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Rh In Roger Williams' "Key" occurs the word "paponaumsuog" which is thus denned: "A winter fish which comes up in the brooks and rivulets; some call them frost fish from their coming up from the sea into fresh brooks in time of frost and snow." Every one familar with Warren River is aware of the fact that, with the arrival of cold weather, great quantities of frost fish appear in its waters, swarming close to both the Barrington and Warren shores. The similarity of the two words " Popanomscut " and "paponaumsuog" suggests the question: May not the former word have been derived from the latter, and may not its meaning be "place of frost fish" or some

Popanomscut was laid out and divided among the proprietors between 1676 and 1680.

Chachapacaset. Rumstick Neck in Barrington. The name Rumstick was applied to the neck in 1697, and at first only to a locality as "Rumstick on Chachapacaset." Some authorities believe the word Rumstick to be of Norse origin.

. The south-west point of Barrington.

. It runs from the brickyard at Nayatt into Narragansett Bay.

. That section of Barrington now known as Drownville.

. Located at the upper end of Chachapacasset.

. This flows into Bullock's Cove at Riverside.

. Poppasquash, though originally used to indicate the entire western part of Bristol, is now only applied to a small peninsula surrounded by the waters of Bristol harbor on the east and Narragansett Bay on the west.

The "." The swamp at Mount Hope where King Philip was slain August 12, 1676.