﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  called 
  Wanachque, 
  and 
  Ruttenber 
  gives 
  Raraque. 
  Tooker 
  defined 
  

   it 
  as 
  the 
  end, 
  stop 
  or 
  point, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  definition. 
  

  

  Rip-po-wams 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  at 
  Stamford, 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  Mill 
  river. 
  

   It 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  Nippowance, 
  and 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  it 
  from 
  nipau- 
  

   apuchk, 
  standing 
  rock. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  land, 
  and 
  

   was 
  assigned 
  to 
  Connecticut 
  in 
  1655. 
  

  

  Sach-ke-ra, 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  West 
  Farms. 
  Extended 
  land. 
  

  

  Sach-us 
  or 
  Sackhoes 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Peekskill. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  

   it 
  a 
  personal 
  name, 
  but 
  defined 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  stream, 
  com- 
  

   paring 
  it 
  with 
  Saugus 
  or 
  Lynn 
  in 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  Sack-a-ma 
  Wick-er 
  is 
  sachem 
  s 
  house. 
  

  

  Sac-ra-hung 
  or 
  Mill 
  river 
  is 
  derived 
  by 
  Ruttenber 
  from 
  sacra, 
  

   rain, 
  but 
  Tooker 
  writes 
  it 
  Sackwahung, 
  places 
  it 
  in 
  West 
  Farms, 
  

   and 
  makes 
  it 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  Aquehung, 
  a 
  high 
  bank. 
  

  

  Sa-cun-yte 
  Na-pucke 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  Pelham, 
  derived 
  by 
  Tooker 
  

   from 
  Sakunk 
  Napi-ock, 
  at 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  a 
  pond. 
  

  

  Sa-per-wack 
  is 
  a 
  bend 
  in 
  a 
  stream 
  in 
  West 
  Farms. 
  Extended 
  

  

  Sap-rough-ah 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  town. 
  Land 
  spread 
  out. 
  

  

  Sas-sa-chem 
  or 
  Sachem 
  creek. 
  

  

  Sen-as-qua 
  Neck 
  or 
  Croton 
  Point. 
  Tooker 
  derived 
  this 
  name 
  

   from 
  wanasque, 
  a 
  point, 
  and 
  said 
  Wanasquattan 
  was 
  a 
  similar 
  name 
  

   on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  but 
  without 
  giving 
  location. 
  

  

  Sen-sin-ick, 
  stony 
  place, 
  is 
  like 
  Sing- 
  Sing. 
  

  

  Se-pack-e-na 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  creek 
  at 
  Tarrytown, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  line 
  

   of 
  a 
  purchase 
  by 
  Philipse. 
  Tooker 
  defined 
  this 
  and 
  some 
  similar 
  

   names 
  as 
  either 
  land 
  on 
  a 
  river 
  or 
  extended 
  land, 
  sepagenum 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  he 
  spreads 
  out. 
  Its 
  relation 
  to 
  sepu, 
  a 
  river, 
  is 
  less 
  obvious 
  but 
  

   may 
  be 
  traced. 
  

  

  Se-pe-a-chim 
  creek 
  is 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bolton. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  de- 
  

   scriptive 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  or 
  river, 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  sepagenum. 
  

  

  Sep-par-ak, 
  land 
  on 
  a 
  river, 
  is 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  Cortlandt, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   also 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Tanracken 
  creek. 
  In 
  all 
  these 
  names 
  river 
  comes 
  

   first. 
  

  

  Se-wey-ruc 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Byram 
  river 
  in 
  1649, 
  being 
  a 
  bound- 
  

   ary 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  then 
  sold. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  seahwhoog 
  referring 
  to 
  

   scattered 
  or 
  loose 
  wampum. 
  

  

  Shap-pe-qua 
  is 
  in 
  Bedford 
  and 
  New 
  Castle, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  

  

  