ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK I25 



Och-ni-on-da-ge was a name for the first castle in 1700, being 

 the variant of a frequent name. The first Mohawk church was 

 built there. 



Ogh-rack-ie was Auries creek, and French said the latter name 

 was from an Indian called Adrian. 



Og-sa-da-go, at the mouth of Schoharie creek, was mentioned as 

 the first Mohawk castle in 1700. It had many names. 



O-i-o-gue' is the Mohawk on Sanson's map of 1656, but was else- 

 where applied to the Hudson. As it means simply at the river, it 

 could be given to any large stream. 



O-na-we-dake, a great flat on the south side of the Mohawk. 



O-ne-ka-gonck-a was a name for the town at the mouth of Scho- 

 harie creek in 1634. 



O-no-ger-re-ah was Flat creek at Sprakers. 



Os-qua-ge or Oh-qua-ge, place of hulled corn soup, according to 

 A. Cusick, was a village west of the third castle in 1634. It sug- 

 gests the latter Oquaga. 



Os-se-ru-e-non, Osserrion, Asserue and Oneugioure were early 

 names of the first castle. The first three are synonymous. 



Os-ta-gra-go is another name for Etagrago, and is to be preferred. 

 It was applied to a rock on the south side of the river. 



Mr Simms said : " Oswegatchie is a local name in the easterly 

 part of the town of Palatine, not far from where the brave Colonel 

 Brown fell, in Oct. 1780. The curve in the hill may be the bend in 

 the Mohawk, where the former approaches it so abruptly at the 

 Nose, gives the key to the name." He thought this meant going 

 around the hill, which is an error. 



Ot-squa'-go creeks is written O-squa'-go, under a bridge, by Mor- 

 gan. It is in the town of Minden, and the latter name appears 

 above. 



Ot-sque-ne is a small tributary of the last, mentioned in 1790. 



Ot-stun'-go is another tributary in Minden. 



Ron-da-hacks was a name for Crum creek in 1754, apparently 

 derived from Adirondacks, but possibly a corruption of kanadarauk, 

 bread. 



Schan-a-tis-sa was a village near the middle Mohawk castle on 

 a map of 1655. The odd interpretation given me was little long 



