The suffix -set, cannot be applied to an animate object ; it is a locative meaning "Les's tlhan at." In addition to this objection, Nassaconset is otiherwise written Ne:ssaquauke^acoompt-set, showing that the name belonged to a place tihat was "On the other side" of Nessaquauke." Neesaquauke stands for Neese-saqii-aiike, from Nisse, "two," Sank, "Outlet," and -auke, "Land" or place, and describes aplace at "the second outlet," or as the text reads, "At a river called and commonly known by the name of Nesaquake River." The sagamore may have been given the name from the place, but the place could not have taken the namie from the sag-amore. The es'tuary, now known as Nissequage Harbor intO' w^hich the stream flows, extends far inland and forms the west boundary of Nissequage Neck. Marsepinck, a stream so called in Queens County, from which extended to the land which was sold, in 1639, by "Mechowout, chief saohem of Marossepinck, Sint-Sink and dependencies," and also extended to an Inid'iam dan known as Marsepings, is no doubt an orthography of Masse pe and -ing, locative. It means "At, to or on

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■tihe great river." Mas is an abbreviation of Massa, Missi, etc.^ "great," and Sepc, mean's "river." It was probably used compara- .tively -- the largest compared with some other stream. (See Mass- €pe.) Unsheamuck, otherwise written Unthemiamuk, given as the name of Fresh Pond, on tihe boundary line between Huritington and Smithtown, means "Eel-fislhing place." (Tooker.) Suggamuck, the name of what is now known as Birch Creek, in Southampton, means "Bass fishing-place." (Tooker.) Rapahamuck, a neck or point of land so called, is from Appeamuck, "Trap fishing-place." (Tooker.) The name is assigned to the mouth of BirCh Creek. (See Suggamuck.) Memanusack and Memannsuk, given as the name of Stony Brook, probably has its locative "At the head of the middle branch of Stony Brook," Which formed tihe boundmark noted in the Indian deed.