Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names — Passage 16 (part 2)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] (See Titicus.) Aquehung, Acqueahounck, etc., was translated by Dr. O'Callaghan, "The place of peace." from _Aquene,_ Nar., "peace," and _unk,_ locative. Dr. Trumbull wrote, "A place _on this side_ of some other place," from the generic _Acq._ The description in N. Y. Land Papers reads, "Bounded on the east by the river called by the Indians Aquehung," the river taking its name from its position as a boundary "on this side" of which was the land. The contemporary name, _Ran-ahqua-ung,_ means "A place on the other side," corresponding with the description, "On the other side of the Great Kil." Bolton assigns Acqueahounck to Hutchinson's Creek, the west boundary of the town of Pelham. The "Great Kil" is now the