East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Indian Landmark Buc-Usk-Kil

1. Indian Landmark Buc-Usk-Kil Marker

Inscription. Whooping-Boys-Hollow, Resting Place Of Body of Sachem Poggatticut, When Borne to Montauk For Burial, May 1651

Erected 1935 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1651.

Location. 40° 58.912′ N, 72° 15.057′ W. Marker is in East Hampton, New York, in Suffolk County. It is on Lost At Sea Memorial Highway (County Route 114) 0.2 miles Edwards Hole Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: East Hampton NY 11937, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the New York City Metropolitan Area

and on Long Island.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Burial Ground (approx. 2 miles away); The Fort at Sag Harbor (approx. 2.4 miles away); Sag Harbor Whalers Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Breakwater (approx. 2.4 miles away); St. Andrews R.C. Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Old Whalers' Church (approx. 2½ miles away); The Old Burying Ground (approx. 2½ miles away); Meigs Monument (approx. 2½ miles away).

Additional commentary.
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By 1643, Proggattacut

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Manhasset Sachem deeded Shelter and gave away personal items to Nathaniel Sylvester, a Quaker, and John Booth, an Englishman. After he died in 1651, Proggatticul was to be transported from Shelter Island to Montawk for burial. While on the way, he was placed in a shallow pit roughly 12 inches deep and 18 inches wide. The area was then considered to be hallowed ground. The site was maintained and kept clean of leaves and debris by local tribesmen until Rt. 114, the Sag Harbor-East Hampton Turnpike, was installed around 1860. Documentation in 1840 by David Gardnier’s Chronicles of the Town of East Hampton for almost 200 Years and The History of The Shelter Island Presbyterian Church by Rev. Jacob E Mallmann in 1899 tells the story.

— Submitted September 24, 2025, by Holly Okner of New York, New York.

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