ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK II5 



early name of Oneida lake, as used by the French. It refers to 

 something white, and will be treated later. 



Ti-ach-soch-ra-to-ta, place of zvhite cedars, was a Tuscarora town 

 in 1752, east of Canaseraga. Part of the word suggests Cana- 

 stota. 



Ti-och-run'-gwe, a valley, was a Tuscarora village of 1752. 



Ti-ough-ni-o-ga river had a branch here. 



In 1767 Sir William Johnson wrote: "I met the Indians at Tus- 

 carora creek, in Oneida lake." This was Chittenango creek. 



MONROE COUNTY 



A-o-we-gwa, a river mentioned by Hennepin, about 80 miles east 

 of Niagara, seems the Genesee, and the name is equivalent to Owego, 

 with the same meaning, where the valley zmdens, as it does at Mount 

 Morris. 



Chi-li, an introduced name for a town, is said to be a Peruvian 

 word meaning land of snow. An English pun might be suspected, 

 but it is thus given in Webster's dictionary. 



Ga'-doke-na, place of minnows, is Morgan's name for Salmon 

 creek in Parma. 



Gan-da-chi-o-ra-gon is mentioned in the Relation of 1672, and 

 IS placed at Lima, being the same as Keinthe. Tanochioragon is La 

 Salle's name for this. Gan-nou-na-ta is the same place. 



Ga-nye'-o-dat-ha, a short distance up Irondequoit creek, was 

 De Nonville's landing place according to Marshall. 



Ga'-sko-sa-ga, at the falls, is Morgan's name for Rochester. Gas- 

 konchiagon or Gaskonchiagou was a frequent early name for the 

 lower part of the Little Seneca or Genesee river, alluding to the falls. 

 It was also one frequent name of Oswego Falls and will be found 

 elsewhere. From this came Tsinontchiouagon for the mouth of 

 the Genesee on early maps. Charlevoix described the lower part 

 of the river in 1721, regretting that he knew nothing of the falls 

 till he had passed the place. He said : " This river is call Cascon- 

 chiagon, and is very narrow and shallow at its discharge into the 

 lake. A little higher it is 240 feet in breadth, and it is affirmed that 

 there is water enough to float the largest ships. Two leagues from 

 its mouth you are stopped by a fall, which seems to be about 60 feet 

 high, and 240 feet broad ; a musket shot above this you find a second 



