Tales of Sint Sink,Cow Neck Long Island New York By Charlotte E. Merriman (1965)

Publisher: Merriman, 1965Port Washington, NY: 258 pp. with B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight. Covers are rubbed and faded along spine. "Sint Sink" was the Matinecock (Algonquin) Indian tribe name for the Cow Neck Peninsula on the north shore of Long Island, an area that extends from Hempstead Harbor to Manhasset Bay. "Sint Sink" means "place of many rocks." In 1644, the Matinecocks sold the land to the Dutch who later sold it to the ...Beautifully illustrated by Lyman Langdon principal of the Flower Hill School.