Source: The History of Berks County, Pennsylvania by F.W. Balthaser (1925), pages 14-15.
Allegheny means "Fair water" now called Allegheny
Ganshowehanne means "Tumbling stream" now called Schuylkill
Gokhosing means "Place of owls" now called Cacoosing
Kau-ta-tin-chunk means "Endless" now called Blue Mountain
Lechauweki means "Place of forks" now called South Mountain
Machksithanne means "Bear's path creek" now called Maxatawny
Mussealy means "Trout stream" now called Moselem
Manakesse means "Stream with large beds" now called Monocacy
Menhaltanink means "Where we drank liquor" now called Manatawny
Navesink means "Place of fishing" now called Neversink
Olink means "Hole" now called Oley
Ontelaunee means "Little maiden" now called Maiden Creek
Pakihmomink means "Place of cranberries" now called Perkiomen
Sakunk means "Place of outlet" now called Sacony
Sinne-hanne means "Stony stream" now called Stony Creek
Siquas-hanne means "A plum stream" now called Plum Creek
Tamaue-hanne means "Beaver stream" now called Beaver Creek
Tulpewihaki means "Land of turtles" now called Tulpehocken
Wy-o-miss-i-niks means "Place of long fish" now called Wyomissing
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