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  Cat-ta-rau'-gus 
  creek 
  and 
  village. 
  Morgan 
  gives 
  the 
  Seneca 
  form 
  

   as 
  Ga-da'-ges-ga-o, 
  fetid 
  banks. 
  Spafford 
  said 
  of 
  this 
  : 
  "They 
  

   have 
  another 
  [name] 
  which 
  signifies 
  stinking 
  shore, 
  or 
  beach, 
  

   spoken 
  Gah-ta-ra'-ke-ras, 
  a 
  broad, 
  and 
  this 
  they 
  say 
  is 
  the 
  origin 
  

   of 
  our 
  Cattaraugus, 
  a 
  name 
  perfectly 
  appropriate 
  to 
  the 
  Lake 
  

   shore." 
  The 
  resemblance 
  to 
  Canawaugus, 
  in 
  sound 
  and 
  meaning 
  

   will 
  be 
  noticed. 
  On 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  the 
  creek 
  appears 
  as 
  R. 
  a 
  la 
  

   terre 
  puante. 
  The 
  Seneca 
  village 
  of 
  Kadaragawas 
  was 
  mentioned 
  

   in 
  1780, 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  1794 
  as 
  Catoraogaras. 
  

  

  Che-na-shun-gau'-tau 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  Cold 
  

   Spring 
  creek 
  and 
  Allegany 
  river 
  in 
  Mary 
  Jemison's 
  early 
  days. 
  It 
  

   was 
  also 
  written 
  Teu-shun-sesh-un-gau-tau, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Chi-e-ka-saw'-ne, 
  a 
  place 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  bend 
  of 
  the 
  Allegany 
  

   river 
  in 
  1795. 
  

  

  Con-e-wan'-go 
  town 
  and 
  creek, 
  in 
  the 
  rapids. 
  A 
  frequent 
  name 
  

   in 
  differing 
  dialects. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  defined 
  walking 
  slowly, 
  and 
  

   this 
  opposite 
  meaning 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  slow 
  prog- 
  

   ress 
  against 
  a 
  strong 
  current. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  strictly 
  a 
  definition. 
  A 
  

   fanciful 
  interpretation 
  is 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  long 
  gone. 
  

  

  Con-no-ir-to-ir-au-ley 
  creek 
  in 
  Ashford 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  ugly 
  

   stream. 
  This 
  has 
  no 
  support. 
  On 
  a 
  recent 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  Connoisa- 
  

   rauley. 
  

  

  Da'-u-de-hok'-to, 
  at 
  the 
  bend. 
  Seneca 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  Allegany- 
  

  

  De-as'-hen-da-qua, 
  place 
  of 
  courts. 
  Ellicottville. 
  

  

  De-o'-na-ga-no 
  or 
  Te-o-ni-go-no, 
  cold 
  spring. 
  A 
  Seneca 
  village. 
  

  

  De-o-no'-sa-da-ga, 
  burned 
  houses. 
  Cornplanter's 
  town 
  was 
  in 
  

   Pennsylvania. 
  These 
  four 
  are 
  in 
  Morgan's 
  list 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  those 
  

   which 
  follow. 
  

  

  Ga-da'-ges-ga-o, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Cattaraugus, 
  fetid 
  banks. 
  

  

  Ge-ne-sin-guh'-ta, 
  an 
  old 
  town 
  in 
  Elko, 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Mary 
  

   Jemison. 
  

  

  Go-wan'-da, 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Persia. 
  Mr 
  Arthur 
  C. 
  

   Parker, 
  a 
  nephew 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Gen. 
  Ely 
  S. 
  Parker 
  who 
  was 
  Morgan's 
  

   able 
  interpreter, 
  furnishes 
  a 
  welcome 
  note 
  on 
  this 
  name 
  and 
  its 
  

   origin, 
  saying 
  : 
  " 
  Go-wan-da 
  is 
  a 
  contraction 
  of 
  Dyo-go-wan-deh 
  or 
  

   O-go-wan-da, 
  meaning 
  almost 
  surrounded 
  by 
  hills 
  or 
  cliffs. 
  The 
  

   name 
  Dyo-go-wan-deh, 
  (deh 
  being 
  the 
  modern 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  

   terminal 
  da) 
  is 
  still 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas 
  to 
  describe 
  a 
  place 
  below 
  

  

  