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Kinderhook Creek is a 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed October 3, 2011〕 tributary to Stockport Creek, an inlet of the Hudson River in the United States. From its source in Hancock, Massachusetts, the creek runs southwest through the Taconic Mountains into Rensselaer County, New York, and then into Columbia County. It flows through the towns of Stephentown, New Lebanon, Nassau, Chatham, Kinderhook and Stuyvesant to its mouth at Stockport Creek in the town of Stockport. Kinderhook Creek has a drainage area of over .〔 (USGS 01361000 KINDERHOOK CREEK AT ROSSMAN NY )〕 ==History== Kinderhook Creek was known as ''Pasanthkack'' by the Mahican Native Americans.〔(''The Mohicans and their land, 1609-1730'', p.299; Shirley Wiltse Dunn, Purple Mountain Press, 1994 )〕 Prior to 1667 it was known as "Major Abram's (Staats) Kill" and "Third Falls." In 1823 it was called Stuyvesant Falls (now referring to a village on the creek) and after 1845 "Kinderhook Creek".〔List of New York State Historic Markers in Columbia County, New York Marker number 130 "Major Abram's Kill"〕 The name "Kinderhook" has its root in the landing of Henry Hudson in the area around present-day Stuyvesant, where he was greeted by Native Americans with many children. With the Dutch ''Kinder'' meaning "child" and ''Hoeck'' meaning "bend" or "hook" (the river ), the name literally means "bend in the river where the children are". The area around Kinderhook Creek was called ''Machackoesk'' by the Native American Mahican Tribe.〔(History of the Indian tribes of Hudson's River: their origin, manners and customs..., By Edward Manning Ruttenberg, page 370 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kinderhook Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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