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.

BY

E. M. RUTTENBER,

Author of "History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River."

"Indian place-names are not proper names, that is unmeaning words, but significant appellatives each conveying a description of the locality to which it belongs."—Trumbull.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES

OF THE

New York State Historical Association.

Copyrighted by the

NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

1906.

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