American Indian Place Names In Rhode Island, Page 4

[31] Apparently not previously translated in Huden et al.; possibly related to Machaquamagansett.

[32] Name of language (now "extinct") of Wampanoag Indians; formerly called Massachusetts or Massachusee.

[33] "Pometacomet" is believed to be the full term.

[34] Translation process: met(a) may mean "good or bad or great"; (a)cur may mean "long hill" or curs = "hills", and -est or (r=s)set means "little place of". One guess: "Place of large (or bad) hills" (Massachuset or Mattachuset)

[35] See Narragansett.

[36] New York Tribe described by Roger Williams (1643) as "Mohowaúgsuck or Mauquàuog from móho to eate (the Cannibals, or, Men-eaters, up into the west, two, three or foure hundred miles from us)"

[37] For other spellings see Trigger (1979), p. 175. Swanton's brief tribal summary:

The Mohegan originally occupied most of the upper valley of the Thames and its branches. Later they claimed authority over some of the Nipmuc and the Connecticut River tribes, and in the old Pequot territory

[38] Also "Tribe" (Connecticut).

[39] Includes places in Providence and Pawtucket.

[40] Rider ( p. 284) relates this name to Wecapaug.

Name	Historical & Geographical Information	Translation
Machaquamagansett, Machaquamaganset	Washington County, Charlestown	Place of big beach wells (hollow logs that fill up with fresh water at low tide)
Machepaconaponsuck	See Machepaconapunsuck
Machepaconapunsuck	Washington County, Coventry	Big enclosure near falls in the brook?; big bank near brook falls
Machipscat	Kent County	A "bad" (i.e., stony) path; rough place
Maddock	Alumni Building, Providence	Bad land place
Maebaquamagauset[31]	Little Compton	?
Mamaniskak	Washington County, Westerly	Near the joined rocks
Mamantapit	TRACT, or wading river or place, being another boundary of the same line of Willet's purchase last mentioned, and near the junction of Cumberland and Attleboro', in their northern line. [See deed in Bliss' History.]	Customarily he walks in the water here; wading-place
Mamaquag	See Mammaquaug
Mammaquaug	BROOK, running south from Hopkinton to the Pawcatuck river in N. W. corner of the town of Westerly. There is a small fish thus called.	Small fish (smelts)
Mananiskak	Washington County, Westerly	Near the joined rocks
Manchuck	See Manshuck
Manipsconasset	ROCK, near Pawtuxet bridge, Warwick	Place of split rock island
Manisses	Block Island, or Monasses, It means Island of little God.	Little island; little god place
Manquock	See Misquamacut
Manshuck	near the "Olney's Land". [See page 29, Vol. 1. Registry of Deeds of Providence.] It is near Olney's lane, N. E. of Constitution hill, Providence.	Place of split rock island
Masantatack	See Mashatatack
Mascachaug	See Mascachowage
Mascachowage	Brook, Providence County, West Greenwich	Place of long rushes (cat tails?)
Mascachuge	See Mascachowage
Mascachusett	Greenwich, Kent County ?	Near place of flags or rushes (See Mascachowage)
Mascacowage	See Mascakonage
Mascakonage	BROOK, or RIVER, and is applied to a tract of land called Wyaxcumscut, being a tract bought by Richard Smith, Gov. Winthrop and Major Allerton. It lies N. W. of Wickford, was bought from Coquinaquon sachem and son of Miantonomia.	Place of long rushes (cat tails?) (See Mascakonage)
Maschaug	Pond, Watch Hill	See Massachaug
Mashantatuck	Knightsville, Cranston	See Mashentuck
Mashanticut	See Mashentuck
Mashantotat	Near North side of Pawtuxet River	See Mashantatuck ?
