ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 257 



WYOMING COUNTY 



Cat-ta-rau-gus creek and lake are in the town of Java. 



Ca-yu-ga creek is partly in this county, and flows toward Buffalo. 



Chi -nose-heh-geh, on the side of the valley, is Morgan's name for 

 Warsaw, 



Ga-da'-o or Gar-dow', bank in front, is his name for the Mary 

 Jemison ReservaHon, and Gardeau was a nickname for her hus- 

 band. She. said it was not named from him, but from a hill called 

 Kautaw by the Senecas, meaning up and down. A. Cusick defined 

 it muddy place. 



Ga-da-ges-ga'-o, fetid banks, is Morgan's name for Cattaraugus 

 creek, but this name properly applies to the lake shore at its mouth. 



Ga-na'-yat is his name for Silver lake and outlet. A. Cusick de- 

 fined this stone at the bottom of the water. 



Genesee river and its upper falls are here. 



O-at-ka, the. opening, is Morgan's name for Allen's creek. 



Pe-o'-ri-a village is in Covington, having a western name. 



Te-car'-ese-ta-ne-ont, place ivith a signpost. Wyoming village. 



To-na-wan'-da creek, swift running water. ■ 



Wis'-coy creek is Owaiska, under the banks. Derived from this 

 is East Coy creek, as a contrast in sound. 



Wy-o'-ming is an introduced Pennsylvania name, Heckewelder 

 said of the Susquehanna : " The north branch they call M'chewa- 

 niisipu, or to shorten it, M'chwewormink, from which we have 

 called it Wyoming. The word implies. The river on which are 

 extensive clear flats." The Moravians usually wrote it Wajomik, 

 meaning great plains or bottom lands. The Iroquois name meant 

 the same, but not the one Heckewelder gave. 



YATES COUNTY 



Ah-ta'-gweh-da-ga is well represented by its usual name of Flint 

 creek. Atrakwenda is the Cayuga word for flint. More exactly 

 the name is the place where there is Hint, an important thing in 

 early days. 



Can-an-dai'-gua lake takes its name from the Indian village, the 

 place chosen for a settlement. As in other cases the lake had sev- 

 eral Indian names. 



Ge-nun-de'-wah is usually applied to Nundawao in the town of 



