Cowan - in West Farms ; a -boundary-place." p,--irsoni Croton (J01 Aigh. . < Schoolcraft suggests Kenotin, - the wind." ne | I prefer the Delaware Kloltin, -he contends." -A high ridge in Rye." also applied to Rye cuson. Euketaupucuson.-- Var., Ekucketaupa This name denotes a « place where a stream opens out or widens on both sides. Woods. ; ,., overflows, generally where the stream Hows through low lands. A Delaware form signifying «a place of Gowahasuasing.-- A locality in West Farms. briars," or -a place where there is a hedge," comes from the same elements. Hast co.-- Sec Miosst hassaky.
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Honge. -- Blind brook. Probably taken from Acquehung. Kisco. -- See Keskistkonck. Kitchawong. -- Var., Kicktawanc, Kechtawong, Klchtawan (Kussi-trhuan). C rot on River, denotes "a wild, dashing stream." First suggested by Schoolcraft. Kekeshick. -- A locality in Yonkers. Ketch-auke, "the principal, or greatest place," probably a palisaded inclosure. Kitchtawan. -- Var., Kightowank. A locality in Sing Sing and in Cortlandt. Probably a variation of Kitchawong. Keskistkonck. -- Var., Kisco, Keskisco, Cisqua. Originally an Indian village situated on the bank of a creek. Massachusetts, Kishketuk-ock, " land on the edge of a creek." Kestaubnuck. -- Var., Kastoniuck (Keche-tauppen-auke). " The great encampment." A village of the Indians (Van der Donck's map). Schoolcraft was mistaken in deriving Nyack from this term. Nyack signifies " a point of land," and is the equivalent of the Long Island Nyack ("Kings County) Noyac (Suffolk County). Kiwigtignock. -- Var., Keioightegnack, He-weghtiquack. An elbow of the Croton River. Whquae-tigu-ack, " land at head of the cove." Compare Wiq'uetaipiock, the cove at Stonington, Conn. Laapha/rachking. -- Pelham. None of the components warrant a translation " as a place of stringing heads." We woidd suggest rather "a plowed field or plantation." Lapechiuahacking, " land again broken up " for cultivation.