uannktt] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 219 
Muskingum; river and county in Ohio. A Delaware Indian word meaning 
"moose-eye river," so called because of the number of moose and elk which 
inhabited the country. 
Musquacook; chain of lakes in Maine. An Indian word meaning "birch-bark 
place." 
Mustang; stream in Texas. A Spanish name for the wild horse, herds of wild 
horses having been abundant in Texas at an early date. 
Muttonville; village in Ontario County, New York, so named because of the estab- 
lishment of a tallow chandlery. 
Myerstown; village in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, named for its founder, Isaac 
Myers. 
Myrtle; village in Union County, Mississippi, so called because of the abundanceof 
myrtle trees in the vicinity. 
Mystic; river and village in New London County, Connecticut, and river in Massa- 
chusetts. From the Indian missi, "great," and tuk, "tidal river;" hence, "the 
great river." 
Nacimiento; town in San Luis Obispo County, California. A Spanish word mean- 
ing "nativity." 
Nacio; town in Contra Costa County, California. From the Spanish meaning 
"I am born." 
Nacogdoches; county in Texas, named from the former inhabitants, a subtribe of 
the Caddo Indians. 
Nahant; town and watering place in Essex County, Massachusetts. An Indian 
word meaning "at the point," or "two things united," the latter translation 
applying to the two islands connected by a narrow beach. Johnson states that 
the name originated in Nalianton, the name of the Indian chief. Nason gives 
the origin from nahanto, meaning "twin islands." 
Nahma; town in Delta County, Michigan, on the Sturgeon River. The Indian 
name for sturgeon. 
Naiwa; tributary of the Mississippi. An Indian word meaning "copper snake 
river." 
Namekagon; lake in Wisconsin. Derived from the Indian nanma, "sturgeon," 
signifying "place where sturgeons are plentiful." 
Nameless; town in Laurens County, Georgia. So named from the fact that in a 
list of several hundred names submitted to the post-office authorities not one 
was found satisfactory. 
Nameoki; town in Madison County, Illinois. An Indian word meaning "fishing 
place," or "place of fish." 
Nance; county in Nebraska, named for Albinus Nance. 
Nansemond; river and county in Virginia. Said to be derived from the Indian 
neunschimend, "whence we fled,'' or "whence we were driven off." 
-Nantahala; rivers in Georgia, and Macon County, North Carolina. A corrupted 
Cherokee name, signifying "middle sun," "noon sun." 
Nanticoke; river in Delaware, town in Broome County, New York, and borough 
in Luzerne County and mountain in Pennsylvania, named from the Indian tribe. 
The word means "tide-water people." 
Nantucket; island and county in Massachusetts. This name appeared upon the 
maps in 1630 as Natocko, and some authorities state that it is derived from an 
Indian word meaning "far away;" others say that its present form is a direct 
derivation of the Indian nantuck, which means that the sandy, sterile soil 
tempted no one. 
Napa; county, and city in same county, in California. Said to bean Indian word 
meaning "city," or "house." 
