ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK IO9 



from the people of the great or many hills. This is not the usual 

 form. 



Sja-unt was the farthest Seneca castle in 1700, and may be a 

 contraction of a common name. 



Ska-hase'-ga-o, once a long creek^ is Morgan's name for the 

 village of Lima, where a Seneca town once stood. Marshall and 

 Doty differ but slightly, making it Sga'-his-ga-aah, it was a long 

 creek. From Hemlock lake to the Genesee river, the stream on 

 which Lima is midway, is yet a long creek. 



Son-nont-ou-an is the usual French form of the name of a castle 

 and of the Seneca nation. It has many variants, and means the 

 people of the great hills. 



Son'-yea is 4 miles southeast of Mont Morris, and the name has 

 been defined burning sun and hot valley, both apparently without 

 foundation. It is quite likely to have come from the name of 

 Soneage or Captain Snow, otherwise Soyeawa; or it may be from 

 son-he, thou are living there, as a favorite dwelling place. 



Squa'-kie Hill is in Leicester, near the village of Mount Morris, 

 and is said to have had this name from the Squatehegas, who lived 

 there and who may have been a remnant of the Kahkwahs, adopted 

 by the Senecas. David Cusick said they were " a powerful tribe past 

 the banks of the Genesee river." After they were subdued " a 

 remnant of the Squawkeihows were allowed to remain in the country 

 and became vassals to the Five Nations after the conquest. The 

 government ordered the Senecas to settle the country and to build 

 forts on the Genesee river, so as to keep the Squawkhaws in subjec- 

 tion." The place has other names already given, relating to local 

 features. 



Te-ga-ron-hi-es appears on Kitchin's map of 1756 as a village on 

 the west side of Genesee river. Lahontan and Hennepin mentioned 

 a Seneca chief of that name, after whom the town may have been 

 called, but when they wrote all the Seneca towns were east of 

 the river. 



Tus-ca-ro'-ra, shirt zvearcrs, is the name of a village now in Mount 

 Morris. 



U-ta-hu'-tan was one of the names of Gawshegwehoh. 



Yox-saw, Yuck-sea, and York-jough were among the names 

 given to Conesus in 1779. 



