[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] "fine, handsome rocks." [FN-2] An interpretation of the name from the form Wallumscnaik, in Thompson's Hist. Vermont, states that "The termination _'chaik'_ signifies in the Dutch language, 'scrip.' or 'patent.'" This is erroneous. There is no such word as _chaik_ in the Dutch language. The _ch_ in the name here stands for _k_ and belongs to _'ompsk._ Tomhenack, Tomhenuk, forms of the name given as that of a small stream flowing into the Hoosick from the north, [FN] takes that name, apparently, from an equivalent of _Tomheganic,_ Mass., _Tangamic,_ Del., a stone axe or tomahawk, referring to a place where suitable stones were obtained for making those implements. (Trumbull.) (See Wallumschack.) * * * * * [FN] "At a creek called Tomheenecks, beginning at the southerly bounds of Hoosick, and so running up southerly, on both sides of said creek, over the path which goes to Sanckhaick." (Cal. N. Y. Land Papers, 194; petition of John de Peyster, 1730.) Tyoshoke, now the name of a church at San Coick, Rensselaer County, is probably from an equivalent of _Toyusk,_ Nar., "a bridge," and _ohke,_