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  Ac-que-ho-nnck 
  is 
  now 
  Hutchinson's 
  or 
  East 
  Chester 
  creek. 
  It 
  

   has 
  been 
  also 
  written 
  Aqueanounck 
  and 
  Achquechgenom. 
  There 
  

   are 
  many 
  variations 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  also 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  West 
  

   Farms. 
  Tooker 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  achwowangeu, 
  

   high 
  bank, 
  while 
  others 
  interpret 
  it 
  red 
  cedar 
  tree. 
  

  

  Al-ip-conck, 
  place 
  of 
  elms, 
  at 
  Tarrytown, 
  has 
  Mr 
  Tooker's 
  valued 
  

   indorsement. 
  Schoolcraft 
  defined 
  it 
  place 
  of 
  leaves. 
  

  

  A-mack-as-sin, 
  the 
  great 
  stone, 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  several 
  names 
  for 
  a 
  

   great 
  rock, 
  near 
  the 
  Hudson 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Neperha. 
  

  

  Am-a-walk, 
  an 
  abbreviated 
  name, 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  part 
  of 
  York- 
  

   town 
  according 
  to 
  Bolton, 
  while 
  Scharf 
  places 
  it 
  in 
  Somers. 
  

  

  A-o-keels 
  pond 
  was 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  Lewisboro 
  in 
  1708. 
  

  

  Ap-aw-quam-mis 
  or 
  Moquams 
  creek 
  was 
  derived 
  by 
  Tooker 
  from 
  

   appoqua, 
  to 
  cover, 
  mis, 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  ; 
  in 
  full 
  the 
  covering 
  tree, 
  

   perhaps 
  intending 
  the 
  birch. 
  He 
  placed 
  it 
  at 
  Budd's 
  Neck 
  in 
  Rye. 
  

   Ruttenber 
  assigned 
  the 
  name 
  to 
  Rye 
  Neck. 
  Apawamis 
  and 
  Epa- 
  

   wames 
  are 
  variants. 
  

  

  Ap-pa-magh-pogh 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  tract 
  near 
  Verplanck's 
  point, 
  

   bought 
  in 
  1683, 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  place 
  east 
  of 
  Cortlandt. 
  According 
  to 
  

   Tooker 
  this 
  is 
  from 
  appoqua, 
  to 
  cover, 
  with 
  paug, 
  water, 
  and 
  he 
  

   defines 
  the 
  whole 
  lodge 
  covering 
  water 
  place, 
  or 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  cat- 
  

   tails 
  were 
  cut 
  for 
  mats 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  covering 
  wigwams. 
  

  

  Ap-pan-ragh-pogh 
  was 
  a 
  general 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  lands 
  east 
  of 
  

   Cortlandtown, 
  according 
  to 
  Bolton, 
  being 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  Ap-won-nah, 
  in 
  Rye, 
  is 
  oyster, 
  but 
  apwonau 
  also 
  means 
  he 
  roasts, 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  roasting 
  any 
  shellfish. 
  

  

  A-que-hung 
  much 
  resembles 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Hutchinson's 
  creek, 
  but 
  

   is 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Bronx. 
  Ruttenber 
  applied 
  it 
  to 
  Byram 
  river 
  and 
  

   derived 
  it 
  from 
  aquene, 
  peace, 
  making 
  it 
  place 
  of 
  peace. 
  Tooker, 
  

   however, 
  assigns 
  the 
  name 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  Bronx 
  river, 
  deriving 
  it 
  

   from 
  aquehonga, 
  high 
  bank 
  or 
  bluff, 
  or 
  else 
  from 
  hocqueunk, 
  on 
  

   high. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  

  

  Ar-men-pe-rai 
  or 
  Armenperal 
  is 
  Sprain 
  river. 
  Tooker 
  says 
  the 
  

   word 
  is 
  much 
  corrupted 
  and 
  the 
  meaning 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Ar-monck, 
  usually 
  defined 
  beaver, 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  name 
  for 
  Byram 
  

   river. 
  This 
  would 
  derive 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  amochk, 
  

   beaver. 
  Tooker, 
  however, 
  preferred 
  amang, 
  a 
  fishing 
  place. 
  It 
  is 
  

   also 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  lake 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  North 
  Castle. 
  

  

  