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was called Chemung-. From Tioga to Elmira the stream was called 

 either the Tioga or the Allegany branch. Several journals men- 

 tion the union of the Cayuga branch with this at Elmira. This 

 branch had its name from the Cayuga village of Ganatocherat, 

 near Waverly. For a long time all this territory belonged to the 

 Cayugas. 



CHENANGO COUNIY 



An-a-jot'-a. This name appears in the Moravian journals for 

 the Chenango river above Chenango Forks. By it they could reach 

 the Oneida villages, the largest of which they called Anajot, equiv- 

 alent to Oneiyout. 



Ca-na-sa-was'-ta or Canasaweta is a creek in Plymouth, running 

 to Norwich. It might be from Gannonsawetarhon, a cabin between 

 two others. 



Che-nan'-go is called O-che-nang or bull thistles by Morgan and 

 the Onondagas. The name has many local applications. 



Ga-na'-so-wa-di is Morgan's name for Norwich, and A. Cusick 

 defined it as the other side of the sand. It is the same as Canasa- 

 weta. 



Ga-na'-da-dele, steep hill, is Sherburne. 



Gen-e-ganst-let creek and lake. According to A. Cusick this 

 may be San-ne-ganst-let, at the sulphur spring or marshy place. 

 This is probably correct. There are suggestive words in Bruyas, 

 as Gannegastha, to love to drink, and gaiagense, to go out by or 

 on anything- 



Ot'-se-lic river and town. The name has been variously inter- 

 preted, and definitions will be found under the head of Broome 

 county. 



Schi'-o is another name for this river in a Moravian journal of 



1753.- 



So-de-ah'-lo-wa'-nake, thick-necked giant, is Morgan's name for 

 Oxford. It may be a reference to D. Cusick's story of a trouble- 

 some giant who lived on the Susquehanna. 



Ti-en-a-der'-ha. "Teyonnoderro, or the fork, the Indian word 

 signifying the meeting of the branches." 1756. Pa. Col. Res. 

 7:68. 



U-na-dil'-la is the usual Oneida -form, given in Morgan as 

 De-u-na'-dil-lo, place of meeting. 



