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  Mo-nak-e-we-go 
  is 
  Bolton's 
  name 
  for 
  Greenwich 
  point. 
  

  

  Mo-pus 
  was 
  a 
  brook 
  in 
  North 
  Salem, 
  and 
  Mr 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  

   this 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  Canopus. 
  

  

  Mos-ho-lu 
  or 
  Tibbett's 
  brook 
  in 
  Yonkers. 
  Tooker 
  says 
  this 
  is 
  

   either 
  made 
  or 
  corrupted, 
  and 
  thus 
  without 
  meaning. 
  It 
  might 
  

   refer 
  to 
  smooth 
  stones 
  or 
  gravel. 
  

  

  Mus-coo-ta, 
  meadow 
  or 
  place 
  of 
  rushes, 
  a 
  name 
  often 
  given 
  to 
  

   wet 
  lands 
  or 
  grassy 
  flats, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  Muscoota 
  mountain 
  near 
  

   Croton 
  river. 
  In 
  this 
  case 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  mountain 
  at 
  the 
  grassy 
  place, 
  

   though 
  there 
  might 
  be 
  one 
  on 
  its 
  side. 
  Muscoot 
  river 
  is 
  in 
  Somers, 
  

   and 
  the 
  lowlands 
  along 
  the 
  Harlem 
  river 
  were 
  also 
  called 
  Mus- 
  

   coota. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  manor 
  grant 
  of 
  Fordham 
  is 
  mentioned 
  " 
  the 
  first 
  point 
  on 
  

   the 
  mainland 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  Pepiriniman 
  — 
  there 
  where 
  

   the 
  hill 
  Moskuta 
  is." 
  

  

  Mu-tigh-ti-coos, 
  the 
  hare, 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  personal 
  name. 
  Mattegticos 
  

   and 
  Titicus 
  are 
  variants. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Croton, 
  mentioned 
  

   in 
  1699. 
  

  

  My-an-as 
  is 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  Meanagh. 
  

  

  Na-na-ma 
  is 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolton, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  chief 
  

   Noname. 
  

  

  Na-nich-i-es-taw-ack, 
  an 
  early 
  village 
  in 
  Bedford, 
  is 
  on 
  Van 
  der 
  

   Donck's 
  map. 
  Tooker 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  nanat- 
  

   schitaw-ack, 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  safety, 
  and 
  thought 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  fort. 
  

  

  Nap-peck-a-mack, 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  at 
  Yonkers. 
  Ruttenber 
  de- 
  

   fined 
  this 
  rapid 
  water 
  settlement, 
  which 
  Tooker 
  calls 
  erroneous. 
  

   The 
  same 
  name 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  is 
  Rapahamuck, 
  and 
  he 
  thinks 
  both 
  

   N 
  and 
  R 
  are 
  intrusive, 
  deriving 
  the 
  name 
  from 
  appeh-amack, 
  a 
  trap 
  

   fishing 
  place. 
  Traps 
  were 
  much 
  used. 
  

  

  Nar-a-haw-mis 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  in 
  Lewis- 
  

   boro 
  in 
  1708. 
  

  

  Nau-a-shin 
  village 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolton. 
  

  

  Na-vish 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  which 
  included 
  Senasqua 
  meadow 
  in 
  1683. 
  

  

  Nep-er-han 
  or 
  Nepera 
  creek 
  has 
  an 
  early 
  name, 
  but 
  is 
  sometimes 
  

   termed 
  Sawmill 
  creek. 
  Land 
  at 
  Nipperha 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1666. 
  

   Ruttenber 
  derives 
  this 
  from 
  nepe, 
  water, 
  but 
  Tooker 
  from 
  apehhan, 
  

   a 
  trap 
  or 
  snare, 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  satisfactory. 
  

  

  