Magaat-Ramis, the record name of the southeast boundmark of the Paltz Patent, is located in the boundary description at "Juffrou's Hook, in the Long Reach, on the Great River (called in Indian Magaat-Ramis)." (Cal. N. Y. Land Papers, 15.) Juffrouw's Hook is now known as Blue Point. It is about two miles north of Milton-on-the-Hudson, and takes its modern name from the color of the rock which projects from a blue-stone promontory and runs for some distance under the water of the river, deflecting the current to the northwest. The primal appearance of the promontory has been changed by the cut for the West Shore Railroad, but the submerged point remains. The Dutch name, _Juffrouw's Hook,_ was obviously employed by the purchasers to locate the boundmark by terms which were then generally understood. Juffrouw, the first word, means "Maiden," one of the meanings of which is "Haai-rog"; "_rog_" means "skate," or Angel-fish, of special application to a species of shark, but in English shad, or any fish of the herring family, especially the female. Hook means "Corner, cape, angle, incurved as a hook"; hence "Maiden Hook," an angle or corner noted as a resort for shad, alewives, etc.: by metonymie, "A noted or well-known fishing-place." The first word of the Indian name, _Magaat,_ stands for _Maghaak_ (Moh.), _Machak_ (Zeisb., the hard surd mutes _k_ and _t_ exchanged), meaning "Great," large, extended, occupying chief position. The second word, _Ramis_ is obscure. It has the appearance of a mishearing of the native word. What that word was, however, may be inferred from the description, "Juffrou's Hook, in the Long Reach, on the Great River (called in Indian Magaat-Ramis)," or as written in the patent, "To a certain Point or Hooke called the Jeuffrou's Hooke, lying in the Long Reach, named by the Indians Magaat-Ramis." That the name was that of the river at that place--the Long Reach--is made clear by the sentence which follows: "Thence north along the river to the island called Rappoos, at the commencement of the Long Reach," in which connection _Ramis_ would stand for _Kamis_ or _Gamis,_ from _Gami,_ an Algonquian noun-generic meaning "Water," frequently met in varying forms in Abnaki and Chippeway--less frequently in the Delaware. In Cree the orthography is _Kume._ The final _s_ is the equivalent of _k,_ locative, as in Abnaki _Gami-k,_ a particular place of water. "On the Great Water," is probably the meaning of Ramis. In Chippeway _Keeche-gummee,_ "The greatest water," was the name of Lake Superior. As the name of the "Great Water," _Magaat-Ramis_ is worthy of preservation.