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. Ossiji'sing, the [name of the town, has the same meaning ; also, Sink-sink, L. I., ind Assinising, Chemung County. The intei-pretation is literally sustained in the locative on the Hudson. Tuckahoe, town of East Chester, is from Ptuckzveoo, '' It is [round." It was the name of a bulbous root which was used by the [Indians for food and for making bread, or round loaves. (See [Tuckahoe, L. I.) Kitchiwan, modern form ; Kitchawanc, treaty of 1643 ; Kich- \tazvanghs, treaty of 1645 ; Kitchiwan, deed of 1645 > Kitchawan, treaty of 1664; the name of a stream in Westchester County from [which extended to an Indian clan, " Is," writes Dr. Albert S. Gaits- [chet of the Bureau of Ethnology, " an equivalent of Wabenaki -ke'dshwan, -kidshuan, suffixed verbal stem, meaning ' Running S-wiftly,' ' Rushing water,' or current, whether over rapids or not. sas-katchczvan, Canada, ' The roiley, rushing stream ; assisku, 'Mud, [dirt.' (Cree.) The prefix ki or ke, is notihing else than an abbrejviation of kitchi, ' great,' ' large,' and here ' strong.' Examples are [frequent as -kitchuan, -kitchawan, Mass. ; kesi-itsooa"n or ta"n, Abn., [ussi-tchuan, Mass., ' It swift flows.' The prefix is usually applied to streams which rise in the higfhlands and flow down rapidly descending slopes." The final k in some of the early forms, indicates )ronunciation with the gutural aspirate, as met in wank and