ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK I45 



number of names from him and many definitions. The great 

 mosquito, slain by Hiawatha, is supposed to have died and decayed 

 in this swamp, originating the smaller forms. 



Kah-yung-kwa-tah-to'-a, the creek, is one of Clark's names for 

 Onondaga creek. 



Kai-ehn'-tah, trees hanging over the -water, is Cusick's name for 

 Ninemile creek. Clark's name for its estuary at Onondaga lake, 

 Kia-huen-ta-ha, seems the same word. 



Kai-oongk is one of Clark's names for Otisco lake. This is a 

 name for the imld goose, from its note. 



Clark called "Green pond, in the town of De Witt, Kai-yah-koo, 

 satisfied ivith tobacco," and said that the main trail from Oneida to 

 Onondaga passed near this pond ; which is possible though it seems 

 farther south, but trails varied at times. An Indian woman lost 

 her child and was told that an evil spirit had borne it away. It 

 could not be regained, but the Great Spirit would keep it safe if 

 she and her family would cast some tobacco into the lake every 

 autumn. This was done till the white settlement, and hence came 

 the name of Kai-yah-koo^ satisfied with tobacco. I could not find 

 this pretty story among the Onondagas, but a few miles away, but 

 was told that both place and interpretation seemed erroneous. Green 

 lake, near Kirkville, was a customary halting place between On- 

 ondaga and Oneida, and here they satisfied themselves with a smoke, 

 but the name of that place was Kai-yahn'-koo, and it meant a 

 resting place. There seems no doubt of its significance. Green 

 pond, however, had good stories of the Stone Giants and False 

 Faces, the latter once making it their secret resort. 



Ka-na-sah'-ka, sandy place, was Brighton, now included in the 

 south part of the city of Syracuse. In the sand there were the 

 footprints of the great mosquito and Ta-en-ya-wah'-kee, his pursuer. 

 They were much like those of a bird. Hiawatha is sometimes the 

 pursuer. 



Ka-na-ta-go-wa, large village, is that at the present council house. 

 At one time there were other small hamlets on the reservation. 



Ka-na-wah-goon'-wah, in a big swamp, is Cusick's name for 

 Cicero swamp, and is much better than Clark's. His is "Ka-nugh- 

 wa-ka — where the rabbits run — great swamp, where there is plenty 



