[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] town of Mamakating, and more recently, by local authority, at or near what is known as the "Manarse Smith Spring," otherwise as the "Great Yaugh Huys Fontaine," or Great Hunting House Spring. [FN-2] The meaning of the name is largely involved in the orthography of the suffix. If the word was _-oten_ it would refer to the trading post or town, as in "_Otenink,_ in the town" (Heckewelder), and, with the prefix _Mamak_ (_Mamach,_ German notation), root _Mach,_ "evil, bad, naughty" (_Mamak,_ iterative), would describe something that was very bad in the town; but, if the word was _-atin,_ "Hill or mountain," the name would refer to a place that was at or on a very bad hill. Presumably the hill was the objective feature, the settlement being at or near the Sandberg. There is nothing in the name meaning plain or valley, nor anything "wonderful" about it. Among other features on the ancient path was the wigwam of _Tautapau,_ "a medicine man," so entered in a patent to Jacob Rutzen in 1713. _Tautapau_ (Taupowaw, Powaw), "A priest or medicine man," literally, "A wise speaker." * * * * * [FN-1] Indian Hunting-houses were met in all parts of the country. They were generally temporary huts, but in some cases became permanent. (See Cochecton.) [FN-2] _Fontaine_ is French--"A spring of water issuing from the earth." The stream flowing from the spring is met in local history as Fantine