﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Arissheck 
  was 
  Paulus 
  Hook, 
  now 
  Jersey 
  City. 
  The 
  island 
  called 
  

   Aressick, 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  1630. 
  

  

  Arromsinck 
  was 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  Newesingh 
  Indians 
  in 
  1663. 
  

  

  Epating, 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  Jersey 
  City, 
  is 
  from 
  ishpa, 
  high, 
  and 
  ink, 
  

   place. 
  Ruttenber 
  makes 
  this 
  Ishpatink 
  or 
  Espating, 
  a 
  high 
  place, 
  

   applied 
  to 
  Snake 
  Hill. 
  

  

  Gamonepa, 
  the 
  original 
  of 
  Communipaw, 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1660, 
  

   and 
  was 
  called 
  Gemoenepa 
  in 
  1674. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  che- 
  

   maun, 
  a 
  canoe. 
  

  

  Hackinsack 
  or 
  Ackkinkashacky 
  is 
  defined 
  by 
  Ruttenber 
  as 
  the 
  

   stream 
  that 
  unites 
  with 
  another 
  in 
  low 
  level 
  ground. 
  Its 
  chief 
  was 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  1655 
  and 
  1660, 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  earlier. 
  

  

  Hackingh, 
  opposite 
  New 
  York, 
  was 
  sold 
  with 
  Hobocan 
  in 
  1630, 
  

   and 
  Ruttenber 
  unites 
  them 
  as 
  Hoboken-hacking. 
  

  

  Haquequenunck 
  or 
  Aquackanonk 
  was 
  at 
  Patterson. 
  

  

  Hobocan, 
  now 
  Hoboken, 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  1630. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  usually 
  

   referred 
  to 
  tobacco 
  pipes, 
  but 
  means 
  something 
  crooked 
  or 
  bent. 
  

   Hence 
  Ruttenber 
  thought 
  it 
  might 
  here 
  be 
  defined 
  as 
  crooked 
  shores. 
  

   Schoolcraft 
  said 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  prominent 
  Dutch 
  family 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  

   in 
  Amsterdam 
  in 
  colonial 
  days, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  clearly 
  an 
  Indian 
  name. 
  

  

  Mankackkewachky 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Raritan 
  Great 
  Meadows. 
  

  

  Mingaghque 
  was 
  a 
  Dutch 
  village 
  in 
  Bergen 
  in 
  1674. 
  

  

  Naosh, 
  point 
  surpassing 
  all 
  others, 
  is 
  Schoolcraft's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Sandy 
  Hook. 
  

  

  Narowatkongh 
  was 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  Newesingh 
  Indians 
  in 
  1663. 
  

  

  Passaic 
  is 
  from 
  pakhsajek, 
  a 
  valley. 
  

  

  Pemrepogh, 
  a 
  Dutch 
  village 
  in 
  Bergen 
  in 
  1674. 
  

  

  Pompton, 
  crooked 
  mouth, 
  is 
  thus 
  defined 
  by 
  Ruttenber, 
  from 
  the 
  

   way 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Ringwood 
  and 
  Ramapo 
  flow 
  into 
  the 
  Pompton. 
  

  

  Potpocka 
  or 
  Ramspook, 
  according 
  to 
  Ruttenber, 
  is 
  a 
  river 
  which 
  

   empties 
  into 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  round 
  ponds. 
  

  

  Raritan 
  is 
  a 
  forked 
  river, 
  according 
  to 
  Ruttenber. 
  The 
  Raritans 
  

   once 
  lived 
  at 
  Wiquaeskeck, 
  and 
  had 
  no 
  chief 
  in 
  1649. 
  /They 
  aban- 
  

   doned 
  their 
  later 
  lands 
  because 
  of 
  floods 
  and 
  enemies. 
  

  

  Sankhicans, 
  fire 
  workers, 
  were 
  Indians 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  bay. 
  

  

  The 
  Dutch 
  were 
  called 
  Schwonnack, 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  water, 
  in 
  

   1655. 
  Their 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  was 
  Aseronni, 
  ax 
  makers. 
  

  

  