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Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names — Passage 35 (part 2)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] (See Shekomeko.) * * * * * [FN] The root of the name is _Peske_ or _Piske_ (_Paske,_ Zeisb.), meaning, primarily, "To split," "To divide forcibly or abruptly." (Trumbull.) In Abnaki, _Peskétekwa,_ a "divided tidal or broad river or estuary"--_Peskahakan_ (Rale), "branche." In the Delaware, Zeisberger wrote _Pasketiwi,_ "The division or branch of a stream." _Pascataway,_