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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  CAYUGA 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Achs'-go 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Owasco 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  Cammerhoff" 
  journal 
  

   of 
  1750. 
  On 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  Charlevoix 
  it 
  is 
  Asco, 
  and 
  Kirkland 
  wrote 
  

   it 
  Nascon 
  in 
  1764. 
  In 
  every 
  form 
  it 
  has 
  reference 
  to 
  a 
  bridge,, 
  

   though 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  always 
  one 
  there. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  name, 
  as 
  

   will 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  Ca-na-da-ho'-ho, 
  a 
  village 
  east 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake 
  on 
  T. 
  Kitchin's 
  

   map 
  of 
  1756. 
  The 
  name 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  village. 
  

  

  Ca-yu'-ga 
  lake 
  and 
  brook. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  translated 
  this 
  where 
  they 
  

   haul 
  boats 
  out, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  quite 
  sure 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  several 
  defini- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  later. 
  It 
  would 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  firm 
  land 
  above 
  

   the 
  extensive 
  marshes. 
  Hough 
  had 
  it 
  " 
  Koi-ok-wen, 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  

   to 
  the 
  shore, 
  as 
  the 
  landing 
  of 
  prisoners." 
  The 
  Moravians 
  usually 
  

   wrote 
  the 
  name 
  Gajuka, 
  and 
  other 
  forms 
  and 
  definitions 
  will 
  be 
  

   given 
  separately. 
  The 
  earliest 
  English 
  form 
  was 
  Caiougo, 
  and 
  

   Loskiel 
  wrote 
  it 
  Cajugu. 
  The 
  sound 
  did 
  not 
  vary 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  the 
  

   letters 
  used. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  earliest 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  

   nation. 
  

  

  Cho-ha'-ro, 
  called 
  also 
  Tichero 
  and 
  Thichero 
  at 
  an 
  earlier 
  day, 
  

   was 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  village 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake 
  in 
  1779. 
  In 
  this 
  

   form 
  it 
  meant 
  place 
  of 
  rushes. 
  

  

  Cho'-no-dote 
  or 
  Chondot, 
  alias 
  Peachtown, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  

   village 
  at 
  Aurora 
  in 
  1779. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  peach 
  orchard 
  there, 
  

   but 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  did 
  not 
  signify 
  this. 
  

  

  Choue-guen, 
  equivalent 
  to 
  Oswego, 
  Hozving 
  out, 
  was 
  first 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  the 
  Relation 
  of 
  1672, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  

   Cayuga 
  lake. 
  "The 
  river 
  Choueguen, 
  which 
  rises 
  in 
  this 
  lake, 
  soon 
  

   branches 
  into 
  several 
  canals." 
  Through 
  the 
  marshes 
  it 
  had 
  another 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Chrou'-tons 
  was 
  a 
  French 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Little 
  Sodus 
  

   bay, 
  5 
  leagues 
  beyond 
  Oswego 
  in 
  De 
  Nonville's 
  expedition 
  of 
  1687. 
  

  

  Date-ke-a'-o-shote, 
  two 
  baby 
  frames. 
  Present 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  

   Little 
  Sodus 
  bay- 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  three 
  are 
  from 
  Morgan's 
  list. 
  

  

  Dats-ka'-he, 
  hard 
  talking, 
  is 
  North 
  Sterling 
  creek. 
  

  

  De-a-wen'-dote, 
  constant 
  dawn, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Aurora. 
  It 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  adopted 
  while 
  he 
  lived 
  there, 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  

   Chonodote. 
  

  

  