Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names — Passage 74 (part 4)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] The first word, _Maggean,_ is an orthography of _Machen_ (_Meechin,_ Zeisb.; _Mashkan,_ Chippeway), meaning "Great," big, large, strong, hard, occupying chief position, etc., and the second, _-apogh,_ written in other local names _-apugh, -apick,_ etc., is from _-ápughk_ (_-ápuchk,_ Zeisb.), meaning "Rock," the combination reading, literally, "A great rock." In the related Chippeway dialect the formative word for rock is _-bik,_ and the radical is _-ic_ or _-ick,_ of which Dr. Schoolcraft wrote, "Rock, or solid formation of rock." No particular part of the hill was referred to, the text reading, "There being Ankerop, the Indian, then brought us to the High Mountain which he named Maggeanapogh." The time has passed when the name could have been made permanent. For all coming time the hill will bear the familiar name of Mohonk, the Moggonck