Mashapaug	POND, two miles S. W. from Providence bridge [in Providence, per GNIS database]. There is also a Mashapaug pond in Old Warwick, sometimes called Pomamganset.	A large pond
Mashapaug	BROOK runs S. from the pond.	See Mashapaug above
Mashaquamaganset	TRACT, N. W. corner of Charlestown to Pawcatuck river, including, probably, Poquyent brook, [See page 249, Potter,] and having Nisquitianxsett between it and the ocean, and Wecapaug on the west side and Seepooke on the east side.	Place of big rocks in the pool
Mashatatack	Brook, Providence County	Well forested place
Mashattaneeseck	Hill, Washington County	Brook near great hill; great hill near brook
Mashentuck	Town, Providence	Many trees; well forested place
Mashepok	See Mashapaug
Mashipaug	See Mashapaug
Mashonaug	ISLAND, in Pauwanget pond, Charlestown, and near the east end of it. Three small islands, called Browning isles, are represented on an old map, in said pond.	Nettles?; dug-out canoe place?; place reached by boat?
Mashovsakit	See Niswosakit
Mashpaug	Ponds, Washington County	Great ponds
Mashpoag	Pond, Cranston	See Mashapaug
Maskaeowage	See Mascakonage
Maskataquatt	Providence County	Place of rushes; grassy place
Maskechusett	Brook & Hill, Kent County	At the grassy place; place of flags
Maskechusic	POINT, at the mouth of Hunt's river.	See Maskechusett
Maskerchugg	River, East Greenwich	See Masquachug
Maskituash	Bristol County, Barrington	Hay-marsh; grassy places
Masquachowawaug	Washington County	Place where rushes grow?; salmon fishing place?
Masquachug	BROOK, Muddy brook, or Maskachaug or Mascachusett, on old map. It is applied also to a hill, half way between Greenwich and Potowomut [in East Greenwich]. Potter says at the mouth of Hunt's river.	See Mascachusett
Massachaug	Pond, Watch Hill, Westerly	Land near the great hill; land where rushes grow (See Mascachowage)
Massachuset, Massachusett[32]	See Massachusetts
Massachusetts	Many locations	At or near the great hills
Massanegtocaneh	TRACT, on the east side of Blackstone river, in the north part of Cumberland. [See deed of Wamsitta to Thomas Willet, in Bliss' History of Rehoboth, page 51,] where this is the name of the boundary sold to Willet.	Place of source of the great stream; union of great streams
Massapaug	See Mashapaug
Massapoag	See Mashapaug
Massasoit	Spring, Camp, Avenue, etc., Bristol County, Bristol	Great Commander or Leader (Grand Sachem of Wampanoag people in 17^th century)
Massathusets	See Massachusetts
Massatucket	See Massatuxet
Massatusitts	See Massachusetts
Massatuxet	BROOK, between Westerly and Watch Hill.	At the great brook
Massaugatucket	River, Washington County	At the great outlet of the tidal river
Masscomscott	Unknown [see Bartlett, Vol. I]	Place of large rock ?
Masshattaneesec	Hill, Washington County	Brook at the great hill
Masswascutt	Land between the rivers, Moshassuck and Wanasquatucket Rivers (Providence River) in Providence (Bartlett, Vol. I)	Great meadow (or green) place; great hill (or stone) place?
Mastuxet	See Massatuxet
Matacompemiscok	Washington County, Westerly	Place (far away) up country
Matanuck	Post office, Kingston	See Matunuck
Matateconit	See Mattetakonitt
Matatucket	River, Washington County, North Kingston	Poorly forested; at the worthless river?
Matomy	HILL, runs S. E. by East some miles and the turnpike crosses it near its south end, three miles S. E. of Chepachet [in Burriville].	Lookout place; observation height
Mattachusetts, Mattachusett	See Massachusetts
Mattantuck, Matantuck	Narragansett Sachem or Chief (alias "The Old Queen" or "Magnus")	See Narragansett Tribe
