Name
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Historical & Geographical Information
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Translation
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Wabaquasset |
Providence County, Glocester |
Place of flags or rushes for making mats |
Wachemottuck |
See Watchamoquot |
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Wainsokett |
See Woonsocket |
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Wainsokit |
See Woonsocket |
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Wakamo |
Park, Park Resort in Wakefield, East Matunuck, South Kingston |
Crooked, bent? End of fishing place? |
Wallum |
Lake, Dam, Post Office, Providence County, Oxford & Thompson |
See A’wumps and Alum |
Wamkeag |
HILL, or Wayunkeak. [Roger Williams.] Two miles north east of Greenville,
and extending to Farnum's, or Slaterville turnpike, |
White land or place |
Wampanoag[103] |
Shopping Mall, East Providence & other places |
People of the East or Dawn |
Wampanoo[104] |
See Wapanoos |
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Wampnesick |
applies to Pawtucket. [See page 292. Potter. Deed to Fones.] |
Place of chesnut trees? Place at or in the east? |
Wanamataneme |
Wannemetonomy/Tommany |
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Wanamoiset |
Country Club, East Providence |
See Wannamoiset |
Wanasquatucket, Wanasquatuckett[105] |
See Woonasquatucket |
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Wanasquatuckqut |
See Wanasquatucket |
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Wanepoonseag |
Providence County, Hughsdale |
Place where (hunting) nets are set?; where the brook floods (see Wawepoonseag) |
Wannametonomy |
See Tommany |
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Wannamoisett |
Country Club, East Providence |
See Wannomoisset |
Wannamoisset |
See Wannomoisset |
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Wannasquatockitt |
See Wannuchecoecut |
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Wannassquatucket |
See Wanasquatucket |
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Wannemetonomy |
See Tommany |
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Wannomoisset |
TRACT. Viall region, head of Bullock's Cove, near which, on the Warren
and Providence road, was the residence of Thomas Willett, who was buried
on the east bank of the cove. |
At the good fishing place |
Wannuchecoecut |
a part of Boston neck, in North Kingstown. |
Enclosed camping place; plantation at end of hill |
Wannuchecomecut |
Brook, Wickford |
See Wannuchecoecut |
Wannumenetomey |
See Wannemetonomy/Tommany |
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Wanonitonimo |
Hill |
See Wannemetonomy |
Wansaukit |
See Woonsocket |
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Wansecutt |
See Woonsocket |
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Wanshuck |
MEADOWS, in North Providence, probably where Wainscott factory is.
[See deed, vol. 11, p. 36, City Records.] |
At the steep place (See Winscot) |
Wanskuck |
Park, Boys School, Historic District, Library & Pond, Providence
County, Providence |
At the end place |
Wanskuk |
See Wanshuck |
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Wansockett |
See Woonsocket |
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Wansocott |
See Woonsocket |
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Wansocut |
See Woonsocket |
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Wansoket |
See Woonsocket |
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Wansokett |
See Woonsocket |
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Wansokut |
See Woonsocket |
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Wansokutt |
See Woonsocket |
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Wanuchecomecut |
See Wannuchecoecut |
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Wanuchecomecut |
See Wannuchecoecut |
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Wanumetonomy |
Golf Club, Prudence Island |
See Wannemetonomy |
Wanwaskepaug |
same as Usquepaug. It is the north west corner of Hall's two mile purchase,
at Miumford's mills. |
See Usquebaug |
Wapanoo |
See Wapanoos |
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Wapanoos |
POINT, is Point Judith. By the Dutch, the name was applied to all Narragansett.
[See Broadhead's[106]
map in Dutch History of New York.] The Indian name before the Dutch arrived
was We-nan-na-toke. [See the word.] |
Place in the east? East wind blowing |
Wapenocks |
See Wampanoag |
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Wappewassick[107] |
ISLAND. Prudence. [See Bartlett's Records, vol. 1, page 31.] |
At the narrow straits |
Wapping |
Road, Newport County, Newport |
East land; dawn place |
Wapwayset |
See Weybosset |
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Washouset |
Point, Providence |
Place by the hill; boundary brook |
Washquisset |
Pond, Providence County |
Boundary brook |
Washukquatom |
HILL. [See vol. 1, of recorded deeds.] It is in Burrillville. |
Summit of hill |
Wasquadomesit |
or Westquadomesit, RIVER and LAND, between Limerock and Mansville.
