Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Mantoobaugs

Mantoobaugs is Tooker's name for a reserved parcel on Hashamomuk Neck in Southold, associated with swamps, corn fields, and the Five Wigwams area. The blue marker is approximate. Mantoobaugs is a Southold placename placed on Hashamomuk Neck, near the broader Arshamomaque and Greenport area. The name is tied to a reserved parcel of land adjoining two swamps. Mantoobaugs is treated as a possessive place-name, probably connected with an Indigenous person named Mantoobang. The place is interpreted as Mantoobang's plantation or corn fields rather than as a translated landscape term. Why Place Names Matter “Place names reveal how people refer to, relate to, and know a landscape.” — Anchorage Museum Education Department, Anchorage Maps and Place Names lesson plan (2020), lesson introduction