Hoosick from the south was called Tomkenack creek, and one from the north bore the name of Poquampacak. Further east Wallomsckock, after taking in several tributary mountain streams from Vermont, adds its waters in considerable volume. the

The Indian village of Schaticook which stood at the confluence Hoosick and Hudson, has already been referred to. Dionondahowa is given as the Indian name for the falls on the Batten kil below Galesville, Washington county, and TioneenThe same name dogahe to the kil itself. (Patent to Schuyler.}

of the

was

also

applied to the outlet of

Lake George, now

called

Ticonderoga, by which it is known in its many historic associa It is a generic term and appears under different ortho tions.

"

graphies and interpretations.

where two

rivers

Tionderoga, meaning the place

The French called it Carillon, on

meet.

account of the noise of the waterfall

" head.}

Tsinondrosie,

or

water, and the French name, bells,

at

Cheonderoga^ Carillon,

the outlet."

(Brodsignifying brawling signifying a chime of

were both suggested by the noise of the rapids."

(Ga-

HUDSON RIVER INDIANS.

" zetteer.}

c

Dionderoga,

deroga, from //', water ;

place of the inflowing waters ; hills ;

on,

dar,

'

Ticonprecipitous rocks, and

oga, place." ^uequicke was the name of the falls (Schooler aft.} on the Hoosick east of the bounds of Schaticook, now known In answer to the claim that the Hoosick as Hoosick Falls.

takes its name from is

"

Abraham Hoosac, one of the early settlers,

the positive assertion, in one of the first patents, that a tract, twenty-five English miles north-east of the city of Albany,"