Potunk, a neck of land on Shinnecock Bay, is written _Potuncke_ in Smithtown Records, in 1662. "A swamp at Potunk," is another entry. Dr. Trumbull quoted it as a form of _Po'dunk,_ Conn., which is of primary record, "Called _Potaecke,_" and given as the name of a "brook or river." In Brookfield, Mass., a brook bearing the name is said to have been so called "from a tract of meadow adjoining." In Washington County, N. Y., is recorded "Podunk Brook." (Cal. Land Papers.) The meaning of the name is uncertain, but from its wide distribution it is obviously from a generic--presumably a corruption of _P'tuk-ohke,_ a neck or corner of land. "The neck next east of Onuck is known by the Indian name of Potunk." (Local History.) Mannhonake, the name of Gardiner's Island--"called by the Indians Mannhonake, [FN] and by us the Isle of Wight"--means, "Island place or country," from _Munnohhan,_ "Island," and _-auke,_ "Land, ground, place (not limited or enclosed), country," etc. (Trumbull.) In common with other islands in Gardiner's Bay, it was recommended, in 1650, as offering rare inducements for settlement, "Since therein lie the cockles whereof wampum is made." "The greatest part of the wampum for which the furs are traded is made there." (Col. Hist. N. Y., xii, 360.) The island was claimed in the deed as the property of the Narragansetts. Dr. Dwight's interpretation of the name, "A place where a number of Indians had died," is a pure invention. * * * * * [FN] _Manchonacke_ is the orthography in patent to Lion Gardiner, 1639. (Doc. Hist. N. Y., i, 685.) Dr. Trumbull quotes _Manchonat,_ Narragansett. Manah-ackaquasu-wanock, given as the name of Shelter Island, is a composition of two names, as shown by the record entry, "All that their island of _Ahaquasu-wamuck,_ otherwise called _Manhansack._" _Ahaquasu-wamuck_ is no doubt the equivalent of _Aúhaquassu_ (Nar.), "Sheltered," and _-amuck_ is an equivalent of _amaug,_ "Fishing-place," literally, "Sheltered fishing-place." _Menhansack_ is _Manhansick_ in deed of 1652, and _Munhassett_ and _Manhasett_ in prior deed of 1640. (East-Hampton Records.) It is a composition from _Munnohan,_ "Island;" _es,_ "small," and _et,_ "at" and describes a small island as "at" or "near" some other island. The compound _Manah-ahaquasu-wanock,_ means, therefore, simply, "Sheltered-fishing-place island," identifying the island by the fishing-place, while _Manhasett_ identifies it in generic terms as a small island near some other island or place. [FN] The island now bears the generic terms _Manhasett._ Pogatacutt, sachem of the island, is supposed to have lived on what is now known as "Sachem's Neck." (See Montauk.) * * * * * [FN] Perhaps explained by the entry, "Roberts' Island, situate near Manhansack." (Records, Town of East-Hampton.)