The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-04-19

In the December issue of the Magazine OF
American History, edited by Mrs. Martha e
Lamb, we notice an inquiry as to the location of
SintUgck, from which Lewis Van WORT trans
ported flour distance of thirty-two miles, to
Saratoga for the use ofthe Continental troops in
the war Of the revolution.
SintUyck was doubtless the girls mill located
near where the "Battle of Bennington" so called,
was fought in the State of New York
In Burr oyne's Orderly Book, Munsell's ed, 50
and 50, referring to the mill it is called the
'SdintDick MIL" In the New York Rev, papers
a. 36i, 1885, it is written ST. Kaick, and mention
ed as the place where certain rioters from the
Hampshire Grants had assembled.
In Haddens Journal and ORDERLY Book 1870
and 1911 the same locality is described as s..
Coick'S NIL
AT the time OF the war this mill was owned by
one Van Setback, and was called San Coick, per
Hon, George w. Jerntdin, formerly of Cam
bridge, now dcceased) 1t stood at or near the
junction of the Waloomsack river with smaller
stream then known as Little White Creek, to dis,
tinguish it from larger stream called White
Greek, located in the the town of Salem. See
Burgoyae'S Orderly Book SO note.
The place where this mill was located was
called by the Indians Sdhdg.kdinl. sOick. See
Boob COT Deeds in Albany Co. Clerks office, p.
223, From this by abbreviation could readily
come San Coick, or it may have arisen from an
attempt to pronounce the Dutch name of the
owner Vdn Schaick.
The attempt to trace the meaning of the Indian
name of this locality, Sdhdn-kainls has been
made under difficulties. This was an outlet of q
stream and Sdkunk in the Delaware means at the
outlet or mouth of a river or stream. HecklUeld.
er'S Indian NdtionSp. 40. Sancoick and sakunk.
might by an English tongue be sounded alike
Sdhdn means tempest and Dick means locality or
place and Sdhdn Dick would signify the place OF
location where a storm arose or occurred.
JAMES GIBSON
And now, the question arises, whether
the name of this small stream and Of the
locality is of Indian or French origin.
In the Indian compound furnished by
my learned friend are letters and sounds
enough to form the name by which the
territory involved has generally been
called; SaRcOik; but it would seem that
all the variations in the photography
and pronunciation of the name are but
corruptions Of or are derived from the
original French-Sdint Croir.
Saintwick, Sintvyck, and Sanhick
unquestionably, are mere variations OF
the same word, In the first, the pure
French spelling, and in the third, its
pronunciation, are preserved IN theil
first syllables; and in the second wore
of the trio, change from the original il
found similar to that made from Saint
Clair which we observe in Sinclair, Sin.
clear and Sinkcler.
The termination "aUick" in one, anC
"uyck" in another, are supposed to b,
derived from the Teutonic "Wyk.
"WycE," "lCich," ''lCick," "Ueihs," o.
"vik," slgnifying an inlet or bay, anC
the "hick' found on the maps must be
corruption Of the others. At the con
fuence of the Saint Croix with the Wal
loomsack is small inlet made by a re
versal in the current of portion of tn,
larger stream by reason of the influx oil
the smaller. Whether this TeutoniC
termination, or its English derivation
''cich, or ",cick," signifying a village
or street, was substituted by Dutch o
English residents of the vicinity may b.
conjectural. And it Is a noteworthy
circumstance that a locality possessing
much historical interest by reason of it
connection with an important battle o.
the American Revolution derived it
name from one of two sources SO very
remote from each other.