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  Ga-hes-ka'-o 
  creek 
  is 
  Great 
  Gully 
  brook, 
  south 
  of 
  Union 
  Springs. 
  

   It 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Cammerhoff's 
  journal 
  of 
  1750. 
  In 
  Onondaga 
  

   it 
  would 
  be 
  big 
  arrow. 
  

  

  Ga-jik-ha'-no, 
  place 
  of 
  salt, 
  is 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  name 
  for 
  Monte- 
  

   zuma, 
  and 
  varies 
  from 
  others. 
  

  

  Ga-na-ta-ra'-ge 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  Ganniatarigon 
  (Bruyas), 
  to 
  cross 
  

   the 
  lake, 
  as 
  was 
  often 
  done, 
  but 
  Ganata, 
  a 
  village, 
  is 
  the 
  form 
  used, 
  

   applying 
  to 
  the 
  town. 
  A 
  better 
  derivation 
  would 
  be 
  from 
  Ganna- 
  

   taragon, 
  to 
  eat 
  bread, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  its 
  hospitality. 
  Cammerhofr 
  

   mentions 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  town 
  nearest 
  Onondaga. 
  

  

  Ga-ni-a-ta-re-ge-chi-at 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  end 
  of 
  

   Cayuga 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  journal. 
  It 
  was 
  local, 
  however, 
  and 
  A. 
  

   Cusick 
  defined 
  it 
  from 
  here 
  we 
  see 
  the 
  lake, 
  being 
  the 
  first 
  view 
  

   the 
  party 
  had 
  of 
  it. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  rendered 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  by 
  Zeis- 
  

   berger 
  in 
  1766, 
  and 
  this 
  seems 
  more 
  literal. 
  

  

  Ga-ron-ta-nech'-qui 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  between 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  Owasco 
  

   lakes, 
  having 
  this 
  name 
  in 
  1750. 
  Garonta 
  by 
  itself 
  is 
  a 
  tree, 
  but 
  

   Zeisberger 
  gives 
  Garontanechqui 
  as 
  a 
  horse. 
  Horses 
  were 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  near 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  Ga-weh'-no-wa-na, 
  great 
  island. 
  Howland 
  island 
  in 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  

  

  Ga-ya'-ga-an-ha, 
  inclined 
  downward, 
  Indian 
  village 
  3 
  miles 
  south 
  

   of 
  Union 
  Springs 
  

  

  Ge-wa'-ga, 
  promontory 
  running 
  out, 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  

   Union 
  Springs 
  in 
  1779. 
  All 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  villages 
  were 
  burned 
  at 
  

   that 
  time. 
  These 
  three 
  are 
  Morgan's 
  names. 
  

  

  Goi-o'-goh, 
  mountain 
  rising 
  from 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  David 
  Cusick's 
  

   rendering 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake. 
  

  

  Goi-o'-guen 
  is 
  an 
  early 
  French 
  form 
  for 
  the 
  lake, 
  town 
  and 
  

   people. 
  

  

  Gwe-u'-gweh, 
  lake 
  at 
  the 
  mucky 
  land, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Cayuga 
  lake. 
  The 
  name 
  for 
  lake 
  is 
  not 
  expressed 
  but 
  understood 
  

   in 
  this. 
  The 
  definition 
  hardly 
  seems 
  correct 
  in 
  application, 
  nor 
  is 
  

   it 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  his 
  interpretation 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  Ka'-na-ka'-ge, 
  black 
  water, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Owasco 
  inlet. 
  Ka- 
  

   honji 
  means 
  black 
  in 
  Mohawk. 
  

  

  Ki-hu'-ga 
  creek 
  and 
  lake 
  are 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Sullivan's 
  campaign 
  

   for 
  Cayuga. 
  

  

  