[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] O gin e bug o qua,.... Woman of the rose. O bub bau mwa wa ge zbig o qua, Woman of the murmuring of the skies. The formation of geographical names is no exception to the rule. Wombi, in the Natick, or Massachusetts dialect, — which the Wappingers are presumed to have spoken, — means white; /V, or //£, is a termination for azbfbik^ a rock or solid formation of rocks. Hence Wombic, the Indian name for the White mountains o/ New Hampshire. In the Algonquin, monaud signifies bad; nok and nac, in the same language, is a term indi cative of rock or precipice. Hence Monadnock, a detached APPENDIX. 355 I mountain of New Hampshire, whose characteristic is thus denoted to consist in the difficulty or badness of its ascent. The Delawares denominate their river Lenapekituk. Of this term Lenape is their own proper name, ituk is a local phrase. The Mahicans gave to their river a name similarly constituted in Mahicanituk. The 'particle na in the Chippewa, indicates, in compounds, " fairness, abundance, excellence, something surpassing." Amik, is a term for a beaver, and ong denotes place. Thus Namikong, the name for a noted point on Lake Superior, means a surpassing place for beavers. The name Housatonick is a trinary, which appears to be composed of wassa, bright, atun, a channel or stream, and ick from azkebic, rocks; i.