quonehtacut quintet
series of ponds
Sachem Mayano, killed near the gorge 1664
“he who gathers together”
in the Wappinger language
mouth Long Island Sound
Muddy Pond
Mahican usi-a-di-en-uk
“beyond the mountain place”
mouth fjord near Stratford
Long Island Sound
Deadwood Swamp
Quinnipiac “where we change our route”
Algonquian phrase for “long water land”
mouth New Haven Harbor
Long Island Sound
northern mountain tarn
Algonquian quonehtacut
“place of the long river”
mouth tidal wetlands
Long Island Sound
Middle English Temese
Latin Tamesis from
Celtic Tamesa,
possibly meaning ‘the dark one’
mouth Long Island Sound