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HACKENSACK, FROM ACKENSACK
LOW land.
SECAUCUS, FROM. SISKAKES OR SIKAKES
the place
where the snake hides. The Indian name for Snake Hill, now transferred to the upland between Pinhorne Creek
and Hackensack river.
WEEHAWKEN, FROM AWIEHAKEN
at the end of (the
Palisades.)
HOBOKEN, FROM HOPOGHAN HACKINGH
the land
of the tobacco pipe. At this point they procured the stone
from which they carved their pipes.. It was a piece of
upland called by the Indians, an island with salt marsh lying
between it and the Hill.
HARSIMUS, FROM AHASIMUS
the meaning is now lost;
it was another bit of upland lying south of Hopoghan.
COMMUNIPAW, FROM GEMOENEPA
the meaning is not
known.
NAVESINK
a good fishing place.
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