Mattapoiset, Mattapoisett	See Mattapoysett
Mattapoysett	RIVER, means crying chief, - in Swanzy. Gardner's neck, so called, is bounded by it.	Little resting place
Mattato	HILL, in N. W. part of Providence county, probably in Burrillville. [See deed signed by Daniel Mathewson, 1719, vol. 4, page 28, Prov. Records.]	Bad hill ?
Mattatuxet	See Mattatuxot
Mattatuxot	River, Washington County, Wickford	At the worthless little river?; poorly wooded place?
Mattetakonitt	Providence County, North Providence	At the great spring; distant spring
Mattoonuc	NECK, and RIVER or BROOK, N. W. part of Point Judith, the river runs into Point Judith pond [in South Kingston]; it crosses the road east of Judge Peckham's a little west of Wakefield. The name was given by M. C. Perry to his country place on the Hudson. Near this brook is the birth-place of the two Com. Perrys	Lookout hill place
Matunuc	Lake, Kingston	See Matunuck
Matunuck	Village, Washington County, South Kingston	High or observation place (see Mattoonuc)
Maushapog	See Mashapaug
Maushapogue	Ancient Narragansett village, Providence County	See Mashapaug
Maussup	See Moosup
Mausup	See Moosup
Mawsup	See Mausup
Meantonomeah	See Miantonomi
Mecksa	Narragansett Sachem or Chief	See Narragansett Tribe
Mesanagtaconeh	See Massanegtocaneh
Meshantic	Brook and State Park, Providence	Woody place; canoe-tree?
Meshanticut	City, Brook and State Park, &c in Providence, East Greenwich	At place of many big trees; well forested place (same as Meshantic ?)
Metacom	[Avenue, Bristol] & seat of King Philip, N. E. side of Mount Hope bay [on grounds of Haffenreffer Museum, Brown University in Bristol], at its base, and on land of the late Hon. James De Wolf.	At a faraway place?; Of the Massasoits’ house? (see King Philip & Pometacomet))
Metacomet[33]	Brook, Country Club, Providence	Of the Massasoits' house? (see King Philip, Metacom & Pometacomet)
Metacurset[34]	TRACT, contiguous to the last or Mascakonage; deeded by said sachem [Coquinaquont].	?
Metapoiset	See Mattapoysett
Metatoxet	River, Washington County, Wickford	Well wooded stream place
Metatuxet	See Metatoxet
Metaubscot	See Mettaubscut
Metonomy	See Tommany/ Miantonomi
Mettaubscut	an Indian village, once stood west from Cowesett shore, between Apponaug and East Greenwich. [See letter of Roger Williams.]	Black rocks place (or cliff)
Mettobscot	See Mettaubscut
Miantenomi	See Miantonomi
Miantomi	See Miantonomi
Miantonomi[35], Miantonomy	Hill, Park & Avenue, Newport County, Newport & Hill, Prudence Island	He wages war (Narragansett Sachem or Chief)
Miantonomia	See Miantonomi
Miantunnomu	See Miantonomi
Micksa	See Mecksa
Minabauge	See Minnabaug
Minacommuck	ISLAND, in Westerly, near the west end of Cedar Swamp, and near a large pond called Pascommattos, marked as Borden or Chapman pond. It is about two miles due east from Westerly village. A brook leads from the Pascomattas pond to the most southerly bend of Pawcatuck river, called Aquantaug brook, and its course is through Ashagomiconset.	Berry farm or fields; fields in low lands; plantation in a deep place
Minacomuc	See Minacommuck
Mincamekek	See Minacommuck ?
Minebauge	See Minnabaug
Minnabaug	POND, of great length on the Charlestown beach. Marked in maps as Babcock's pond. [Potter, page 65.]	Berry (or deep) pond
Miscoe	Lake, Providence County, Franklin	Great Hill?; small rock?; peeble?
Mishannok	See Mishannoke
Mishannoke	Hill, Washington County, Richmond	Large squirrel(s)
Mishanoke	See Mishannoke
Mishauntatuk	See Mashentuck or Meshanticut
