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the proper trail. A name for West creek in 1745, and also written 

 Ganontacharage. Much like the last. 



Manck-at-a- wan-gum, red hank, mentioned in the journals of 

 1779 and opposite Barton. It was then a ruined place, sometimes 

 called the Fitzgerald farm. Macktowanuck is one of several forms. 

 Delaware names began to appear in that region in the i8th century, 

 due to migration. 



Nan'-ti-coke creek. The Iroquois removed the Nanticokes several 

 times, and thus the name appears in various places. 



On-on-ti-o'-gas, subdued by the Iroquois and placed in the Seneca 

 county. Gen. J. S. Clark thought they originally lived at Spanish 

 hill, Waverly. Onontioga would mean great hill at the river forks ; 

 otherwise great hill at Tioga. 



O-we'-go, where the valley widens, according to Morgan. It has 

 also been erroneously defined smnft zvater, as though from Cana- 

 waga. The town had several sites near the mouth of the creek, and 

 was burned in 1779 to celebrate the union of Sullivan's and Clin- 

 ton's armies. Owego was an early form, reasonably persistent. It 

 was thus written in Conrad Weiser's journal of 1737, and in all the 

 later Moravian journals. 



She-ag'-gen is on the Susquehanna on Pouchot's map, and was 

 probably Theaggen or Tioga, though it might have been Seshequin, 

 a little below. 



Susquehanna rivdV has been sufficiently noticed. 



Ti-a-tach'-schi-un'-ge was the Iroquois name for Catatunk creek, 

 mentioned in Spangenberg's journal of 1745. Having Iroquois 

 guides his New York names are in that language but in a German 

 form. 



Ti-o'-ga, at the forks, being a town at the point formed by the 

 Chemung and Susquehanna rivers. It has been improperly trans- 

 lated gate. The name is Iroquois, though they placed a Delaware 

 village there. 



Wap-pa-sen-ing creek enters the Susquehanna at Nichols. Spaf- 

 ford said : " The Wappa-suning, or Wappesena creek, comes in on 

 the south side from Pennsylvania." This Delaware name seems 

 from wapanneu, east, though other derivations might be suggested. 

 It enters the river at the left bank, which is generally the east side. 



