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CAYUGA COUNTY 



Achs'-go is the name of Owasco lake in the Cammerhoff journal 

 of 1750. On the map of Charlevoix it is Asco, and Kirkland wrote 

 it Nascon in 1764. In every form it has reference to a bridge, 

 though there was not always one there. It is a very old name, as 

 will be seen. 



Ca-na-da-ho'-ho, a village east of Cayuga lake on T. Kitchin's 

 map of 1756. The name refers to a fine village. 



Ca-yu'-ga lake and brook. A. Cusick translated this where they 

 haul boats out, and I am quite sure this is the best of several defini- 

 tions to be given later. It would refer to the first firm land above 

 the extensive marshes. Hough had it " Koi-ok-wen, from the water 

 to the shore, as the landing of prisoners." The Moravians usually 

 wrote the name Gajuka, and other forms and definitions will be 

 given separately. The earliest English form was Caiougo, and 

 Loskiel wrote it Cajugu. The sound did not vary as much as the 

 letters used. It was not the earliest name of the country and 

 nation. 



Cho-ha'-ro, called also Tichero and Thichero at an earlier day, 

 was a Cayuga village at the foot of Cayuga lake in 1779. In this 

 form it meant place of rushes. 



Cho'-no-dote or Chondot, alias Peachtown, was a name for a 

 village at Aurora in 1779. There was a large peach orchard there, 

 but the Indian nam& did not signify this. 



Choue-guen, equivalent to Oswego, flowing out, was first men- 

 tioned in the Relation of 1672, where it is applied to the outlet of 

 Cayuga lake. "The river Choueguen, which rises in this lake, soon 

 branches into several canals." Through the marshes it had another 

 name. 



Chrou'-tons was a French form of an Indian name of Little Sodus 

 bay, 5 leagues beyond Oswego in De Nonville's expedition of 1687. 



Date-ke-a'-o-shote, tzvo baby frames. Present Indian name of 

 Little Sodus bay- This and the next three are from Morgan's list. 



Dats-ka'-he, hard talking, is North" Sterling creek. 



De-a-wen'-dote, constant dawn, is his name for Aurora. It may 

 have- been adopted while he lived there, or may be a variant of 

 Chonodote. 



