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Cii'-ba, a village and town. An introduced West India name, 

 said to have come from Cubanacan, the center or middle, two sylla- 

 bles being dropped. 



Cus-a'-qua creek varies in spelling, but means a spear. 



Ga-ne-o'-weh-ga-yat, head of the stream, is Morgan's name for 

 Angelica. 



Ga'-nos was the name for Oil spring given to Charlevoix in 1721. 

 He was told it was between the Ohio and Genesee rivers. 



Gen-e-see' river, town and creek. Also little Genesee. 



Gis'-ta-quat, a place at Wellsville, mentioned by Zeisberger and 

 appearing on Guy Johnson's map. 



Hisk-hu'-e, a village mentioned by Proctor, suggests Ischua or 

 Ischuna. 



Hon-e-o'-ye creek and corners are on the south line of the 

 county. 



Ja-go'-yo-geh, hearing place, is a name for part of Black creek. 



Kar-agh-ya-dir'-ha, or Karathyadira, was a Seneca village at 

 Belvidere in 1765. It is on Guy Johnson's map and was essentially 

 his own Indian name, meaning rays of the sun enlightening the 

 earth. A shorter definition may be used. In 1791 Proctor called 

 it Carahaderra, a village 47 miles south of Lake Ontario. 



On-on-dar'-ka, village on a hill. A village north of the last on 

 the map of 1771. 



Os-wa'-ya creek, from O-so'-a-yeh, pine forest. 



O-wa-is'-ki, under the banks, is Morgan's name for Wiscoy creek. 



Pa-cih-sah-cunk, Paseckachcunk, Pasigachkunk and Passiquach- 

 kunk are varying forms of the name of a Delaware town at Colonel 

 Bill's creek in 1766. The next may be the same. 



Pas-se-kaw'-kung, a place several days above Tioga in I757- ^^ 

 seems to mean where the stream hursts through. 



Pee-me-han-nink was at the head of the Cayuga branch in 1757, 

 and not far from the Chenasse or Genesee. 



Pe-mid-han'-uck, a winding stream^, was a Delaware name for 

 Genesee creek in 1767, and is much like the last. 



Shan-a-has-gwa-i-kon creek was an affluent of Genesee river, 

 mentioned in the Morris deed of 1793. 



Shon'-go is called after a Seneca Indian of post-colonial days. 



