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OENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 83
San-tu-ite or Sa-ta-ite is a different name. It is perhaps the
same as Se-tu-it or Sa-te-at, afterwards Scituate, which Mr.
Deane in his history saj's means "cold brook." The name is
probably from San-quoi, cold, Sa-pee, river—and the common
terminal it or et, aad means "cold brook." This name was applied
to the pond, and the river which issues from it—and probably
to the country to the south of Cotuit, now called Cotuit Port
and the High Grounds.
Pi-me-chit or Pi-me-ter. This is the name of an ancient landing
place at the northwest extremity of Oyster Island Bay or Inlet.
It is a name that does not appear in the records ; but has
been handed down from generation to generation. Probably the
two last syllables are the same as M.is-teake. The land in that
vicinity was known by that name. The iirst syllable. Pi or Pey,
is perhaps a construction of pey-o-nat, to come, that is a place
where many come—or Mistic Landing. The strait or bay near
this place tradition also says was called by the Indians Brpd-enuck,
probably Paup-mun-nukes whose residence was in that vicin-
ity.
Po-po-mon-aucke is a word that resembles Paup-mun-nucke,
the name of the Sachem. Po is long and narrow and refers to
water—when repeated it means very narrow or shallow. Mon is
is an abbreviation of Monan, island, attcke is an abbreviation of
ah-teuke, land, that is a tract of land surrounded, or nearly surrounded,
by narrow shoal waters, that is an island or peninsula.
It is descriptive of the place of residence of Paup-mun-nucke on
the neck which is called Oot-o-che-sett in the records. It was a
custom of Indian mothers to make the names of their children the
record of events. They frequently removed from place to place,
and it was customary to give the child the name of the place
where he was born. This furnishes us with the origin and meaning
of Paup-mun-nuke.
Wak-a-tass-so or Was-ko-tas-soo. Respecting this name my
inquiries have furnished no results. It looks like a name given by
the Indians to new grounds or lands recently cleared up, and that
were in the vicinity of oyster-beds, but of this I am not certain.
i am only certain of this, it was near kok-a-cho-ise, the name of the
Narrows and of little Oyster Island, and as all the other places
are provided with names, I infer that Wak-a-tas-so was the name
of the larger or Great Oyster Island. It was a place where therd
was a small Indian village.
Cot-a-che-sett. This was the name of a neck of land containing
thirty acre, southeasterly from Mystic Landing, and adjoining
to Roger Goodspeed's houselot, that Paup-mun-nuke reserved
Se-po-ese or Se-pu-it is called "Little River," a literal translation of the name. It it
situate Dortheasterly from San-tu4t or Cotuit Port. On its banks are many handsome
country residences. It is not called by the old name, though the waters into which is
empties and which separate Dead Neck from Oyster Island, stUl retain the name.