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  sonal 
  name, 
  but 
  also 
  considered 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  from 
  sagapin, 
  a 
  

   ground 
  nut. 
  

  

  So-cak-a-tuck, 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  stream, 
  is 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  Pelham. 
  

  

  Suck-e-bonk 
  or 
  Suckebort, 
  in 
  Bedford, 
  has 
  been 
  anglicized 
  to 
  

   Suckabone. 
  Tooker 
  writes 
  it 
  Suckehonk, 
  black 
  place 
  or 
  marsh. 
  

  

  Tam-mo-e-sis 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  creek 
  near 
  Verplanck's 
  Point, 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  land 
  was 
  bought 
  in 
  1683. 
  Tooker 
  thought 
  this 
  

   a 
  personal 
  name, 
  meaning 
  little 
  wolf. 
  This 
  derivation 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  

   clear, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  have 
  some 
  reference 
  to 
  the* 
  beaver, 
  which 
  

   is 
  tamaque 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  and 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Tammany 
  is 
  

   derived. 
  

  

  Tan-ke-ten-kes 
  or 
  Tantiketes, 
  a 
  people 
  living 
  back 
  of 
  Sing 
  Sing. 
  

   Tooker 
  defines 
  this 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  little 
  worth. 
  

  

  Tan-ra-ken 
  or 
  Tanrackan 
  creek 
  was 
  near 
  Senasqua 
  meadow. 
  It 
  

   was 
  derived 
  from 
  tannag, 
  a 
  crane, 
  by 
  Tooker, 
  and 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  

   Sepperack 
  creek. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  defined 
  a 
  fertile 
  place. 
  

  

  Tap-pan 
  bay 
  has 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  Tuphanne, 
  meaning 
  cold 
  spring, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Heckewelder, 
  but 
  was 
  often 
  written 
  Tappaen. 
  

  

  Tat-o-muck 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Mill 
  river 
  in 
  Poundridge. 
  Tooker 
  says 
  

   that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  lost, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  probably 
  meant 
  crab 
  fishing 
  

   place. 
  

  

  Ti-ti-cus 
  is 
  abbreviated, 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  river, 
  from 
  Mughtiti- 
  

   coos, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  chief. 
  

  

  To-quams 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  land 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1640. 
  Tooker 
  

   thought 
  it 
  indicated 
  a 
  boundary 
  mark, 
  meaning 
  at 
  the 
  round 
  rock. 
  

   Toquamske 
  was 
  another 
  form. 
  

  

  Tuck-a-hoe 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  Orontium 
  aqaati- 
  

   cum, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  Indians 
  made 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  bread. 
  The 
  word 
  

   is 
  derived 
  from 
  p'tuckwe, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  and 
  

   hill 
  in 
  Yonkers. 
  

  

  Um-pe-wauge 
  pond 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Lewisboro 
  purchase 
  

   of 
  1708. 
  

  

  Wac-ca-back 
  lake 
  in 
  Lewisboro 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  wequa- 
  

   baug, 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  pond. 
  

  

  Wa-chi-e-ha-mis, 
  a 
  pond 
  on 
  the 
  Van 
  Cortlandt 
  purchase 
  of 
  1695. 
  

   From 
  wadchuemes, 
  a 
  hill 
  as 
  contrasted 
  with 
  a 
  mountain, 
  and 
  thus, 
  

   with 
  proper 
  designation, 
  pond 
  on 
  a 
  hill. 
  

  

  Wam-pus 
  pond 
  was 
  called 
  after 
  a 
  resident 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Tanke- 
  

  

  