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  Pock-cot-es-se-wake 
  is 
  a 
  brook 
  in 
  Rye, 
  and 
  was 
  also 
  applied 
  to 
  

   Mamaroneck. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  this 
  a 
  personal 
  name, 
  there 
  being 
  

   a 
  chief 
  called 
  Meghtesewakes. 
  It 
  suggests 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  Pock-e-o-tes-sen 
  creek 
  is 
  now 
  Stony 
  brook 
  or 
  Beaver 
  dam. 
  Rut- 
  

   tenber 
  wrote 
  it 
  Pockestersen. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  pohpoh- 
  

   kussu, 
  a 
  partridge. 
  

  

  Pock-er-hoe 
  was 
  a 
  village, 
  and 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  it 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  

   Tuckahoe. 
  

  

  Poh-ki-tuck-ut 
  is 
  defined 
  by 
  Tooker 
  at 
  the 
  clear 
  creek. 
  

  

  Po-ho-ta-sack 
  creek 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1695. 
  It 
  was 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sachus 
  tract, 
  and 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  purchase 
  line. 
  

  

  Po-nin-goe 
  or 
  Peningoe, 
  a 
  neck 
  in 
  Rye 
  and 
  the 
  residence 
  of 
  a 
  

   Siwanoy 
  chief. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  this 
  a 
  personal 
  name, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  by 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  the 
  tract 
  bought 
  in 
  1660 
  

   had 
  this 
  name. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  penackinnu, 
  it 
  grozvs 
  and 
  spreads, 
  

   like 
  a 
  vine. 
  

  

  Po-nus 
  was 
  a 
  chief's 
  name, 
  meaning 
  he 
  places 
  {something) 
  , 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  Tooker. 
  Ponewhush, 
  lay 
  down 
  your 
  burdens 
  is 
  im- 
  

   perative 
  in 
  the 
  Narragansett 
  dialect. 
  

  

  Po-ti-ti-cus 
  is 
  in 
  Bedford, 
  and 
  Tooker 
  calls 
  it 
  a 
  trail, 
  deriving 
  it 
  

   from 
  Mutighticoos. 
  Something 
  might 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  this 
  definition, 
  

   but 
  the 
  Potiticus 
  path 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  a 
  deed 
  of 
  1700. 
  

  

  Pus-sa-pa-num 
  or 
  Pussatanun 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  near 
  Annsville, 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  miry 
  place. 
  

  

  Qua-haug 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Bolton, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  po-quau-hock, 
  round 
  

   dam. 
  

  

  Quar-op-pas, 
  or 
  White 
  Plains, 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  1683, 
  and 
  includes 
  

   Scarsdale. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  it 
  a 
  personal 
  name. 
  

  

  Quin-na-hung 
  was 
  Hunt's 
  point 
  in 
  West 
  Farms. 
  Tooker 
  called 
  

   it 
  long 
  high 
  place, 
  while 
  Ruttenber 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  quinni, 
  long, 
  

   and 
  ung, 
  place. 
  Quinni-onk 
  means 
  longer 
  than, 
  and 
  thus 
  would 
  

   refer 
  to 
  the 
  longest 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  It 
  was 
  sometimes 
  applied 
  

   to 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  West 
  Farms. 
  

  

  Ra-ho-na-ness, 
  a 
  plain 
  east 
  of 
  Rye, 
  was 
  considered 
  a 
  personal 
  

   name 
  by 
  Tooker. 
  It 
  lay 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Peningoe 
  tract, 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  in 
  1C60, 
  and 
  was 
  also 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1720. 
  

  

  Ran-ach-que 
  is 
  the 
  Bronx 
  tract 
  or 
  Bronck's 
  land. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  

  

  