[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] the Sackett tract ran north-east to a tree on the east side of the Wesiack subsequently known as Ten Mile river. Of the Indian name, O'Callaghan says : " Wissayck, rocky country," from qussuk, a rock, and ick, a locality." A more correct expla nation is probably derived from wassa^ light, and ick, locality — the light or bright waters. It was in this district that the Moravians found their fields of labor in the villages of Shecomeco^ Wecbquadnach and Packgatgoch. The former name is preserved in that of the stream upon which the village stood, while the second is applied to the lake now called Indian pond. A tract of meadow land "lying slanting to the Dancing Chamber," north of Wappinger's creek, had for 'its eastern boundary a creek called Wynogkee. Schoolcraft defines Pough keepsie. as signifying safe harbor, from apokeepsing; but the interpretation is open to question. In early documents the name is variously spelled. In a deed to Arnot Veil, 1680, covering the tract, the boundaries are described as " beginning at a creek called Pacaksing, by the river side;" in a petition from Wm. Caldwell the orthography is Pogkeepke; in an affidavit by Myndert Harmense, it is Pokeepsinck; in other papers the pre vailing orthography is Poghkeepke, and finally it is found applied to a pond of water, lying in the vicinity of the city, and its sig nification given; or muddy pond, an explanation which accords with the accepted interpretation of Ramepogh — a simple generic