ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK I4I 



Sau-quoit or Sa-da-quoit creek has been defined smooth pebbles 

 ill a stream. Morgan's name for this creek and Whitestown seems 

 the same, but has a different form and meaning. In the patent of 

 1736 it was Sadachqueda or Sahquate. On Sauthier's map it is 

 Sidaghqueda, and Sadaghqneda on one of 1790. Spafiford said-: 

 " I apphed to Judge Dean, the interpreter to the Oneidas, in order 

 to know how to Avrite it. He says it was formerly written Sada- 

 quada, shortened latterly in sound into Sauquait, but that the 

 Indians speak it as if written Chickawquait. Sauquait seems to be 

 the prevailing pronunciation, the very way he writes it." 



Shan-an-do'-a creek, great Jieiuloek, was called* after the old chief, 

 John Skenandoah, who said he was an old hemlock, dead at the top. 

 It is now a frequent family name. Morgan wrote - it Skun-an- 

 do'-wa, and applied it to Vernon Center. He gave the next five 

 names. 



Ska'-na-wis, long szvamp, in Sangerfield. 



Ska-nu'-sunk, place of the fox. Vernon. 



Ta-ga-soke, forked like a spear, Fish creek, is one of the many 

 alluding to the point where two streams meet. Another form of 

 the name used for this creek in Tegeroken, interpreted between tzuo 

 mouths, varying little from Tioga. This is in Annsville. 



Te-o-na'-tale, pine forest. Verona. 



Te-ya-nun'-soke, a beach tree standing up, is Ninemile creek in 

 the town of Floyd. Though a tributary of the Mohawk it suggests 

 a preceding name. 



The-ya-o'-guin, zvhite head, a name for either Rome or Oneida 

 lake in 1748, but probably- the latter from the name, which seems a 

 corruption of Tethiroguen, an early name for the lake, also referring 

 to something white. This is a French form. 



Ti-an-a-da'-ra or Unadilla, is variously written. Its head waters 

 are in Bridgewater, and Van Curler noted its southerly course in 



1634. 



Tuscarora was given by Evans, on his map of 1743. as the source 

 of Oneida creek, but it was farther west, being easily identified with 

 Chittenango creek. 



Twa-dah-ah-lo-dah-que, ruiiis of a fort, is another name for 

 Utica from the ruins of old Fort Schuyler, sometimes called Fort 

 Desolation in frontier warfare. 



