Both the n and r are intrusive. The suffix, amack or amuck, denotes " a fishing-place "; the prefix appeh " a trap "; hence we have appeh-amack, " the trap fishing-place." Neperhan (apehhan) « a trap, snare, gin," etc. At the locality where the name was originally bestowed, the Indians probably had a weir for catching fish, and this tact gave On Long Island Rapahamuck was at the mouth of a rise to the name of the settlement.

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Wood's N.E. Prospect, ,-reek called Suggamuck (m'sugge-amuck) "the bass fishing-place." creekes with long seanes 1634, says: " When they used to tide it in and out to the rivers and they are left on the them, from ebbing water the or basse nets, which stop in the fish, and dry -round, sometimes two or three thousand at a set." (See Brooklyn Eagle Almanac on •• Some Indian Fishing Stations Upon Long Island," 1895, pp. 54-57.) Noch Peem.-- (Van der Donck.) Var., Noapain, Ochpeen (Map 1688). This name denotes « a dwelling place," "an abode," "where we are," etc. Delaware, Achpeen, "a lodge," " dwelling." The name denotes "a small Indian village and castle near Spuyten Duyvil. Nipnichsen. pond or water-place." Onux (wonnux) "the stranger." Eldest son of Ponus. Onox. Ponus. -- A chief ; he places (something). Patthunck. -- A personal name; "pounding-mortar." Pachamitt.-- (Van der Donck's map. ) Name of a tribe taken from the place where they lived, "at the turning-aside place." De Laet says : " Visher's Rack, that is the fisherman's a little beyond where projects a bend," and here the eastern bank is inhabited by the Pachami, tribe and place. Pachanu, a sachem, takes his name also from sandy point." found Paunskapham.--A locality in Cortlandt. Probably this on exhaustive search will be a personal name.