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The Kitchawank, Wappinger, and Lenape peoples who lived here for 7,000+ years
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872) | 401 | 76,522 | Original → |
| Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906) | 223 | 40,085 | Original → |
| Various (1971) | 98 | 18,630 | Original → |
| Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994) | 73 | 12,771 | Original → |
| Various (1967) | 42 | 8,829 | Original → |
| Louis A. Brennan et al. (1962) | 39 | 7,958 | Original → |
| Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922) | 50 | 5,568 | Original → |
Passages
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] AND MONOGRAPHS 226 INDIAN PATHS the main path to the north and east countries. 19. Mosholu or Keskeskick (Maps VII, A, C). An important village-site on the west bank of" Mosholu brook, near the Van Cortlandt mansion in…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] 229 which include grooved axes, indicate native occupancy of this favorable place. Its aboriginal name denotes "a fine water-place" (Tooker, Indian Place Names). Armbruster says there are immense shell-beds on this isl…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] II; VIII, A). A native village was INDIAN NOTES INDEX TO STATIONS 239 situated on this favorable promontory, which was acquired from the occupants by Director Kieft in 1638. It has a dramatic interest as the scene of t…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Corsa lane, 122 Corsons brook, 234 Cortelyou lane, 168 Cortelyou road; 148 Council-place, the (Kings), 236 Court street, 138, 140, 141, 240 Cowangongh, 100, 118, 240 Cow bay, 229 Cripplebush road, 145 Cromwells creek, …
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Begraw street, 141 Be Hart Bergen, see Bergen, Be Hart Be Harts brook, see Newtons creek Be la Montagne, 68, 75 Belaware, state of, 38 Belaware Indians, 69, 82, 99, 135, 177, 205, 206. See Lenni Lenape Belaware river, …
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Greenwich Village, 221 Greenwood, 238 Greenwood cemetery, 143 Green Wood point, 146 Grenen Hont Punt, see Greenpoint Gunhill Road, 117, 240 Guttaquoh, a sachem, 164 Gysbert's eylandt, 165 Hackensack, 50, 198, 199, 200 …
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Harlem lane, 74, 75 Harlem river, 74, 77, 81, 85, 108, 224 Harrington, M. R., 69, 82, 83, 128, 194, 227 229, 233 Harsen's crossroad, 66 Harsimus (N. J.), 199, 239. See Ahasimus Harway basin, 162 H'ashim-muck, 239 Haver…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Jerome reservoir, 117 Jersey City, 199 Johnson avenue, 173-174 Johnson Foundry, 83 Journeay avenue, 193, 234 Jumel, Madame, 78 Ka, a sachem, 144 Kakapetteyno, a sachem, 152 Kalch Hoek, 42, 43, 137, 220 Kamingh, Zemo, o…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Kes-asketu or Castuteeuw, 156 Keskaechquerem, Keskaechqueren, 150, 152, 154, 156, 228, 236 Keskeskick, 91, 93, 94, 102, 105, 226 Kestateuw, 157 Ketchum mill-pond, 193, 234 Kieft, Gov. WiUiam, 94, 144, 149, 221, 239 Kil…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Lake lane, 162, 166 Lakes island, 194, 233 Larchmont, 38 Laurel hill, 174 Lawrence street, 135 Leland avenue, 115, 222 Lenni Lenape, 39, 195, 202. See Delaware In-dians Lenox avenue, 72, 74 Leonard street, 47 Lexington…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] McGown's. (McGowan's) pass, 31, 61, 67, 72, 75 Macutteris, 159, 161 Madison avenue, 65, 68, 70 Madison Square, 65 Madison street, 56, 221 Maganwetinnemin, a sachem, 170 Mahican, 17 Mahwah creek, 202 Main street, 122 Ma…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Meadow lane, 157 Meadows, the, 70 Mechawanienck, 144, 155, 156, 163, 164, 166, 169 Mechowodt, the Ancient One, 183. See Tac-kapoosa Meijeterma, 169, 170 Menquaeruan, a sachem, 152 Mentipathe, 105 Mere, The, 72 Mespaetc…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Nayack, 50, 131, 132, 144, 145, 166, 168, 169, 170, 188, 230, 234 Near Rockaway, 172, 180. See Far Rockaway, Rechquakie, Rockaway, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Point Nechtank, 57. See Naghtongh Negro Fort, 117 Neperah rive…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] New England, 20, 21, 99, 110, 127 New Haerlem, 61, 72 New Haven Railroad, 108, 111, 124 New Jersey, 22, 39, 41, 59, 166, 197, 202, 203. 205, 206, 239 New Lots, 153 New Netherland, 21 New Rochelle, 121, 127, 228 New Spr…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Oneroad, Amos, 81, 116 Oranges, the, 38 INDIAN NOTES INDEX 267 Ossining, 92 Out Ward, 42, 57 Overpeck creek, 200 Overton place, 165 Paardegat, 153, 237 Paardegat basin 157 Paardegat creek, 151, 157 Paardegat inlet, 148
