[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] Manah-ackaquasu-wanock, given as the name of Shelter Island, is a composition of two names, as shown by the record entry, "All that their island of _Ahaquasu-wamuck,_ otherwise called _Manhansack._" _Ahaquasu-wamuck_ is no doubt the equivalent of _Aúhaquassu_ (Nar.), "Sheltered," and _-amuck_ is an equivalent of _amaug,_ "Fishing-place," literally, "Sheltered fishing-place." _Menhansack_ is _Manhansick_ in deed of 1652, and _Munhassett_ and _Manhasett_ in prior deed of 1640. (East-Hampton Records.) It is a composition from _Munnohan,_ "Island;" _es,_ "small," and _et,_ "at" and describes a small island as "at" or "near" some other island. The compound _Manah-ahaquasu-wanock,_ means, therefore, simply, "Sheltered-fishing-place island," identifying the island by the fishing-place, while _Manhasett_ identifies it in generic terms as a small island near some other island or place. [FN] The island now bears the generic terms _Manhasett._ Pogatacutt, sachem of the island, is supposed to have lived on what is now known as "Sachem's Neck." (See Montauk.) * * * * * [FN] Perhaps explained by the entry, "Roberts' Island, situate near Manhansack." (Records, Town of East-Hampton.) Manises, or _Menasses,_ as written by Dr. Trumbull, the name of Block Island, means, literally, "Small island," just as an Englishman would describe it. The Narragansetts were its owners. Its earliest European occupant was Capt. Adriaen Block, who, having lost his vessel by burning