Its derivative, however, is disguised in its orthography, and its locative is not certain. Conjecturall)% Alipk is from IVdlagk (surd mutes g and p exchanged), "An open place, a hollow^ or excavation." The locative may have been Sleepy Hollow. Tarrytown, which some writers have derived from Tarwe (Dutch), "Wheat" -- Wheat town -- proves to be from an early settler whose name was Terry, pronounced Tarry, as written in early records. The Dutch name for Wheait town would be Tarwe-stadt, whicli was never written here.

Oscawanna, an island so called, lying a short distance south of Cruger's Station on N. Y. Central R. R., Hudson River Division, is of record, in 1690, Wuscawanus. (Doc. Hist. N. Y., ii, 237.) It seems to have been from the name of a sachem, otherwise known

*"Far in the foldings of the hills winds this wizard stream -- sometimes silently and darkly through solemn woodlands. * * In the neighborhood of the acqueduct is a deep ravine which forms the dreamv region of Sleepy Hollow." (Sketch Book.)

NAMES ON THE EAST FROM MANHATTAN NORTH. 2^

as Weskora, Weskheun, Weskomen, in 1685. IVuski, Len., " New, young- ;" IVuske'cne Williams, " A youth." Shildrake, or Sheldrake, given as the name of Furnace Brook, takes that name from an extended forest known in local records as " The Furnace Woods." By exchange of / and n, it is probably from Schind, "Spruce-pine" (Zeisb.) ; aki, "Land" or place. Schindikeu, "Spruce forest ("Hemlock woods," Anthony). (See Shinnec'ock.) Furnace Brook talces that name from an ancient furnace on its bank. In 1734 it was known as "The old-mill stream." Jamazvissa, quoted as its Indian name, seems to be an aspirated form of Tamaqiiese, " Small beaver." (See Jamaica.) Sing=Sing -- Sinsing, Van der Donck ; Sintsing, treaty of 1645 -- usually translated, " At the standing- stone," and " Stone upon stone," means " At the small stones," or " Place of small stones " -- from fOssin " stone ;" is, diminutive, and ing, locative.