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Indian Names of Places
in Plymouth, Middleborough, Lakeville and Carver Plymouth County
Massachusetts
de Monts Voyage of 1604, and is shown as an island on
Champlain's map of 1605, but in neither case is a name given. Saquish Beach
and Saquish Head are now the modern names of places about Plymouth Harbor.
William T. Davis gives the meaning of Saquish as a "small creek." Possibly
the name may have some relation to the Indian word for clams, but I think it
is very doubtful. It is spoken of in this connection in the Mass. Historical
Society Collections, series 2, vol. 3, p. 175.
(Sukkissuog "clams" (Cotton), from Sohq-ussuog
"they squirt.")
Without doubt this is the Sagoquas mentioned by
Captain John Smith in his account of his voyage to New England in 1614.
Afterward, in 1615, named "Oxford by Prince Charles" (Charles 1st). In
Captain Smith's map Oxford is placed a little north of Plymouth Harbor and
on the main land, probably the present Marshfield. Changing the original
exact locality of Indian place names of towns and villages is almost a rule
rather than an exception. The original Sagoquas may have been from
Sagaqussuk or Sagaqussukashet, meaning "at the hard rocks,"
referring to stones from which they made their weapons. Sioge,
Soggoh, "hard" (applied to rocks).
"Sagaguabe Harbour" (Hubbard's History of New
England).
I am inclined to believe the name was first applied to
the land very near Brant Rock, or to the rock itself.
Sanqutagnappiepanquash, Sanqutuquappieponquash.
Boundary in Indian deed, Ply. Col. Rec., vol.1, p. 231,
"to a pond called Sanqutagnappiepanquash. "This pond must have been
near White Island Pond in Plymouth and may have been the name of the pond
itself.
The name may possibly indicate the outlet of the Cold
Water ponds? or the fording place where the stream comes out of the ponds?
Scituate, Satuit.
Town in the northeast part of Plymouth County.
"Probably from a well known brook, implies Cold-brook?" (M.H.S. Coll., s. 2,
v. 4, p. 223.) I am inclined to think the derivation is from see-"salt,"
tuck-"stream," et-"at." "At the salt stream."
Skook, Scokes.
A pond in Plymouth at Manomet Pond Settlement.
This is given as an Indian name by Dr. James Savage in
Winthrop's History of New England. (Note R., vol. 2, appendix.)
"Scook is the Indian name for a small pond near
Manomet Point where are many rocks." (Thatcher's History of Plymouth, p.
248.)
Scokes, Pond in Manomet where an Indian by that
name lived. (W. T. D.) The Indian, however, probably took his name from the
pond. In its present form I should suppose it must have lost one or two
syllables. Possibly it is a corruption of Qussukook, "stone country."
Qussuk, "stone," auk, "place."
Skapeunk.
District in Plymouth. (W. T. D., A. L. M. P., p. 153.)
Taupoowawmsett.
"One necke of land more that shools into the herring
river pond (Great Herring Pond) called Taupoowaumsett." Probably the
name of an Indian Sachem or Medicine Man.
Taupowaw, "a wise speaker." Powwaw, "a
priest."
Untsatuitt, Unsatuet.
"to a place called Untsatuit." (Indian deed,
1703, Ply. County Registry of Deeds, book 5, p. 65.) In Plymouth, South of
Great Herring Pond.
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