In other words, the boundary was the end of the Highlands.' Mahopack, the modern form of the name of a lake in Putnam County, is of record Makoohpcck in 1765, and Macookpack on Sauthier's map of 1774, which seem to stand for M'achkookpcek {Ukhokpeck, Mah.), meaning "Snake Lake," or "Water where snakes are abundant." (See Copake.) In early years snakes were abundant in the region about the lake, and are not scarce in present times.^ The lake is ten miles in circumference and lies sixteen hundred feet above the level of Hudson's River. It contains two or tliree small islands, on the largest of which is the traditionally famous "Chieftain's Rock." Canopus, claimed to have been the name of an Indian sachem and now preserved in Canopus Hollow, Putnam County, is not Indian ;it is Latin from the Greek name of a town in Egypt. "Can'pus, the Egyptian god of water." (Webster.) Wiccopee is of record as the name of the highest peak in the Fishkill Mountains on the south border of East Fishkill. It is also assigned to the pass or clove in the range through wbich rail the Indian path, now the present as well as the ancient highvVay between Fishkill Village and Peekskill, which was fortified in the war of the Revolution. An Indian village is traditionally loca:ted in the pass,

^" Hacki. land; Len-hacki, up-land." (Zeisberger.) "When they speak of highlands they say Lcnnihacke, original lands ; but they do not apply the same name to low lands, which, being generally formed by the overflowing or washing of streams, cannot be called original." (Heckewelder.) ^ A wild, wet region among the hills, where the rattlesnake abounded. They were formerly found in all parts of the Highlands, and are still met frequently.