D. 1722, calls it Tuckahoe.^
Respecting the frequent diet of the Indians in general, (says John F. Watson,) we may say that besides their usual plantations of corn, they often used wild roots ; of these they had tawho, (arum virginicum,) and tawkee, (orantinm aquaticum.) These roots grew in low damp grounds, were a kind of potatoes to them, and were divested of their poisonous or injurious quality by roasting.c The Mohegan term for bread is Tauquah.^
These names evidently point to one and the same plant, which still flourishes along the moist margins of the Tuckahoe creek. This stream rises on the lands of John Tompkins, and waters the western side of the ridge. Pursuing a south course it discharges into the Armenperal near where the latter forms a junction with the Bronx.
Upon the highest ground of the ridge stands the Episcopal chapel, from which the eye can command a fine prospect embracing almost every variety of scenery. This chapel was erected A. D. 1798, during the Rectorship of the Rev. Elias Cooper, upon land the gift of the late John Bowne, Esq. Mr. Bowne was the son of Thomas Bowne and grandson of John Bowne, formerly of Flushing, L. I., a descendant of the celebrated John Bowne of that place, who was born at Matlock, Derbyshire, England, March 9ih, 1627. The adjoining estate is occupied by the sons of the late John Bowne, Esq.
» Travels and Adventures of Capt John Smith, p. 121-7.
b Beverly's Hist, of Virginia, p. 153.