Through an oversight in revising manuscript written several years ago,Narratschoan(page 121) was assigned to the Verdrietig Hoek Mountain. It should have been assigned to Butter Hill, andKlinkersbergshould have been assigned to the Donderberg.Klinkersis from DutchKlinken,"To sound, to resound." It describes, with the suffix-berg,a hard stone mountain or hill that resounds or echoes—Echo Hill.Narratschoan,the name of Butter Hill, is fromNâï,"It is angular, it corners"—"having corners or angles." (Trumbull.) The letters-atschostand for-achtschu,Zeisb.,-adchu,Natick, "Hill or mountain," and-anis the formative. The combination may be read, "A hill that forms an angle or corner." To recover the Indian name of Butter Hill compensates in some degree for oversight referred to.
Brodhead (Hist. N. Y., i, 757, note), it will be seen by those who will examine, made the same mistake in locatingKlinkersbergthat is referred to above. The "Vischer's Rack" or "Fisherman's Bend" was clearly the bend around West Point. The Donderberg, or Klinkersberg is the elevation immediately north of Stony Point.