ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 93 



In-cha-nan'-do, Ush under water, according to A. Cusick, was one 

 name for Nowadaga creek in Danube. 



Ka-na-ta is the name given by Sylvester for West Canada creek, 

 and he called this Amber creek from its color. The word Canada 

 is often used as merely referring to a creek, especially if there was 

 a village on it, as in this case. The proper name of this stream 

 also refers to the color of the water, as will appear. 



Koua'-ri, from Oquari, a hear, was an Indian name for Fort 

 Herkimer in 1757, as mentioned by the French. This name does 

 not otherwise appear. 



Min-ne-ha-ha station. A western name introduced from the 

 falls of that name, and the bride of Hiawatha in Longfellow's poem. 

 It is usually rendered laughing water, which will answer in a poem, 

 ■"Minnehaha, Laughing Water, loveliest of Dacotah women." 



Mo-hawk river. The name comes from moho to eat living things, 

 and this Algonquin word came into use to the exclusion of the name 

 hy which the Mohawks called themselves. By the Dutch they were 

 termed Maquas, or bears. There is a village of this name in Ger- 

 man Flats. 



Moose lake has the Indian name of one of the deer family. 



Nor-ridge-wock, a place of deer according to Webster's diction- 

 ary, is an introduced name. It seems to mean forks of a river. 



No-wa-da-ga creek is an abbreviated form of Canowedage, mean- 

 ing place of mud turtles according to A. Cusick. On this stream 

 *■ was the Indian village of Canajoharie in the later colonial period. 



O-hi-o, beautiful river, Sl name now applied to a town. The word 

 implies more than mere beauty and, when used as an adjective, may 

 often be rendered great or very Une. 



Ogh-regh-e-roon-ge, a named for East Canada creek in 1714. It 

 must be remembered that any village or person could originate local 

 names. 



O-ne-ki-o is a name coined for a railroad station, from ganne- 

 gio, good water. 



Ot-squa'-go, under a bridge. Morgan wrote it O-squa'-go. 



Rax'-e-toth or Ras'-se-dot, from raxaa, a boy, was the name for a 

 creek in Schuyler in 1757. It may have been so called from the 

 son of Kash, the first settler. 



Ron-doxe lake and station have this name from Adirondack. 



