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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names — Passage 19 (part 2)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] (See Tappan.) Katonah, the name of a sachem, is preserved in that of a village in the town of Bedford. The district was known as "Katonah's land." In deed of 1680, the orthography is Katōōnah--oo as in food. Succabonk, a place-name in the town of Bedford, stands for Sagabonak-ong, "Place of ground nuts," or wild potatoes. (See Sagabonock.) Wequehackhe is written by Reichel ("Mem. Moravian Church") as the name of the Highlands, with the interpretation, "The hill country"--"People of the hill country." The name has no such meaning. _Weque_ or _Wequa,_ means "The end," and _-hackhe_ (hacki) means "Land," not up-land. In other words, the boundary was the end of the Highlands.' [FN]