The island was owned by the Raritans who resided " behind the Kol," and the adjoining Hackensacks. (Deed of 1655.) Its last Indian occupants were the Nyacks, who removed to it after selling their lands at New Utrecht. (See Paganck note.) Minnahanock, given as the name of BlackweH's Island, was interpreted byDr. Trumbull from Munndhan,, Mass., the indefinite form of Munnoh, " Island," and auke, Mass., " Land " or place. Dr. O'Callaghan's " Island home," is not in the composition. (See Mannhonake.)

On Manhattan Island.

Kapsee, Kapsick, etc., the name of what was the extreme point of land between Hudson's River and the East River, and still known as Copsie Point, was claimed by Dr. Schoolcraft to be Algonquian^ and to mean, " Safe place of landing," which it may have been. The name, however, is pretty certainly a corruption of Dutch Kaaphoekje, " A little cape or promontory." Saponickan and Sapohanican are the earliest fonns of a name which appears later Sappokanican, Sappokanikke, Saponican, Shawbackanica, Taponkanico, etc. " A piece of land bounded on the north by the strand road, called Saponickan " (1629) ; " Tobacco plantation near Sapohanican " (1639) ; " Plantation situate against the Reed Valley beyond Sappokanican" (1640). Wouter van Twiller purchased the tract, in 1629, for the use of the Dutch government and established thereon a tobacco plantation, with buildings enclosed in palisade, which subsequently became known as " the litJtle village of Sapokanican -- Sappokanican, Van der Donck -- and later (1721) as Greenwich Village. It occupied very nearly the site of the present Gansevort market. The " Strand road " is now Greenwich Street. It was primarily, an Indian path along the shore of the river north, with branches to Harlem and other points, the main path continuing the trunk-path through Raritan Valley, but locally beginning at the " crossing-place," or, as the