
  

  

  Ten-de-yack-a-meek 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  at 
  Sawyer's 
  kill 
  

   in 
  1677. 
  It 
  ma 
  y 
  be 
  the 
  true 
  form 
  of 
  Frudeyachkamick 
  applied 
  to 
  

   another 
  place, 
  perhaps 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  fishing 
  place, 
  or 
  possibly 
  

   being 
  a 
  corrupt 
  form 
  of 
  tauwatamik, 
  uninhabited 
  land. 
  

  

  Ti-ca-to-nyk 
  mountain 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  recent 
  map, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  

   from 
  tohkootauonk, 
  a 
  ladder, 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  steep 
  ascent. 
  

  

  To-to-a, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1763, 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  another 
  county. 
  

  

  Wa-er-in-ne-wangh 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Esopus 
  in 
  1655. 
  

  

  Wagh-ach-a-mack 
  was 
  annexed 
  to 
  Ulster 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  day, 
  and 
  

   may 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  fishing 
  place 
  of 
  some 
  kind. 
  

  

  Wa-kan-ko-nach 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Pawachta 
  tract 
  in 
  1678. 
  

  

  Wa-ka-se-ek 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  tract. 
  

  

  War-a-ca-ha-es 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  1677. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  War- 
  

   atakac, 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  west 
  of 
  Raphoos 
  in 
  New 
  Paltz. 
  

  

  Wa-war-sing 
  or 
  Warwasing 
  was 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  a 
  blackbird's 
  nest, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Schoolcraft, 
  but 
  this 
  has 
  no 
  support. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  

   derived 
  from 
  woweaushin, 
  a 
  winding 
  about, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  its 
  many 
  

   streams, 
  but 
  the 
  terminal 
  syllable 
  seems 
  that 
  of 
  place. 
  It 
  was 
  writ- 
  

   ten 
  Wawasink 
  in 
  1779, 
  and 
  the 
  Rev. 
  N. 
  W. 
  Jones 
  defined 
  it 
  as 
  

   a 
  holy 
  place 
  for 
  sacriii-feasts 
  and 
  war 
  dances. 
  No 
  ground 
  exists 
  

   for 
  this 
  meaning. 
  

  

  Weapons 
  creek 
  may 
  have 
  an 
  Indian 
  name, 
  possibly 
  corrupted 
  

   from 
  waping, 
  an 
  opossum. 
  It 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  17 
  19. 
  

  

  