ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 24 1 



corruption of the Indian word Pom-pa-nuck, the name of a tribe of 

 Indians who came here from Connecticut. 



Ska-ne-togh-ro-wa largest lake, is another of Pahner's names for 

 Lake Champlain. This is a corruption of an Iroquois word mean- 

 ing large lake. 



Tagh-ka-nick mountains extend into this county. 



Ta-knn-de-wide was Harris's bay on Lake George. 



Tam-a-rack swamp in Argyle is so called from the Indian name 

 of that tree. 



Tigh-til-li-gagh-ti-kook was a name for the south branch of Bat- 

 tenkill. 



Tom-he-nack, now Tomhannock, was the early name of a creek 

 in Cambridge, and may be derived from tomogkon, it is Hooded. 



Ty-o-shoke was the Indian name for their large cornfield in the 

 same town, and may be from toyusk, a bridge^ or tooskeonk, a ford. 



Wah-co-loo-sen-coo-cha-le-va is Sabele's name for Fort Edward. 



Wam-pe-cack creek is in Cambridge, and may mean place of 

 chestnuts. 



WAYNE COUNTY 



As-sor-0-dus for Sodus, has been erroneously defined silver 

 zvater. Morgan wrote it Se-o-dose', and applied it to both Great 

 and Little Sodus bays. In Oneida it is Ah-slo-dose, and on a map 

 of 1 77 1 it is Aserotus. In 1779 it was mentioned as "Aserotus 

 abt thirty-five miles West of Oswego." J. V. H. Clark said the 

 Jesuits called it Osenodus, but I do not find this in the Relations 

 or on their map. The meaning seems lost, but the name may be 

 from asare, a knife. 



Cha-ra-ton is Sodus bay on a map of 1688, but in the form of 

 Chroutons this belongs to Little Sodus bay. 



Can-an-dai-gLia outlet unites with Ganargwa creek at Lyons, 

 forming the Clyde river. It has its name from the Indian village 

 of Canandaigua, the chosen settlement. 



Ga-na-at'-i-o, beautiful or great pond, is Sodus bay on the Jesuit 

 map of 1665. 



Ga'-na-gweh or Ganargwa, a village suddenly sprung up, is a 

 name of Mud creek and Palmyra. 



Baye de Goyogoins (Cayugas) is Sodus bay on Pouchot's map, 

 and Charlevoix gave it the same name. 



