A Lenape village called Pelouesse was identified in 1715 across the Musconetcong River from Hampton, New Jersey. The name Pelouesse, as pronounced by colonial Americans, derived from the Lenape words yapei, meaning "on the stream bank," and lusasu, meaning "it has been burned." These words referred to a nearly 15-acre burned clearing used by the Lenape as a plantation, where corn, beans, and squash were planted in fertile, well-drained soil. The village stood along the clear-running river, which provided drinking water and fish. Hunting deer, turkey, bear, and other game supplied meat to supplement the crops, skins for clothing, fur for robes, and bones for tools. Pelouesse also lay on a branch of the Lenape trail across Musconetcong Mountain called the Malayelick Trail. That name derived from the Lenape words maheles, meaning "flint," and elek, meaning "as it happens (occurs)." The limestone of the Musconetcong Valley contained significant amounts of chert, which was used to make flint arrowheads, spear points, knives, and scrapers. These products were important trade items. The Malayelick Trail reached to where Trenton is today to the south and to where Phillipsburg is today to the west.