Mishawomet	See Showomut
Mishnic	POND, West Greenwich, two or three miles south or south-west of Washington village.	They go, come by canoe; squirrel
Mishnock	Swamp, Lake, River, Crompton	See Mishnic
Mishowomet	Warwick neck, same as Shaomet.	See Showomut
Mishquamicuk	See Misquamacut
Mishquomacuck	See Misquamacut
Mishuntatuk	See Mashentuck
Miskiana	Camp	See Miskianza
Miskianza	BROOK [& Camp, Slocum], called also Shickasheen. Its waters come from Yarcoo, through Barber's pond. The Stonington Railroad crosses it a few rods south of the road. Nearly opposite to this was the great Indian swamp fight, on the north side of the Railroad.	Trout?; salmon?; grass?; (in Italian, a mixing?)
Miskoasakit	See Niswosakit
Misoaskit	See Niswosakit
Misquamacoke	See Misquamacut
Misquamacuck	See Misquamacut
Misquamacut	or coke Manquock, or Astomacut, means salmon [in Watch Hill]. It is the neck of land on the east side of Pawcatuck river. [See Potter, page 242.] The town of Westerly went by this name until it was incorporated in 1669. This tract extends to Wecapaug brook, or boundary line between Westerly and Charlestown. Steven's map erroneously represents Misquamacut to run far eastward of Wecapeug brook. [See affidavits of Indians, in Potter, 248.]	Salmon place
Misquamakuck	See Misquamacut
Misquamicoke	See Misquamacut
Misquamicut	State Beach	See Misquamacut
Misquitanset	See Misquitanxit
Misquitanxit	Washington County	At the place of the meadows
Misquomacuk	See Misquamacut
Miswosket	See Niswosoket
Mittaubscot	See Mettaubscot
Mittaubscut	Ancient Narragansett village, Kent County	See Mettaubscot
Mohawk[36]		Cannibals
Mohegan[37]	Bluffs & Village [38], Providence County, Georgiaville	Wolf
Mohegin	See Mohegan
Molligwasset	TRACT, sometimes called Wollimosset. It is the same as Wannimosett,-Viall residence, in Barrington or Seekonk.	Valley place
Monasses	See Manisses
Monhegan	Bluffs Beach, Washington County, Block Island	Place of islands
Monotomyny	See Miantonomi
Mont Haup	See Montop
Montaup	Country Club, Fall River	See Montop
Montop	HILL, changed by the English to Mount Hope [or Mount-hope], in Bristol. Near the residence of the late Hon. James D'Wolf.	Lookout place (seat of King Philip on grounds of Haffenreffer Museum)
Montup	See Montop
Moohag	See Mohawk
Moohegan	See Mohegan
Moonasachuet	RIVER. [Potter, 275.] It runs into the Pascachuto pond at the north end of Pettaquamscott river, from a northerly and north-westerly direction, through Silver Spring factory.	Deep backward (reversing ?) river
Moonassachuet	See Moonasachuet
Moosehausic	See Moshassuck
Mooseup	Valley, Historic District, Oneco	See Moosup
Mooshansick	See Moshassuck
Mooshassuck	See Moshassuck
Mooshausick	See Moshassuck
Mooshawset	See Moshassuck
Moosshausic	See Moshassuck
Moosup	River, Providence County, Foster/Coventry & River, Oneco	Narragansett Sachem or Chief (See Pessicus)
Moquois	See Mohawk
Morskituash	See Mosskituash
Moscachuck	CREEK, north of Nayatt and running to the brick yard from the bay [in Barrington]	Place where rushes grow (see Masquachug)
Moscotage	RIVER, same as Narrow or Pettaquamscot. It runs between Pettaquamscott rock and the bay N. and S. at the east side of Tower hill, from Pascachuto pond to the beach, running N. and S.	Place where rushes grow
Mosep	Narragansett Sachem or Chief	See Narragansett Tribe
Moshantatut	See Mashanticut
Moshanticut	BROOK, or Mashatatuck, running near Knightsvile and west of Gorton Arnold's and falls into the Pawtuxet. It was sometimes called Shantituck.	See Mashanticut
