[PDF] WHATS A MOSHOLU? PDF a5.pdf

Mosholu, is an Indian word meaning Indians blessed us with the name Mosholu; that's probably why Post Road from upper Manhattan to escape the hustle

27 The Mannahatta Project, which reconstructs the natural his- tory of Manhattan as of 1609, has spread the claim that the name used by the local Lenape Indians was Mannahatta and meant “island of many hills ”28 In fact, the spelling “Mannahatta” is taken from a poem by Walt Whitman and does not mean in any spelling “

[PDF] Where Did the Manhattan “Purchase” - New Netherland Institute

in what is now Inwood Hill Park in the far northwest corner of Manhattan “ Skorakopok,” the Indian name for the area, translating perhaps as “the wading place”

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ancient Indian names of localities are being resur- * " Amerind, Amerz'di'an, The Origin ofthe Name Manhattan tiers, and Customs of the Indian Nations, etc

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Indian name meaning “beaver” Long Island Lange Eylandt, Dutch for “long island” Manhattan The Manhattan Indians The name means “hilly island” or “ place

[PDF] Whats the Real Story Behind the Purchase of Manhattan?

Alfred Fredericks, painting depicting the sale of Manhattan, Purchase of Manhattan Island by myth that Peter Minuit paid the Indians with beads and baubles France: Notice how similar the Dutch work "Nieuw" is to the English word "New