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Title: Footprints of the red men. Indian geographical names in the valley of Hudson's river, the valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware: their location and the probable meaning of some of them
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907
Subjects: Indians of North America -- New York Names, Indian -- North America Names, Geographical -- New York (State)
Publisher: (Newburgh, N.Y., Newburgh journal print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ion of survey of patent toSamuel Staats, 1712: Beginning at ye mouth of a small rivuletcalled by the Indians Assin-napa-ink, then up the river (Hudson)as it runs, two hundred chains, which is about four chains north ofPrinces Falls, including a small rocky isle and a small piece ofboggy meadow called John Cantton Huck; also a small slip of landon each side of a fall of water just below ye meadow at ye said JohnOantonhuck. (Cal. N. Y. Land Papers, 99.) Long known asButtermilk Falls and more recently as Highland Falls. In earlydays the falls were one of the most noted features on the lowerHudson. They were formed by the discharge over a precipice ofthe outlet waters of Bog-meadow Brook. They were called PrincesFalls in honor of Prince Maurice of Holland. The name was ex-tended to the creek in the Staats sursey—Princes Kill. Manahawaghin is of record as the name of what is now knownas lona Island, in connection with A certain tract of land on the Adv. in Newburgh Mirror, June 18, T798.
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HUDSONS RIVER ON THE WEST. 12J west side of Hudsons River, beginning on the south side of a creekcalled Assinapink, together with a certain island and parcel of mea-dow called ^Nlanahawaghin, and by the Christians Salisbury Island.The island lies about one mile south of directly opposite AnthonysXose. and is divided from the main land by a narrow channel ormarshy water-course. The tract of land lies immediately north ofthe Donderberg; it was the site of the settlement known as Doodle-town in Revolutionary history. The name is probably from Manna-hatin, the indefinite or diminutive form of Mannahata, The Island*—^literally. Small island. The last word of the record form isbadly mangled. (See jManhattan.) Manahan, meaning Island—indefinite -an—is a record name ofwhat is now known as Constitution Island, the latter title from FortConstitution which was erected thereon during the war of the Revo-lution. The early Dutch navigators called it Martelaers RackEiland, from Martelaer, Mart

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