ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 35 



Ga-hes-ka'-o creek is Great Gully brook, south of Union Springs. 

 It was mentioned in Cammerhoff's journal of 1750. In Onondaga 

 it would be big arrozc. 



Ga-jik-ha'-no, place of salt, is the Tuscarora name for Monte- 

 zuma, and varies from others. 



Ga-na-ta-ra'-ge may be from Ganniatarigon (Bruyas), to cross 

 the lake, as was often done, but Ganata, a village, is the form used, 

 applying to the town. A better derivation would be from Ganna- 

 taragon, to eat bread, in allusion to its hospitality. Cammerhofif 

 mentions it as the Cayuga town nearest Onondaga. 



Ga-ni-a-ta-re-ge-chi-at was a name applied to the south end of 

 Cayuga lake in the same journal. It was local, however, and A. 

 Cusick defined it from h&ne ive see the lake, being the first view 

 the party had of it. It was also rendered end of the lake by Zeis- 

 berger in 1766, and this seems more literal. 



Ga-ron-ta-nech'-qui was a creek between Cayuga and Owasco 

 lakes, having this name in 1750. Garonta by itself is a tree, but 

 Zeisberger gives Garontanechqui as a horse. Horses were men- 

 tioned near this place. 



Ga-weh'-no-wa-na, great island. Rowland island in Seneca river. 



Ga-ya'-ga-an-ha, inclined downward, Indian village 3 miles south 

 of Union Springs, 



Ge-wa'-ga, promontory running out, was a village at the site of 

 Union Springs in 1779. All the Cayuga villages were burned at 

 that time. These three are Morgan's names. 



Goi-o'-goh, mountain rising from the water, is David Cusick's 

 rendering of the name of Cayuga lake. 



Goi-o'-guen is an early l^'rench form for the lake, town and 

 people. 



Gwe-u'-gweh, lake at the mucky land, is Morgan's name for 

 Cayuga lake. The name for lake is not expressed but understood 

 in this. The definition hardly seems correct in application, nor is 

 it in accordance with his interpretation elsewhere. 



Ka'-na-ka'-ge, black zi'atcr, is his name for Owasco inlet. Ka- 

 honji means black in Mohawk. 



Ki-hu'-ga creek and lake are mentioned in Sullivan's campaign 

 for Cayuga. 



