The formation of geographical names is no exception to the rule.

Wombi, in the Natick, or Massachusetts dialect,

which

means white ; the Wappingers are presumed to have spoken, is a termination for azbfbik^ a rock or solid formation /V, or //, of rocks.

Hence Wombic, the Indian name

mountains o/ signifies

bad ;

for the

White

New Hampshire.

In the Algonquin, monaud nok and nac, in the same language, is a term indi

cative of rock or precipice.

Hence Monadnock, a detached

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mountain of

New Hampshire, whose characteristic is thus

denoted to consist in the

difficulty or

badness of

its

ascent.

The Delawares denominate their river Lenapekituk. Of this term Lenape is their own proper name, ituk is a local phrase. The Mahicans gave to their river a name similarly constituted in Mahicanituk. The 'particle na in the Chippewa, indicates, in

compounds,

surpassing."

"

fairness,

Amik,

is

abundance, excellence, something for a beaver, and ong denotes

a term

Thus Namikong, the name

place.

Superior,

means

for a noted point on Lake

a surpassing place

for beavers.

The name

Housatonick is a trinary, which appears to be composed of wassa, bright, atun, a channel or stream, and

from azkebic, rocks ;

ick

"

While it is e., Bright stream flowing through rocks." to of the local translate and perhaps impossible geographi many

i.

cal names which

are found in the valley of the Hudson, from

the fact that the language was a mixture of Algonquin, Man hattan, Wappenackie, Mahican, Minsi and Iroquois, their form ation was in accordance with the concrete principle, and in