Canarsies: meaning "at the fenced place," lived in what is now Brooklyn and Jamaica.
Rockaways: meaning "sandy land," lived from what is now Rockaway Beach to Long Island Sound.
Matinecocks: meaning "at the hilly land," who lived in what is now Flushing, Glen Cove, Cold Spring Harbor and Huntington.
Massapequas: meaning"great waterland," lived from what is now Seaford to Islip. They also occupied Bethpage.
Merricks: meaning "plains country," lived in what is now Merrick.
Nissaquoges: meaning "clay country," who lived from what is now Nissaquoge to Stony Brook.
Secatogs: meaning "black or colored land," who lived in what is now Eastport to Bridgehampton.
Setaukets: meaning "land at the mouth of the river," who lived from what is now Stony Bronk to Wading River.
Unkechaugs: meaning "land beyond the hill," who lived from what is now Patchogue to Westhampton.
Corchaugs: meaning "principal place," who lived from what is now Wading River to Orient Point.
Manhassets: meaning "island sheltered by islands," who lived from what is now Shelter Island, Ram Island, and Hog Island.
Shinnecocks: meaning "at level land," who lived from what is now Westhampton to Easthampton.
Montauks: meaning "fortified place," who lived from what is now Easthampton to Montauk Point. Their chief was the grand chief of all the Algonquin's.
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