[12] This is the only instance in the early records of Long Island where we find the old Sachem of Shelter Island called _Poggatacut_. I believe it to have been rather the name of a place where he lived, either at Cockles Harbor, or on Menantic Creek, Shelter Island. _Poggat-ac-ut_ = _Pohqut-ack-ut_, "at the divided or double place." Cockles Harbor is protected on the north by two Islands, which during low tides are one Island. It was probably the sheltered condition of this harbor which gave the island its Indian name as well as its English. It was at this locality that Govert Loockmans purchased two geese from the chief Rochbou [Yoco] in 1647.--Colonial History of New York, vol. xiv. p. 94. [13] _Wyandanch_ = _Wayan-taunche_, "the wise speaker or talker." [14] _Momoweta_ = _Mohmo-wetuo_, "he gathereth or brings together in his house." [15] _Nowedonah_ = _N'owi-donoh_, "I seek him," or "I go to seek him." This Sachem was formerly called _Witaneymen_ or _Weenagamin_, and he probably changed his name when he went to spy out the enemies of the Dutch in 1645 (Colonial History of New York, vol. xiv. p. 60), see also Thompson's Long Island, vol. i. p. 365, Plymouth Colonial Records, vol. ix. p. 18, where he is called _Weenakamin_, _i. e._, "bitter berry." [16] The original of this deed has been stolen from the Town Clerk's office at East Hampton; consequently, I am unable to verify the spelling of these names. On some copies of this deed this name is printed _Chectanoo_; an evident error, for in no other instance do I find the _k_ in his name replaced by a _t_. [17] See Pilling's Algonquian Bibliography (pp. 396, 397), for a brief sketch of Thos. Stanton's career as an Interpreter to the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. [18] The root _kuhkoo_ or _kehkoo_, has simply the idea of "mark" or a "sign," which in Algonquian polysynthesis is modified according to its grammatical affixes, and the sense of the passage used, when translated into an alien tongue. But it must be remembered, however, that its primary meaning was never lost to an Indian--a fact well known to all students of Indian linguistics. [19] Compare the various derivates from the Nipissing (Cuoq) _kikina_ and _kikino_; Otchipwe (Baraga) _kikino_; Cree (Lacomb) _okiskino_; Delaware (Zeisberger) _kikino_, etc. [20] Book of Deeds, vol. ii. p. 210, office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N. Y. A copy of this deed, from a contemporary copy made by Richard Terry, then on sale at Dodd & Mead's, New York, was contributed to the Greenport Watchman by Wm. S. Pelletreau, June 6, 1891. [21] Hall's Norwalk, p. 35. [22] Hall's Norwalk, p. 62. [23] Another island of this group bears the personal name of an Indian who was called _Mamachimin_ (Hall's Norwalk, pp. 30, 93, 97. He joined in the Indian deed to Roger Ludlow of Norwalk, February 26, 1640, corresponding to March 8, 1641). The name still survives, abbreviated to "_Chimons_ Island."