Footprints of the Red Men: Indian Geographical Names — Passage 98 (part 2)
[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] Sokapach, traditionally the name of a spring in Deerpark, means, "A spring." It is an equivalent of _Sókapeék,_ "A spring or pool." Neversink, the name quoted as that of the stream flowing to the Delaware at Carpenter's Point, is not a river name. It is a corruption of Lenape _Newás,_ "A promontory," and _-ink,_ locative, meaning "At the promontory." The particular promontory referred to seems to have been what is now known as Neversink Point, in Sullivan County, which rises 3,300 feet. The name is generic and is met in several places, notably in Neversink, N. J. (See Maghaghkameck.) Seneyaughquan, given as the name of an Indian bridge which crossed the Neversink, may have its equivalent in "_Tayachquano,_ bridge--a dry passage over a stream." (Heckewelder.) The bridge was a log and the location said to have been above the junction of the stream with the Mamacottin.