"The plantatio of Rippowams is named Stamforde " (X. H. Rec, Vol. I, p. 69). This included the territory on both sides of Mill River. The late J. H. Trumbull was unable to translate this name. It may the be rather presuming to suggest where he failed. We think we can see Nipau-apuchk in In colloDelaware, or Nepau-ompsk in the Massachusetts, " a standing or rising up rock." quial use ompsk is frequently abbreviated to ams. See Toquams. Colloquial From the possessive seemingly a personal name. ■SarAws.-- Var., Sackhoes.' of the Delaware Sakunk, "mouth of a variant a be use changes names fiequently, and it may Compare Saugus, the Indian name of Lynn, Mass., which has the same derivation. stream." Sackama Wicker.--" Sachems house," Delaware, Sakama-ivik-ing, "at the chief's house.

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Sackwahung. -- A locality at West Farms. An evident variant of Aquehung. Shorakapkock. -- Spuyten Duyvil Creek, where it joins the Hudson, "as far as the sittingdown place," i.e., where there was a portage. Shingabawossins. -- A locality in Pelham. Applied to erratic bowlders or rolling- stoms. It probably denotes " a place of flat stones." Shappequa. -- Var., Chappaqua. "A separated place," i.e., " a place of separation." Mentioned as a boundary in some conveyances. Sickham. -- A locality in Cortlandt. A personal name. Shippam. -- New Rochelle. A personal name, probably, although Eliot gives ns Keechepam, " shore." Sigghes. -- A great bowlder, a landmark mentioned as a boundary. Another name for Meghkaekassin. From an original Siogke-ompsk-it, "at the hard rock." Sacunyte Napucke. -- A locality in Pelham. Sakunk-Napi-ock, " at the outlet of a pond or water-place." Probably used in some conveyance to indicate the line running to this place, hence a boundary designation Saperwack. -- A hook or bend in a stream at West Farms. tended land;" the name will bear both interpretations.