Potunk, a neck of land on S'hinnecock Bay, is written Potuncke in Smithtown Records, in 1662. "A swamp at Potunk," is another entry. Dr. Trumbull quoted it as a form of Po'dunk, Conn., which is of primary record, "Called Potaecke," and given as the name of a "brook or river." In Brookfield, Mass., a brook bearing the name is said to have been so called "from a tract of meadow adjoining." In Washington County, N. Y., is recorded "Podunk Brook." (Cal. Land Papers.) The meaning of the name is uncertain, but from its wide distribution it is obviously from a generic -- presumably a corruption of P'tuk-oJikc, a neck or corner of land. "The neck next east of Onuck is known by the Indian name of Potunk." (Local History.) Mannhonake, the name of Gardiner's Island -- "called by the Indians Mannhonake,^ and by us the Isle of Wight" -- means, "Island place or country," from Munnohhan, "Island," and -auke, "Land, ground, place (not limited or enclosed), country," etc. (Trumbull.) In common with other islands in Gardiner's Bay, ^ Manchonackc is the orthography in patent to Lion Gardiner, 1639. (Doc. Hist. N. Y., i, 685.) Dr. Trumbull quotes Manchonat, Narragansett.

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it was recommended, in 1650, as offering rare inducements for s;et)tlement, "Since therein lie the cockles whereof wampum is made." "The greatest part of the wampum for which the furs are traded is made there.'' (Col. Hist. N. Y., xii, 360.) The island v/as claimed in the deed as the property of the Narragansetts. Dr. Dwight's interpretation of the name, "A place where a number of Indians had died," is a pure invention. Manah=ackaquasu=U'anock, given as the name of Shelter Island, is a composition of two names, as shown by the record entry, "All that their i.^Iand of Aliaquacu-'wainuck, otherwise called Manhansack." Ahaqua.zn-zvamnck is no doubt the equivalent of Aiihaquassu (Nar.), "Sheltered," and -amuck is an equivalent of ■■amaug, "Fishing-place," literally, "Sheltered fishing-place." Menhansack is Manhansick in deed of 1652, and Munhassett and Manhasctt in prior deed of 1640. (East-Hampton Records.) It is a composition from Miinnohan, "Island ;" es, "small," and et, "at" and describes a small island as "at" or "near" some other island.