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dagas, along that branch of the creek which bears their name. 

 Marshall, p. 32 



Ga-da'-o-ya-deh, level heavens, is Morgan's name for EUicott, 

 and in sound is the same as one given for WilHamsville, with a 

 different interpretation, which follows. 



Gah-da'-ya-deh, place of misery, is Marshall's name for Williams- 

 ville, in allusion to the open meadows, so bleak in winter. Chief 

 Blacksmith, however, said the name referred to the open sky, seen 

 where the path crossed the creek. This resembles Morgan's defini- 

 tion. 



Ga-gah-doh-ga, white oak creek, according to Mr Strong, was 

 the north branch of Buffalo creek, above Sulphur spring. 



Gah-gwah-ge'-ga-aah, residence of the Kah-kwas, is Marshall's 

 name for Eighteenmile creek, sometimes called Gah-gwah'-geh. 

 Morgan gives it as Ga'-gwa-ga, which is nearly the same as the 

 last. He defines it Creek of Cat nation. It is also written Caugwa, 

 and appears as " Eighteen Mile or Koughquaugu Creek " in the 

 contract between Robert Morris and the Senecas in 1797. D wight's 

 map has it Cauquaga. Whether the Kah-kwas were Eries or Neu- 

 trals is an open question. " Kakouagoga, a nation destroyed/' is 

 placed near Buffalo on a map of 1680, and this would seem to 

 identify the Kah-kwas with the Neutrals. On the other hand the 

 Neutrals withdrew their New York villages and were destroyed 

 in Canada. If the reference is to them, then the map takes no 

 notice of the strong and warlike Eries, which is not likely. Albert 

 Cusick defines Kahkwa as an eye skelled like a cat, and the promi- 

 nent eye may have been a noticeable feature of that people. 



Gai-gwaah-gehj place of hats, is a name of Fort Erie, and the 

 tale of the hats floating ashore has already been noticed. 



Go-nah'-gwaht-geh, wild grass of a particular kind, is Ken-jock- 

 e-ty creek. 



Ga-noh'-ho-geh, place tilled up, is a name for Long Point in 

 Canada, sometimes applied to Lake Erie. It alludes to the legend 

 that the Great Beaver built a dam across the lake, of which Presque 

 Isle and Long Point are the remains. 



Ga-nun-da-sey, new town, the Seneca name for the Indian village, 

 Newtown, near Lawton Station. Mr Parker furnishes this name 

 and the next. 



