Die.) ; Geschiechton, Zeisberger, verbal noun, "To wash," "The act of washing," as by the "overflow of the water of a sea or river. * * The river washed a valley in the plain"; with suffix -itnk {K' schiechton-unk -- compressed to Cushetunk), denoting a place where the action of the verb was performed, i. e. a place where at times the land is washed or overflowed by water, from which the traditionary interpretation, "Low land." ^ The Indian town spoken of was established in 1744, although its site was previously occupied by Indian hunting houses or huts

' Probably the same name is met in Shcshccnn-ung, the broad flats opposite and above the old Indian meadows, Wyoming Valley, where the topography is substantially the same.

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for residences while on hunting expeditions. In Col. Mss. v, 75, p. 10, is preserved a paper in which it is stated that the Indians residing at Goshen, Orange County, having "Removed to their hunting houses at Cashigton,'" were there visited, in December, 1744, by a delegation of residents of Goshen, consisting of Col. Thomas De- Kay, William Coleman, Benj. Thompson, Major Swartwout, Adam Wisner, interpreter, and two Indians as pilots, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the removal ; that the delegation found the residents composed of two totemic families, Wolves and Turkeys; that, having lost their sachem, they were debating "Out of which tribe a successor should be chosen" ; that they had removed from Goshen through fear of the hostile intention on the part of the settlers there, who "Were always carrying guns." Later, a delegation from the Indian town visited Goshen, and was there "Linked together" with Colonel DeKay, as the representative of the Governor of the province, in their peculiar form of locking arms, for three hours, as a test of enduring friendship.^ It was the only treaty with the Indians in Orange County of which there is record.