Moshassuck[39]	RIVER, or Moosshausic, means moose hunting grounds, and passes by Gen. Barnes's and along south of Horton's Grove, and receives West river at or near Philip Allen's print works, and near Corliss & Nightingales' factory. It is also applied to a river S. W. of Pawtuxet, near where Samuel Gorton lived, and where he wrote a letter, signed by all his company to Massachusetts government.	Great brook in the marshy meadow; great fish; meadow
Moshausick	See Mooshausic
Moshosick	See Mooshausic
Moshowunganuck, Moshowungganuck	Washington County, Westerly & Hopkinton	At the place of the great bend (of Pawcatuck River)
Moshuntatuc	See Mashentuck
Moshwaniscut	See Moshwaniscutt
Moshwaniscutt	POND, near and north of Smithville Seminary [in North Scituate], and within sight of it. The river leading from it through Scituate village has the same name.	Place of mist and fog; red hill at the great bend
Moskituake	Washington County (Also known as "Mosquito Hawk")	Grassy land
Moskituash	See Mosskituash
Mosquitohawk	See Moskituake
Mosquitohawk	Brook, Carolina	See Musquetohauke
Mosskituash	CREEK, in Barrington. it means grass or straw to lie on, or hay. It is now called Viall's creek, the mouth of it being in Barrington.	Meadow, grasses
Mosup	Narragansett Sachem or Chief	See Narragansett Tribe
Moswaniscut, Moswansiscut	See Moshwaniscutt
Mouwneit	Hill, Washington County, Block Island	Lookout (or assembly?) place
Mowshausick	See Mooshausic
Mowshawset	See Moshassuck
Mowshawsuck	See Moshassuck
Muckqut	See Kittackamucket
Mukquata	Washington County	Place of rushes; meadow
Mummaquog	See Mammaquaug
Munnacommuck	See Minacommuck
Muscachuge	See Masquachug
Muschaug	applied to two PONDS, N. E. by east, near Westerly, and near the ocean, sometimes called East and West Muschaug or Massachaug. The one farthest east is called Musquataug, and is also called Babcock's pond	Place of rushes
Mushattchuckapeake	Providence County	Pond at the great mountain; big hill near the edge of the bank of the pond
Mushuaganic	See Mushuagusset
Mushuagusset	Pond, Washington County	Muskrat place
Muskachaug	See Masquachug
Muskachuge	See Masquachug
Musquamacuk	See Misquamacut
Musquataug	POINT, or Muxquataug, just within the S. E. of Westerly.	Places where rushes grow (see Mukquata)
Musquechuge	Kent County	Place where rushes grow
Musquetaug	Washington County	Place of rushes
Musquetohaug	See Musquetohauke
Musquetohauke	or haug, a BROOK, two or three miles north west of Smithville Seminary, and crosses Conn. and R. I. Turnpike near Scituate Bank, and along the W. side of N. Scituate village, to Aborn & Allen's factory.	Grassy place
Musquetopaug	See Musquetohauke?	Great pond (or place?)
Musquetta	See Mukquata
Musquetuxet	TRACT, probably N. of' Pawtuxet bridge.	Red brook?; brook in grassy place; grassy meadow brook land; place of herbs?
Musqutah[40]	See Mukquata
Mussachuck	Creek, Bristol County, Bristol	At the place of flags or rushes
Mussquetaug	Washington County	Place of rushes
Muxqua	See Mukquata
Muxquata	See Mukquata
Muxquataug	See Muyquatage
Muxquetau	See Mukquata
Muxquetaugh	See Mukquata
Muxqutah	a NECK OF LAND; same as Wecapatug, in Westerly.	Place of rushes
Muyquatage	or aug, LAND, between Ward's pond and Quonaquontaug pond, and Wecapaug brook, which here runs into Quonaquontaug pond at its west end, and was claimed as the eastern boundary of,-in or adjoining Charlestown.	Path to the pond place?; place of rushes
Muyquataug	See Muyquatage
Myantanomy	See Miantonomi
Myantonomey	See Miantonomi