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
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