[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] Adriaen Block wrote, in 1614-16, _Nahicans_ as the name of the people on Montauk Point; Eliot wrote _Naiyag_ (_-ag_ formative); Roger Williams wrote _Nanhigan_ and _Narragan;_ Van der Donck wrote _Narratschoan_ on the Verdrietig Hoek Mountain on the Hudson; _Naraticon_ appears on the lower Delaware, and _Narraoch_ and _Njack_ (Nyack) are met on Long Island. The root is the same in all cases, Van der Donck's _Narratschoan_ on the Hudson, and _Narraticon_ on the Delaware, meaning "The point of a mountain which has the character of a promontory," kindred to _Néwas_ (Del.), "A promontory," or a high point. [FN] The Indian name of Verdrietig Hoek, or Tedious Point, is of record _Newas-ink_ in the De Hart Patent, and in several other forms of record--Navish, Navoash-ink, Naurasonk, Navisonk, Newasons, etc., and Neiak takes the forms of Narratsch, Narrich, Narrock, Nyack, etc. Verdrietig Hoek, the northeastern promontory of Hook Mountain, is a rocky precipitous bluff forming the angle of the range. It rises six hundred and sixty-eight feet above the level of the Hudson into which it projects like a buttress. Its Dutch-English name "Tedious Point," has been spoken of in connection with _Pocantico,_ which see. * * * * * [FN] Dr. Trumbull wrote: "_Náï,_ 'Having corners'; _Náïyag,_ 'A corner or angle'; _Náïg-an-eag,_ 'The people about the point.'" William R.