Indian Paths in the Great Metropolis
An elevation, scarcely sufficiently conspicuous to deserve the name of a hill, seems to be indicated by the Delaware as pi, "lifted up," and the locative-o»g, "an elevated place," or as we should say, "rising ground." — Information by M. R. Harrington. 7.
Valentine's Manual for 1865, pp. 608 and 638. 8. Shepmoes. Though we might derive this from the Delaware word sipo, a river, plus the suffix -es, meaning little, there is a closer resemblance to the recorded Natick sepomoese, and it would seem more probable that it is a title descriptive of a local feature, "the little brook."— M.
R. Harrington. 9. Valentine's Manual for 1864, p. 847. 10.
Rechawanes, Rechewanis. Far from indicating a great space of sand, as has been suggested by Riker and others, the precise derivation appears to be the Delaware lexan-hannes-s or "sand-streamlittle," descriptive of the small creek that flowed between its sandy banks. Rechewas point thus appears as lexau-es or "little sand point." — M.
R. Harrington. 11. Conykeekst.