[Page 14, vols. 1 and 4, Providence Records.] It extends north to Judge
Mann's. On Steven's map, called Crookfall. [See deed, vol 4, p. 177.] |
Place at the end of the hill; place of walnut trees |
Wassamegon |
See Osamequin |
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Watachun |
SPRING, on the south side of Greenwich, near the mouth of Muscachowage
river. |
On a hill, hillside |
Watchamoquot |
Pond, Washington County, Carolina |
Place of the great spring |
Watchaug |
POND, near the centre of Charlestown [in Carolina]. It discharges into
the Pawcatuck river, by Poquiunk brook, near Brown's bridge. Same as Chemunganock. |
Hill country |
Watcheer |
ROCK, where Roger Williams is supposed to have landed. This, however,
is an expression in old English, equivalent to "How do you do?"— and was
used by Indians to welcome Roger Williams when he landed. |
Not Indian name |
Watchemoket |
Cove & Point, Providence |
See Watchamoquot |
Watchemottuck |
or moyket, NECK, from India bridge to Bowers' cove, and near Kettle
point. [See note in Bliss' History,] from which it appears to include all
between Ten Mile river and Bullock's cove and Pawtucket river. |
See Watchamoquot |
Watchemoyket |
See Watchamoquot |
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Watchimoquet |
See Watchamoquot |
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Watchkecum |
See Kickamuit |
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Watchymoquett |
See Watchamoquot |
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Watesamoonsuck |
TRACT and HILL, west of Hopkinton. |
Other side of the outlet; junction of brooks |
Watuppa |
NORTH, POND, in the southeast corner of Tiverton. It lies chiefly in
Massachusetts, the south part being in Rhode Island. |
Roots for sewing |
Watuppa |
SOUTH, POND, in the northeast corner of Tiverton, near North Watuppa.
The road from Fall River to New Bedford crosses between the two Watuppas. |
See alternative entry |
Waubosett |
Hill. |
See Weybosset |
Waubosset |
See Weybosset |
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Wauchimoquot |
See Watchamoquot |
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Wauwoskepog |
See Usquebaug |
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Wawaloam |
School, Slocum |
See Wawalona |
Wawalona[108],
Wawalonah |
Providence County, Glocester |
She roams about? (see Aspatnansuck) |
Wawashekit |
LAND, north west of Pawtucket Falls. |
See Watchamoquot |
Wawaskesepaug |
See Usquebaug |
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Wawattaquatuck |
TRACT, or corner of the tract owned or claimed by Herman Garrett, in
Charlestown, —northwest corner of it. |
Twisting, turning, meandering tidal stream |
Waweonk |
See Wethungamet |
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Wawepoonseag |
Providence County, Lonsdale (see Wawweponseag) |
Place where the stream overflows; where birds are snared? |
Wawoskepog |
See Chippuxet |
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Wawweonke |
See Weeweonk |
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Wawweponseag |
SHORE. Blackstone's residence, near Lonsdale. It means place for snareing
water fowl. |
Place where the stream overflows |
Wawwepoonseag |
See Wawepoonseag |
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Wawwoskepog |
See Usquebaug |
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Waxcadowa |
See Weecapaug |
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Wayanitoke |
Point Judith |
Twisting current?; waves around a bend |
Waybausset |
Neck, Providence |
See Weybosset |
Waybousett |
Hill, Providence |
See Weybosset |
Wayboussett |
Hill, Providence |
See Weybosset |
Waypoyset |
NARROWS, at the entrance of Kickamuit river, which runs north and south
through the eastern part of Warren |
See Weybosset |
Wayunckeke |
See Wiorickheague |
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Wayunkeage |
See Wiorickheague |
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Wayunkeak |
See Wamkeag |
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Weacapaug |
See Weecapaug |
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Wecacheconet |
See Witchetseconnet |
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Wecapaug |
See Weecapaug |
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Wecatheconnet |
See Witchetseconnet |
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Wechenama |
MEADOW, or Nonganeck, between Old Warwick and Pawtuxet river. West
and south west from the bridge |
See Nonganeck |
Wechenoma |
See Wequeehackomuck |
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Weecapaug[109] |
NECK and BROOK, or Musqutah, or Paspataug, or Paspalonage, or Tismatuc,
or Waxcadowa. It runs southerly, and enters the west end of Quanaquataug
pond. It was regarded as the boundary between the Pequot and Nyantics. |
At the head (or end) of the pond |
Weekachommet |
TRACT. Same as Weequechacommuck |
Place at the end of the enclosed field; house in the enclosed field |
Weekapaug |
Post, Point (Watch Hill) & Beach, Yatch Club (Quonochontaug) and
Breachway, Beach, Watch Hill |
See Wecapaug |
Weenachasett |
Street, Naval Station, Newport (See Woonachasset) |
At the divided, winding place (or hills)? |
Weepacannock |
See Tismattue |
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Weepoiset |
in Swanzey. [Church's Indian Wars, p. 87.] |
