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  Pa-quin-tuck, 
  at 
  the 
  clear 
  creek, 
  was 
  a 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  purchase 
  

   of 
  1695. 
  

  

  Pas-qua-sheck 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  on 
  Van 
  der 
  Donck's 
  map, 
  

   and 
  it 
  has 
  unimportant 
  variants. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  Nochpeem 
  village, 
  placed 
  

   above 
  Anthony's 
  Nose 
  by 
  Ruttenber. 
  Bolton 
  wrote 
  it 
  Pasquashic, 
  

   and 
  Tooker 
  defined 
  it 
  land 
  at 
  the 
  bursting 
  forth, 
  that 
  is, 
  at 
  the 
  out- 
  

   let 
  of 
  a 
  stream. 
  Perhaps 
  as 
  good 
  a 
  derivation 
  would 
  make 
  it 
  place 
  

   of 
  night-hawks. 
  

  

  Pa-to-mus 
  ridge 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolton. 
  

  

  Patt-hunck, 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  a 
  personal 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  place 
  by 
  Tooker, 
  

   and 
  defined 
  as 
  pounding 
  mortar. 
  This 
  derivation 
  is 
  not 
  clear, 
  but 
  

   it 
  might 
  be 
  primarily 
  from 
  petau, 
  to 
  put 
  into, 
  whence 
  has 
  been 
  

   formed 
  petunk, 
  to 
  put 
  anything 
  into 
  a 
  bag. 
  

  

  Pa-uns-kap-ham 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  Cortlandt 
  and 
  seems 
  a 
  personal 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Pech-quin-a-konck, 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  in 
  North 
  Salem, 
  is 
  on 
  Van 
  

   der 
  Donck's 
  map. 
  Tooker 
  derived 
  this 
  from 
  pachquinakonck, 
  at 
  

   the 
  land 
  raised 
  up 
  or 
  high. 
  Scharf 
  mentions 
  Lake 
  Pehquenna- 
  

   konck. 
  

  

  Pe-pe-migh-ting 
  was 
  a 
  river 
  in 
  Bedford, 
  derived 
  by 
  Tooker 
  from 
  

   Pepemightug, 
  the 
  chosen 
  tree, 
  probably 
  a 
  boundary 
  mark. 
  

  

  Pep-pen-eg-kek 
  creek 
  and 
  pond 
  in 
  Bedford, 
  is 
  the 
  chosen 
  stake, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Tooker, 
  marking 
  a 
  boundary. 
  Peppensghek 
  or 
  Cross 
  

   river 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  a 
  deed 
  of 
  1699. 
  

  

  Pe-quot 
  Mills 
  has 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  an 
  important 
  eastern 
  tribe. 
  

   Trumbull 
  defines 
  it 
  as 
  clear 
  river. 
  

  

  Pe-tu-qua-pa-en 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolton. 
  From 
  puttahwhau, 
  

   he 
  entraps. 
  

  

  Po-can-te-co 
  creek 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1680, 
  and 
  was 
  also 
  written 
  

   Puegkandico 
  the 
  next 
  year. 
  Tooker 
  derives 
  it 
  from 
  pohki-tuck-ut, 
  

   at 
  the 
  clear- 
  stream, 
  giving 
  several 
  variations. 
  Weghkandeco 
  he 
  

   did 
  not 
  mention. 
  Ruttenber 
  gave 
  one 
  form 
  as 
  Pereghanduck, 
  and 
  

   derived 
  the 
  name 
  from 
  pohkunni, 
  dark, 
  and 
  thence 
  pecontecue, 
  

   night, 
  making 
  the 
  whole 
  meaning 
  dark 
  river. 
  His 
  first 
  derivation 
  

   is 
  better 
  than 
  his 
  second. 
  Bolton 
  makes 
  it 
  a 
  run 
  between 
  two 
  hills, 
  

   but 
  the 
  choice 
  is 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  definitions. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  

   placed 
  at 
  Wickers 
  creeke 
  in 
  1680, 
  that 
  being 
  a 
  general 
  name 
  for 
  

   this 
  region, 
  

  

  