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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names — Passage 32 (part 3)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] In the same capacity he was at Esopus in 1660. He could hardly have been the "old man" whom Hudson met in 1609. In one entry his name is written "Eskuvius, alias Aepjin (Little Ape)," and in another "Called by the Dutch Apeje's (Little Ape's) Island." He may have been given that name from his personal appearance, or it may have been a substitute for a name which the Dutch had heard spoken. Eliot wrote, "_Appu,_ He sits; he rests, remains, abides; _Keu Apean,_ Those that