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The Kitchawank, Wappinger, and Lenape peoples who lived here for 7,000+ years
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872) | 401 | 76,522 | Original → |
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906) | 223 | 40,085 | Original → |
| Various (1971) | 98 | 18,630 | Original → |
| Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994) | 73 | 12,771 | Original → |
| Various (1967) | 42 | 8,829 | Original → |
| Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962) | 39 | 7,958 | Original → |
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Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] (O' Callaghan.) Bolton says the name signifies "a run between two hills." The Dutch styled it " Sleepy Haven kil," hence the origin of the present term Sleepy Hollow applied to the valley. Sacrabung^ or mill river, t…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The Byram river was known by the name of Armonck, and the meadowy bordering it Haseco and Miosekassaky. Harlem river was called
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] In the town of Carmel, in the county of Putnam, is located Lake Macookpack, now Mahopack^ a term probably signifying simply a large inland lake, from ma large water and aki land. The same name was applied to what is …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The Highlands of the Hudson were not called Matteawan mountains, as stated by Moulton. The Indians had no names for mountain ranges, but designated different parts or peaks by different names. In the patent known as …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] This interpretation applied to the creek, would be-uno water " or " little water or motion." Another classification would be ma, large water; tea, valley or land scape; wan, inanimate motion — literally cc the large …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] It is said that at Fishkill hook remains of an Indian burial ground have been found, and also that apple trees planted by them were still bearing within the
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] the Sackett tract ran north-east to a tree on the east side of the Wesiack subsequently known as Ten Mile river. Of the Indian name, O'Callaghan says : " Wissayck, rocky country," from qussuk, a rock, and ick, a loca…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] devil worship was similarly observed. There is a fragrance in the fact that makes the name more palatable than most of the Dutch 'geographical terms. Scbodac^ to which tradition assigns the important position of the …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] APPENDIX. 377 name of the falls — a word signifying to sink, to be forced down under weight by water. Watchtung — literally mountain — was the name of a range of hills lying some twelve miles west of the Hudson; Rams…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Opposite Anthony's Nose, was a " small rivulet called by ye Indians Assinnapink" or ct the stream from the solid rocks." South of this rivulet was Tongapogb kil, and north of it Pooploop's kil, the latter apparently …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] • "'Stop!' cried Naoman. All eyes were turned upon him. c Stop ' repeated he, in a tone of authority. ' White woman thou hast kept thy word with me to the last moment. I am the traitor. I have eaten of the salt, warm…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The name is also spelled Skonanoky^ and is apparently derived from Shunna, sour, and na excellent, nuk^ local — probably referring to the abundance of wild grapes found there. On the east side of the mountain, in the…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Miskotucky, a compound word implying red hills or red plains. Pochuck, a name applied to one of the streams of that town as well as to the district known as Florida, seems to retain the root term for bog or muddy lan…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] south trail it led to and took its name apparently from one par ticular locality. This locality would seem to be indicated in the word itself. The first part or noun of the word, shawan or chawan, would seem to be fr…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] tion given of the western bounds of Evans's first purchase, which expressly says it extended all along said hills, etc., and the river Pakadasank southerly to a pond called Mallolaudy (Mare-tange), lying on the top o…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] In the Ulster records is this certificate : u These are to certify that the inhabitants of the towns of New Paltz, being desirous that the first station of their patent named Moggonck might be kept in remembrance, di…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Atkarkarton, the Indian name for Kingston, was not the name of an Indian village, but for a tract called by the Dutch the Great Plot, or meadow on which the Indians raised corn and beans. At is equivalent to at or by…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] nakalonitade was their name for the Mo-the Neva York Historical Society, I, 43. hawk river j Skcnectadea, the city of Al-APPENDIX. 399 with about twenty houses; thirty persons were killed and scalped, and about sixty…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] The place is well calculated to exalt the fancy of the poets. The ancient fabulous writers would, if they had been here, have exalted those works of nature, by the force of imagination, into the most artful and elega…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] 44 197, 26th line, for Totakik, read Potatik. 44 453, 4th line, for Mahicans, read Mohegans. 44 261, 1st line for predecessors, read predecessor. Errors in uniformity of orthography not noted. INDEX.
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Abenaquis, a Mahican nation, 41 j murder Mohawk chiefs, 156; English agree not to assist, 1595 made peace with the Iroquois, 1835 make peace with the Mahicans, 2525 Iroquois refuse to renew war with, 193 Abraham, or …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Burnet, 191 Appamanskoch, sachem of Raritans, 90 Aquackanonks, location of, 91 Armies, how composed, 30 Ashhurst, Sir John, buys lands of Wao-ranecks, 93 Assiapam, sachem of Matinecocks, 74 Assinapink creek, 92, 377 …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Samson, a Mahican, 325 Passaconnaway, chief sachem of Pennacooks, 317 Paxinos, chief sachem of Shawanoes, 3°5 Red Jacket, a Seneca chief, 317 Saunders, Robert, 357 Shabasch, or Abraham, a Mahican chief, 328 Shingas, …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Dutch village at, destroyed by John Johnson, 283 Nation, or Praying Indians, 179, 211 Calmet, theory of, 1 6 Canada, settlement of, commenced, 53 Canestogaes, massacre of, 245 Canassatiego, an Iroquois viceroy, speec…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Gov., 57 Coleman, John, killed by the Indians, 9 Colonists, efforts, of, to secure neutrality of Indian tribes in Revolution, 261 Communipau, aboriginal name of, 90, 376 Conarhanded, sachem of Weckquaes-geeks, 79 Con…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Cornbury, Gov., attends conference at Albany, 184. Cornstalk, commands Lenapes and Sha-wanoes, 2565 biographical sketch of, 307 Corn-planter, a Seneca chief, le«ds an attack on Oneidas, 282 5 driven from power by Red…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Eelkins, Jacob, imprisons chief of the Se quins, 100 Emerick, Col., account of battle of Cort-land's Ridge, 286, 287 English capture Fort Amsterdam, 1585 treaty with the Iroquois, 55, 158; treaty with Mahicans, 158, …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Franklin, Benjamin, commands expedi tion to build Fort at Gnadenhiitten, 228 French, employ Catholic missionaries, 1 68; secure treaty of neutrality, with Duke of York, 169; make prisoners of Iroquois chiefs by treac…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Garangula, a chief of Onondagas, 316 Gardiner, Lion and David, 76 German Flats, commissioners of congress held conference with Iroquois at, 263 INDEX. 405 Gil, sachem of Seatalcats, 74 Gist, Christopher, commissioned…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] land, 365 Hobokenhacking, Hoboken, 376 Haquequenunck, Patterson, 376 Hannakrois creek, 397 Hoosack, Rensselaer county, 376 Ishpatinck, Brooklyn Heights, 376 Jogee Hill, Orange county, 382 Kapsee, Copsie Point, New Yo…