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  NAMES 
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  NEW 
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  Wood 
  interpreted 
  where 
  wampum 
  is 
  made. 
  This 
  seems 
  without 
  

   support 
  unless 
  in 
  tradition. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  Cohamong 
  appeared 
  in 
  

   a 
  deed 
  of 
  1700, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  shortened 
  into 
  Coman. 
  French 
  

   places 
  Cobamong 
  pond 
  a 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  Byram 
  pond. 
  

  

  Co-han-sey 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  almost 
  forgotten. 
  

  

  Con-o-val 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolton. 
  

  

  Co-wan-gongh, 
  boundary 
  place, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  in 
  West 
  Farms. 
  

  

  Cro-ton 
  is 
  a 
  personal 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  place. 
  Schoolcraft 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  kenotin 
  or 
  knoton, 
  wind 
  or 
  tempest, 
  as 
  its 
  origin. 
  Tooker 
  

   preferred 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  kloltin, 
  he 
  contends. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  a 
  river, 
  lake 
  and 
  town, 
  and 
  occurs 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  E-auk-e-tau-puck-u-son 
  is 
  now 
  Rye 
  Woods. 
  Tooker 
  has 
  Euke- 
  

   taupucuson 
  or 
  Ekucketaupacuson 
  for 
  a 
  high 
  hill 
  in 
  Rye, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   the 
  woods. 
  Ruttenber 
  writes 
  it 
  Enketaupuenson, 
  and 
  makes 
  it 
  a 
  

   high 
  ridge 
  east 
  of 
  Blind 
  Brook. 
  In 
  old 
  records 
  the 
  wonder 
  some- 
  

   times 
  is 
  that 
  proper 
  names 
  can 
  be 
  read 
  at 
  all. 
  This 
  is 
  interpreted 
  

   where 
  a 
  stream 
  widens 
  on 
  both 
  sides; 
  i. 
  e., 
  overflows. 
  

  

  Go-wa-ha-su-a-sing 
  is 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  West 
  Farms. 
  Tooker 
  considers 
  

   this 
  a 
  Delaware 
  word, 
  meaning 
  place 
  of 
  briars, 
  or 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   hedge. 
  Zeisberger 
  has 
  gawunschenack 
  for 
  hedge 
  in 
  that 
  dialect. 
  

  

  Ha-se-co 
  is 
  a 
  meadow 
  on 
  Byram 
  river. 
  Some 
  have 
  derived 
  this 
  

   from 
  the 
  English 
  word 
  hassock, 
  suggestive 
  here 
  of 
  marshy 
  tufts, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  Indian 
  word 
  meaning 
  fresh 
  meadow 
  or 
  marshy 
  land. 
  

   • 
  Miossehassaky 
  was 
  a 
  meadow 
  adjoining 
  this. 
  The 
  name 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   New 
  England 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  translated 
  a 
  bog. 
  

  

  Hickory 
  Grove 
  is 
  in 
  Mamaroneck. 
  We 
  have 
  adopted 
  many 
  In- 
  

   dian 
  names 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  plants, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  familiar 
  one. 
  

  

  Ho-ko-hon-gus 
  was 
  near 
  Pocanteco 
  creek. 
  

  

  Hon-ge, 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  Blind 
  Brook, 
  may 
  be 
  Aquehung, 
  re- 
  

   ferring 
  to 
  its 
  higher 
  banks. 
  

  

  Ka-to-nah 
  has 
  been 
  briefly 
  noticed. 
  Tooker 
  defines 
  this 
  as 
  great 
  

   mountain, 
  the 
  prefix 
  keht 
  meaning 
  great. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  village 
  on 
  

   Cross 
  river, 
  named 
  from 
  a 
  chief 
  of 
  1683, 
  who 
  also 
  sold 
  land 
  in 
  

   1702. 
  

  

  Ke-a-ka-tis 
  creek 
  is 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolton. 
  

  

  Kech-ka-wes 
  creek, 
  near 
  the 
  East 
  river, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Ma- 
  

   harnes 
  river 
  in 
  1649, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  defined 
  as 
  a 
  principal 
  stream, 
  from 
  

   kehche, 
  it 
  is 
  chief. 
  

  

  