Footprints of the Red Men Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudsons R
Footprints of the Red Men Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudsons R
Edward Manning Ruttenber
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X. Y. , xiii, 3. ) The Indian name, Arisheck or Aresseck, is so badly corrupted that the original cannot be satisfactorily detected, but, by exchanging n for r, and adding the initial K, we would have Kanis- keck, "A long grassy marsh or meadow. " Hoboken, now so written — Hobocan-Hacking, July, 1630; Hobokan-Hacking, Nov. 1630 ; Hobokina, 1635 ; Hobocken, 1643 ; Hoboken, 1647 \ Hobuck and Harboken, 1655-6' — appears of record first in the Indian deed to Michael Pauw, July 12, 1630, negotiated ...by the Director-general and Council of Xew Xetherland, and there- in by them stated, "By us called Hobocan-Hacking. " Primarily it was applied to the low promontory 1 below Castle Point, 2 bounded, recites the deed, on the south by the "land Ahasimus and Aressick. " On ancient charts Aressick and Hoboken-Hacking are represented as two long necks of land or points separated by a cove on the river front now filled in, both points being called hooks. In records it was called an island, and later as "A neck of land almost an island, called Hobuk, " * * * "extending on the south side to Ahasimus ; eastward to the river Mauritus, and on the west side surrounded by a valley or morass through which the boundary can be seen with sufficient clearness.
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