256 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bill. 258. 
Pysht; river in Washington. The Clallam Indian word for fish. 
Quakake; stream in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. An Indian word meaning 
"pine lands." 
Quantico; town in Wicomico County, Maryland. An Indian word possibly mean- 
ing "dancing," " place of dancing." 
Quapaw; nation in Indian Territory, named from the Indian tribe; the word means 
"down-stream people." 
Quasqueton; town in Buchanan County, Iowa, derived from an Indian word mean- 
ing "rapid water." 
Quebec; village in Union County, Georgia. Said by some authorities to be derived 
from the Indian, meaning "being shut," "narrow," or "fearful rocky cliff;" 
others say it is derived from the French phrase quelbec, "what a beak!" 
Queen Anne; county in Maryland, named for Queen Anne of England, reigning at 
the time of its organization. 
Queen Mahon; stream in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. A corruption of the 
Delaware Indian word cuwei-mahoni, meaning "pine-tree lick." 
Queens; county in New York, named for Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, 
of England. 
Quemahoning"; stream in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The derivation is the 
' same as Queen Mahon. 
Quenemo; village in Osage County, Kansas, named for an Ottawa Indian, who lived 
among the Sacs and Foxes, near Melvern. 
Queponco; creek in Maryland. An Indian word meaning "ashes of pine woods." 
Quiccoane; branch of the Missouri River. An Indian word meaning "running 
river. ' ' 
Quicksilver; town in Lake County, California, named from the quicksilver mines. 
Quidnic; river and pond in Rhode Island and Connecticut. An Indian word 
meaning "place at the end of the hill." 
Quien Sabe; town in San Diego County, California. A colloquial Mexican expres- 
sion meaning "who knows?" 
Quillayute; river in Washington, named for the Indian tribe Kwillehiut; the river's 
name is also a corruption. 
Quincy; city in Adams County, Illinois, and village in Branch County, Michigan, 
named for President John Quincy Adams. 
Quincy; city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, named for Col. John Quincy. 
Quindaro; town in Wyandotte County, Kansas, named for the Indian woman, 
former owner of the land. An Indian word meaning "bundle of sticks." 
Quinebaug"; village in Windham County, Connecticut, and river in Massachusetts 
and Connecticut, An Indian word meaning "long pond." 
Quinlan; village in Hunt County, Texas, named for G. A. Quinlan, former vice- 
president of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. 
Quinnesec; village in Dickinson County, Michigan. An Indian word meaning 
"where the river forms smoke," and given this village on account of the fall* in 
the Menominee River at this point. 
Quinnipiac; river in Connecticut. An Indian word meaning "long water pond," 
or, according to another authority, "the surrounding country." 
Quinsigamond; lake in Worcester County, Massachusetts. An Indian word mean- 
ing "pickerel fishing place." 
Quintana; town in Brazoria County, Texas, named for Andre Quintana, prominent 
in the early days of Texas. 
Quitman; county, and town in Jackson County, in Georgia; county, and town in 
Clarke County, in Mississippi; and village in Nodaway County, Missouri; named 
for Gen. John A. Quitman, a former governor of Mississippi and an officer in the 
Mexican war. 
