2o8               THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND

Achter Col consisted of the towns of Elizabethtown, Woodbridge, Shrewsbury, Newark,
Piscattaway, and Middleton, N. J.—N. Y. Col. Docs., I: 124; Laws y Ord. N. Neth., 507.

(C.)    Hoogen hoeck
(H.)    Hoogen Hoeck

(High Hook—The Highlands)

(C.)    Sandt Punt
(H.)    Sant Punt

(Sand Point—Sandy Hook)

INDIAN   NAMES   ON   LONG   ISLAND

(C.)    Wichquawanck
(H.)   Wich Quawanck

A new name, not known to Indian place-nomenclature.

(C.)    Techkonis
(H.)   Techkonis

A new name, not known to Indian place-nomenclature.

(C.)    Mareckewich
(H.)    Marec kewich

Mentioned in Indian deed of June 16, 1637, to Joris Rapalje, as "Marechkawieck";
in a patent of May 27, 1640, as "Merechkawikingh about Werpos"; in a patent to Peter
Caesar, June 17, 1643, as "Merechkawick," and in a record of March 15, 1647, as "Breu-
kelen, formerly called Marechkawick."—A'^. Y. Col. Docs., XIV; 4, 31, 47, 67; Stiles's
Hist, of Brooklyn, I; 24-5;   Ruttenber's Indian Geog. Names, 91.

(C.)    Keskachaue
(H.)    Keskachaue

The locality of Flatlands, formerly the Dutch settlement of Nieuw Amersfoort, L. I.;
earlier known as the patent of Achterveldt. In the grants of Achterveldt, "the western¬
most" part is called "Kestateuw," "the middlemost" "Castuteeuw," and "the eastern¬
most" "Casteteuw."—N. Y. Col. Docs., XIV; 2, 3, 4. In 1636, we find "Keschaech-
quereren," and in 1637, " Keschaechquerem," according to Ruttenber's Indian Geog.
Names, 88, 90