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A more satisfactory definition of the name applied to this hilltop station than has been heretofore suggested, is found in the Delaware mbinishkeu, or as it appears in its Natick form, nip-nishkeneunque, signifying muddy or dirty water. This could be • very reasonably applied to the rain-water pond which in certain seasons filled the hollow space back of the site of the old -- Tippett dwelling. M. R. Harrington. 16. Bolton, R. P., A Pioneer Settler's Home, Quarterly Bulletin, N. Y. Historical Society, vol. v, no. 1, New York, 1921.
17. Raxachqua. The Ranach qua tract, which formed the apex of the great peninsula covered by Westchester county, was significantly described by its native name, evidently derived from the Delaware wunaXkwaloye, "the extreme end." M. R. Harrington. 18. Jenkins, Stephen, Story of the Bronx, p. 214.
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210 INDIAN PATHS 19. Skinner, Exploration of Aboriginal Sites at Throgs Neck and Clasons Point, New York City, Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, vol. v. no. 4, pt. 1, New York, 1919. 20. Bolton, Robert, History of Weschester County, 3d ed., ii, p. 578. 21. Skinner, op. cit., vol. v, no. 4, pt. 2, New York, 1919. 22. Bolton, Robert, History of Weschester County, 3d ed., vol. i, p. 686. 23. Furman, Gabriel, Antiquities of Long Island. 24. RlNNEGACONCK, RlNNEGOCONCK. The Delaware lenniga-xunk, or Bark-house hill, is a satisfactory and distinctive description,according with the native settlement on the hill, the traces of which -- were above described. M. R. Harrington. 25. The patent of 1646 to Van Tienhoven describes Breukelen as "formerly called Marechkawick." The village plantinggrounds were in the vicinity, as described in the grant of land to Frederick Lubbersen in 1640. 26. Flint, M. B., Early Life on Long Island. 27. Stiles, H. R., History of Brooklyn, vol. i,