ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 20I 



SCHOHARIE COUNTY 



As-ca-le'-ge, defined as black cloth by A. Cusick, is Cobleskill 

 according to Morgan. 



Chaw-tick-og-nack was a creek between the Catskills and Scho- 

 harie creek on an early map. 



De-was-e-go, at the bridge, 'was a fall in Schoharie creek in 

 Gilboa. 



Ga-la-ra-ga, a hill west of Schoharie creek in 1734. 



Gog-ny-ta-wee, a hill on the southeast border of the town of 

 Seward. . . „ 



Kan-jea-ra-go-re or Canjearagra was a hill south of Vrooman's 

 Nose in 1714. This hill was also so called in connection with the 

 Bayard patent vacated in 1699, as well as in the application for it 

 in 1695. The root of this ig kanajea, a brass kettle, adding great, 

 in the first form. 



Ka-righ-on-don-te, a row of trees, was a chief's name, given to 

 a recent castle in Vrooman's land. A variation of this is seen in 

 Bishop Spangenberg's Onondaga name in 1745, which was Tgir- 

 hitontie, a rozv of trees. These personal names were repeatedly 

 used. 



Ken-han-a-ga-ra is a name applied to Schoharie creek by French, 

 in its course through this county. The definition given by A. Cu- 

 sick, there lies the river, seems best fitted to its junction with the 

 Mohawk, but might be applied to any place where the trail reached 

 an important stream. The map now gives a Kehanagara creek 

 which is not the Schoharie. 



Mo-he-gon-ter has been defined as a falling off, being the name 

 of part of Mohegan hill, southeast of Middleburg. 



On-con-ge-na, mountain of snakes, a hill opposite Middleburg, 

 but the definition seems more than doubtful. 



O-neen-ta-da-she, round the hill, a hill north of Seward Valley. 

 In its variations this is a frequent name. 



O-ne-ya-gine, stone, is Stone creek. 



O-nis-ta-gra-wa, corn luoiintain, is a hill on the west side of 

 Schoharie creek, just above Middleburg. Some of these names and 

 definitions are from Simms, and this one answers very well. 



O-nits-tah-ra-ga-ra-we or Onnitstegraw was a name for Vroo- " 

 man's Nose in 1711, and seems the same as the last. 



