schaghticoke/ˈskætɨkoʊk/EtymologyA Dutch-influenced form of the R-dialect Algonquian Pishgachtigok (“gathered waters, confluence”).schaghticoke means the Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nameThe Algonquian lect formerly spoken by this tribe.A town in Rensselaer County, New York, incorporated in 1788.A village in the Town of Schaghticoke, originally settled as Harts Falls, incorporated in 1867 and renamed Schaghticoke in 1881.nounA member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut and granted a reservation in 1736, but derecognized by the United States in 2005.