At the small ford; the narrow strait |
Weequechacommuck |
See Weekachommet |
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Weetamo, Weetamoe, Weetomore, Wetamo |
Woods, Tiverton |
Lodge Keeper (Female Sachem or Chief ("Queen") of Pocasset Tribe) |
Weeweonk |
CREEK, or Wawweonke, that makes in near Nassawket from Greenwich bay,
not far from the Buttonwoods. |
Turning, bending place |
Wekepaug |
Location unknown, historical |
At the end (or head) of the pond (see Weecapaug) |
Wenannatoke |
or Weyanitoke, POINT JUDITH, or JUDA-NECK [in South Kingston], deeded
by Tumtockoro, Indian chief, 1659, to Winthrop and others. [See Land Evidence,
vol. 1, page 29.] |
A sweep around a high point?; winding river |
We-nan-na-toke |
See Wenannatoke |
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Wennanatoke |
Point Judith |
Winding River (see Wenannatoke) |
Wepoiset |
Entrance of Kickemuit River |
See Weepoiset |
Wepoiset |
See Weybosset & Weepoiset |
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Wequapaugset |
Kent County |
At the end of the small pond |
Wequapunock |
See Wawattaquatuck |
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Wequatucket |
Cove, Washington County |
At the end of the river |
Wequatuxet |
Cove, Washington County |
At the end of the small stream; at the head of a small cove |
Wequeehackomuck |
LAND, south of Natick, and near Emanuel Rice's farm. |
See Wecatheconnet |
Wequepogue |
Washington County |
End (head) of the pond |
Wequetequock |
Westerly |
Place at the end of the tidal stream; as fas as the tidal stream goes |
Wesaquanage |
See Wesquanage |
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Wesaquanaug |
See Wesquanage |
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Wesconnaug |
See Connaug |
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Wesconnaug |
See Westquanoid |
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Wesquage |
Pond, Narragansett Pier |
See Wesquogue |
Wesquanage |
or aug, SETTLEMENT. [Bartlett, page 440, vol. 1. See Arnold, vol. 1,
page 5.] |
The end place; a cove? |
Wesquogue |
TRACT and POND, near Watson's Pier, a little north of it, and northeast
from Tower Hill, and between Pettaquamscot and the bay [in South Kingston,
Narragansett Pier]. |
The end place; a cove? maker of clay pots? |
Westconnaug |
RESERVOIR [& Dam, and Brook], south of Clayville, in Foster. |
See Connaug |
Westeonnaug |
See Connaug |
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Westototucket |
RIVER, either Beaver or Usquepaug. [See Potter, page 66.] It is in
S. Kingston |
At the river’s end; as fas as the end of the stream |
Westquadomesit |
See Wasquadomesit |
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Westquage |
Beach, So. Kingston |
See Wesquogue |
Westquanoid |
PURCHASE, or Westeonnaug, being a strip of land, the south line of
which runs through the State E. and W. from Connimicut point, opposite
Nayatt on the bay, through the centre of Punhanganset or Great pond, through
Natick to the Connecticut line. [See page 72, Vol. 4, Providence Records.] |
Walnut trees? |
Westquodniake |
See Westquanoid |
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Wetamo |
See Weetamo |
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Wethungamet |
CREEK, or Waweonk, CREEK, east or north of Baker's station, Coweset
shore |
House on the other side |
Wethunganet |
Washington County |
See Wethungamet |
Wewaskepaug |
See Usquebaug |
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Weyanitoke |
See Wenannatoke |
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Weybosset |
STREET [& Bridge], in Providence. It means half way. |
Narrow place or crossing |
Wickaboxet |
POND [& State Forest, Coventry], north of the southwest corner
of West Greenwich. |
At the end of small pond |
Wickerboxet |
POND, west side of West Greenwich, probably same as Boxet. |
See Wickaboxet |
Wicketiquack |
COVE, in Stonington, midway between Stonington and Westerly |
See Wequatucket |
Wigwam |
Many locations |
Indian lodge, dwelling |
Wimatompic |
LAND. Part of Hall's purchase [in Richmond]. [See vol. 1 of recorded
deeds] |
Place at the top of the rock?; place at the end of the rocks? |
Winatompick |
See Wimatompic |
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Wincheck |
POND. The eastern one on the beach, in Charlestown [Voluntown], called
on Stephen's map, Green hill pond. |
At the pleasant place |
Wincheck |
POND, at Rockville village, near the northwest corner of Hopkinton
[Voluntown —according to GNIS database]. |
See alternative entry |
Winkheigues |
See Wiorickheague |
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Winnapaug |
Pond and Golf Course, Washington County, Watch Hill |
A good pond |
Winnapauket |
Kent County |
Land/place at the good pond |
Winscot |
RIVER, or Wanshuck, or Manchuck, where Wainscott factory is, in North
Providence. |
See Wanshuck |
Winsokeit |
See Woonsocket |
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Winsokett |
See Woonsocket |
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Wionkeage |
See Wiorickheague |
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Wionkhiege |
Schoolhouse, Georgiaville |
See Wiorickheague |
Wiorickheague |
or Winkheigues, or Wayunckeke, SETTLEMENT. [Potter, p. 163.] North
from Greenville, and including a hill [in Georgiaville]. [Bartlett, vol.
