Appendix:, 



ADDITIONAL NAMES 



CATTARAUGUS COUNTY 



Ga-ny€hs-sta-a-geh, the hill of chestnuts, according to Chief Corn- 

 planter is the Seneca name for Perrysburg. 



CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY 



Dyoh-ge-oh-ja-ehj grassy place, is Cornplanter's name for Irving,. 

 Irving is at the mouth of the Cattaraugus creek and when first 

 known to white men was a grassy plain where deer in great num- 

 bers fed. 



CLINTON COUNTY 



Saranac. Some Abenakis derive this from Salonack, sumac 

 buds, but this is doubtful. More probably it is a corruption of 

 S'nhalo'nek mouth of a river. 



Sen-hah-lo-ne. The name given by Sabattis as the original of 

 Saranac is more exactly S'nhalo'nek entrance of a river into a lake. 



ERIE COUNTY 



Dyo-a-his-tah, place of a depot, is the Seneca name for Angola. 



Dyo-ne-ga-de-gus, burning water, is the Seneca for the mouth 

 of Big Indian or Burning Spring creek. The name is so given be- 

 cause of the fissure from which a stream of natural gas issues and 

 bubbles through the water. Burning Spring is an important land- 

 mark on the Cattaraugus Indian reservation. 



Hey-ya-a-doh* where all roads meet, is Cornplanter's name and 

 definition for North Collins. 



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