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Park drive, 71 Park Row, 47, 49, 53, 54, 55 Pascal avenue, 94 Passaic (N. JO, 201, 231 Passaic river, 21, 201, 204, 205, 231 Passaic valley, 201 Paterson (N. J.), 38, 201 Paulus hook, 199, 238, 239. See Aressick Paulus…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Seventeenth street, 65 Seventy-first street, 66 Seventy-seventh street, 66 Seventy-eighth street (Kings), 169 Seventy-ninth street, 62 Seventy-ninth street (Kings), 156, 169 Seyseys, a sachem, 170 Shanscomacocke, 159, …
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Suffern, 202 Sunset Park, 142, 238 Sunwick, Sunwicks, Sunswicks, 238 Sunwick creek, 175 Sussex county (N. J.), 205 Sutter avenue, 153 Suwiran, a sachem, 153 Swamp, The, 44 Tackapoosa, son of Mechowodt, 182 Tappan, 188 …
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Valeyen, 70 Valley grove, 147 Valley Stream, 38, 229 Valley Stream road, 180 Van Brunt lane, 169 Van Corlaer, Jacobus, 156 Van Cortlandt, Frederick; 93, 94, 226 Van Cortlandt avenue, 117 Van Cortlandt Park, 92, 226 Van…
Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)
[Reginald Pelham Bolton (1922)] Wallboght, 135 Wall street, 52 Walton avenue, 108 Wampage, 124 Wandowenock, 175 Wappinger, 40, 92 Ward point, 194, 195, 233 Warren street (Kings), 137, 139 Washington bridge, 107, 226 Washington Heights, 75, 77 Washing…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] IN THE VALLEY OF HUDSON'S RIVER, THE VALLEY OF THE MOHAWK, AND ON THE DELAWARE: THEIR LOCATION AND THE PROBABLE MEANING OF SOME OF THEM. * * * * * BY E. M. RUTTENBER, _Author of "History of the Indian Tribes of Hudso…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] Probably the reader will find geographical descriptions that do not apply to the places where the name is now met. The early settlers made many transfers as well as extensions of names from a specific place to a larg…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] There is no poetry in them--no "glittering waterfalls," no "beautiful rivers," no "smile of the Great Spirit," no "Holy place of sacred feasts and dances," but plain terms that have their equivalents in our own langu…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] That spoken around New York on both sides of the river, was classed by the early Dutch writers as Manhattan, as distinguished from dialects in the Highlands and from the Savano or dialects of the East New England coa…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] Initials are badly mixed, presumably due in part at least, to the habit of Indian speakers in throwing the sound of the word forward to the penult; in some cases to the lack of an "Indian ear" on the part of the hear…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] Most of these latter, however," he adds, "may be shown by strict analysis to belong to one of the two preceding classes, which comprise at least nine-tenths of all Algonquian local names which have been preserved." F…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] mountain." In some cases the locative takes the verbal form indicating place or country, Williams wrote "_Sachimauónck,_ a Kingdom or Monarchy." Dr. Schoolcraft wrote: "From _Ojibwai_ (Chippeway) is formed _Ojib-wain…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] "The adjective," wrote Horatio Hale, "when employed in an isolated form, follows the substantive, as _Kanonsa,_ 'house;' _Kanonsa-kowa,_ 'large house;' but in general the substantive and adjective coalesce." In some …
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] The diacritical marks employed by Williams and Eliot in the English alphabet, and by Zeisberger and Heckewelder in the German alphabet, are helpful in pronunciations, but as a rule the corrupt local record orthograph…
Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] A few Dutch names that are regarded by some as Indian, have been noticed, and also some Indian names on the Delaware River which, from the associations of that river with the history of the State, as in part one of i…