ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 269 



Ka-oh-dot, standing pole, is the Seneca name for Brant Center, 

 in allusion to the tall liberty pole which once stood in the public 

 square. 



You-a-goh, place of the hollo7v, is Taylor Hollow, an old settle- 

 ment near Collins. 



ESSEX COUNTY 



Wahepartenie. Wawobadenik, zvhite mountains, is the Abenaki 

 name for Mt Marcy and perhaps neighboring peaks. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY 



Ki-was-sa lake at Saranac Lake village. This means a new word, 

 but may have been intended for another similar word meaning a 

 new boat. 



O-see-tah lake, gray zmllou's. This is a new name for an expanse 

 of water below Lower Saranac lake. 



Po-kui-zas-ne is an Abenaki name for the Saint Regis reservation, 

 probably a corruption of the Iroquois word. Sabattis however, 

 said it meant half shriek, in allusion to battles there. 



Po-kui-zas-ne-ne-pes is a similar name for Saint Regis lake and 

 a variant of the name above. 



Wa-sa-ba-gak, clear water, is the Abenaki name for Lake Clear. 



HAMILTON COUNTY 



Muk-wa-kwo-ga-mak, literally bog lake, is the term for a pond of 

 that name. 



Ni-gi-ta-wo-ga-mak is the Abenaki equivalent of Forked lake. 



Pa-pol-po-ga-mak, deceptive lake, from the many bays in Ra- 

 quette lake. 



Pas-kan-ga-sik-ma, side or branch pond. Little Tupper lake. 



Pa-te-gwo-ga-mak, Bog lake with the same meaning. 



Pa-te-gwo-ga-ma-sik, an Abenaki name for Round pond. 



Wi-lo-wi wa-jo-i ne-pes, is the Abenaki equivalent for Blue 

 Mountain lake. 



ONONDAGA COUNTY 



Gar-no-gwe-yoh was a name for Onondaga lake given to A. B. 

 Street by an Onondaga chief in 1S47. 



Oh-jees-twa-ya-na is Clark's name for the upper part of Butter- 

 rut creek. It suggests Gis-twi-ah-na at Onondaga valley. 



