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cedar lands. W. L. Stone differed widely from these, erroneously 

 making it place of roaring waters. 



Te-car'-hii-har-lo'-da, visible over the creek, is Morgan's name 

 for East Canada creek. 



Was-sont'-ha, a stream near Johnstown, was defined fall creek 

 by A. Ciisick. It is derived from twasentha, a zuaterfall. 



GENESEE COUNTY 



Al-a-ba-ma, a southern name applied to a town here, is usually 

 defined the place of rest, or here we rest. In this case the primary 

 reference may be to the sluggish water in the lower part of the 

 Alabama river. It has also been interpreted thicket clearers, as 

 though made ready for a settlement by these. 



Canada, a village, is a hamlet in the town of Bethany. 



Check-a-nan-go or Black creek, was given me also as Chuck- 

 un-hah, and was interpreted place of the Penobscots, or some other 

 eastern Indians. It probably is a corruption of Morgan's name for 

 that stream. The next four are from his list. 



Da-o-sa-no'-geh, place without a name. Alexander. 



De-o-on'-go-wa, great hearing place. Batavia. 



Ga'-swa-dak, by the cedar szvamp. Alabama. 



Gau'-dak, by the plains. Caryville. 



Ge-ne-un-dah-sa-is-ka is Batavia, and has been translated mos- 

 quito. This insect's Onondaga name is Kah-yah-ta-ne, troublesome 

 felloiv. 



Gen-nis'-he-yo or Genesee, beautiful valley, once known as Big 

 Tree town. This and the next two are from Morgan. 



Gweh'-ta-a-ne-te-car'-nun-do-deh, the red village. Attica. 



Ja'-go-o-geh, place of hearing. Black creek. This word is of 

 the feminine gender, and thus differs slightly from that for Stafford, 

 given by the same author as Ya'-go-o-geh. 



Jo-a-i-ka, raccoon, was Kirkland's name for Batavia. 



Kentucky is an introduced name and may be Algonquin, as the 

 ending suggests, but the Iroquois word kentahkee, among the mead- 

 ows, or lowlands, is satisfactory. Webster's dictionary defines it 

 at the head of a river, but in any case it does not mean the dark 

 and bloody ground, as some suppose. 