4, p. 871.] |
At the bend; land at the bend |
Wiorikeague |
See Wiorickheague |
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Wishquatenniog |
See Westquanoid |
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Wishquodiniack |
See Westquanoid |
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Witchetseconnet |
LANDS, or Wecatheconnet, between Apponaug and Arnold's factory, and
between Natick and Apponaug. |
Place at the end of the enclosed field; house in the enclosed
field |
Wixerboxet |
See Wickaboxet |
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Wollomoisset |
See Molligwasset |
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Wolopeconcet |
POND, or Pawcomet. Beach pond, on Lockwood's map |
Shallow enclosed cove; fine cleared land |
Wolopeconnet |
POND, Poncamac, or BEACH POND, probably Babcock's pond, Westerly. |
See alternative entry |
Wonnamatonnamee |
See Wanumetonomy |
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Wonnemetonomey |
See Wonnumetonomy/Tommany |
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Wonnometony |
See Tommany |
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Wonnumetonomy |
HILL, see Metonomy, north of Newport. |
See Tommany |
Wonosoket |
See Woonsocket |
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Wonsocket |
See Woonsocket |
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Wonsocut |
See Woonsocket |
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Wonsoket |
See Woonsocket |
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Woonachasset[110] |
or Coasters Harbor, off Newport [in Narragansett Bay]. The site of
the Asylum. It is a peninsular. |
Crooked little hill?; at the place of separation (boundary) |
Woonasquatucket |
RIVER [& Park], divides North Providence from Johnston. |
At the head of the tidal river |
Woonsocket[111] |
HILL and FALLS. The hill is a mile or two south west from the compact
part of the village or falls. It was formerly spelled Wonsocket. [Providence
Records, vol. 4, p. 28.] |
Place of steep descent; two brook place? |
Woonsoket |
See Woonsocket |
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Woonsoquett |
See Woonsocket |
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Woosamequin |
See Osamequin |
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Woquagonset |
POND, or LITTLE POND, in Old Warwick, south side of the road that runs
from Pawtuxet to Apponaug. On Stevens's map it is called Sand point, or
pond. |
At the end of the plain; as far as the end of the plain |
Woquogonset |
See Woquagonset |
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Wosamequin |
POND, which sends a branch into Ashaway river in Hopkinton, and is
on the Connecticut line. |
See Osamequin |
Wotchaugh |
See Watchaug |
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Wotesamoonsuck |
same as Wecapaug, being the boundary between Pequots and Niantics [in
Hopkinton]. |
Junction of brooks |
Wowoskepog |
See Usquebaug |
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Woxeodawa |
LAND, or Maskaeowage, or Cocumscusset, bounded by the brook on the
west side [in Westerly]. |
End (or head) of the pond |
Wusamequin |
See Osamequin |
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Wuyunckeke |
See Wiorickheague |
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Wuyunckeke |
See Wiorickheague |
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Wyapumseat, Wyapumseatt |
a RIVER, in the north part of Quidnesit [in North Kingston]. Same as
Mascachowage. |
Place of rushes; place at the end of the rocks; hill (or rocky hill)
at the end of the cove |
Wyaxcumscut, Wyaxcumscutt |
PONDS, about two and half miles northwest from South Kingstown station,
and on the line between Exeter and Richmond. |
See Wyapumseat |
Wyoming |
Pond, Dam, Post Office, Park & Village Historic District, in Hope
Valley |
The large prairie (Delaware language) |