gannf.tt.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 203 
Matoaca; village in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The original name of the 
Indian princess, Pocahontas, for whom it is named. 
Mattahumkeag; lake in Maine. An Indian word meaning "sand creek pond." 
Mattapan; station in Boston, Massachusetts. An Indian word meaning "sitting- 
down place." 
Mattapoisett; town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. An Indian word given 
various meanings, "at the great rivulet," "place of rest," "unfavorable for 
the passage or shelter of canoes." 
Mattaponi; river in Virginia, A corruption of the Indian form mattapament, of 
unknown meaning. 
Mattawamkeag-; river, and town in Penobscot County, Maine. An Indian word 
meaning "down a stream which empties into the main river." 
Matteawan; stream and village in Dutchess County, New York, which in early 
days was noted for its peltrie, hence the Indian name meaning "good fur," or 
"enchanted skin." 
Matthews; town in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, named for a prominent 
resident. 
Mattison; village in Cook County, Illinois, named for George Joel Aldrich Mattis< m, 
governor of the State, 1853-1857. 
Mattituck; village in Suffolk County, New York. An Indian word meaning "place 
without wood," or "land not wooded." 
Mattoon; city in Coles County, Illinois, named for William Mattoon, a landowner. 
Mauch Chunk; borough and river in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. From the 
Indian, machk, meaning "bear," and tschunk, "mountain." 
Maumee; village in Lucas County, Ohio. Another form of the tribal name Miami. 
Maurepas; lake in Louisiana, named for Frederic Phillipeaux, Count of Maurepas. 
Maurice; stream in New Jersey, named for the stadtholder of the United Dutch 
provinces, Maurice, Count of Nassau and Prince of Orange. 
Maury; county in Tennessee, named for Abram Maury. 
Maury; island in Washington, named for a naval officer. 
Mauston; city in Juneau County, Wisconsin, named for Gen. M. M. Maughs, former 
proprietor of the original village. 
Mauvaises Terres; tract on the White River, in North Dakota. A French name 
meaning "bad lands." 
Maverick; county in Texas named for Samuel A. Maverick, a prominent early 
settler. 
Maxatawny; stream in Berks County, Pennsylvania. From a Delaware Indian word. 
machsit-hanna, meaning "bear's path stream." 
Maxwell; town in Colusa County, California, named for its founder. 
May; cape on the southern extremity of New T Jersey, named for Cornelius Jacobson 
May, a Dutch navigator of the West Indian Company. 
Mayaimi; lake in Florida. An Indian word meaning " very large water." 
Mayersville; town in Issaquena County, Mississippi, named for David Meyers, a 
large landowner. 
Mayesville; town in Sumter County, South Carolina, named lor the Mayes family, 
prominent in the county. 
Mayodan; village in Rockingham County, North Carolina. A combination of the 
name of a prominent resident of Richmond, Virginia, and of the river Dan. 
Mays; creek in Michigan, named for Judge May. 
Mays Landing-; town in Atlantic County, New Jersey, named lor Cornelius Jacob- 
son May, a Dutch navigator of the West Indian Company. 
Maysville; city in Mason County, Kentucky, named lor the original proprietor, 
John May. 
Maysville; village in Jones County, North Carolina, named for a prominent citizen. 
