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  which 
  was 
  burned 
  at 
  Elmira 
  in 
  1779. 
  It 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1778 
  

   as 
  Kannakalo, 
  a 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  Tioga 
  branch. 
  

  

  Con-on-gue, 
  according 
  to 
  French 
  a 
  Delaware 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Che- 
  

   mung, 
  signifying 
  big 
  horn 
  or 
  horn 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  in 
  that 
  language, 
  

   but 
  Gallatin 
  says 
  that 
  konnongah 
  is 
  horn 
  in 
  Seneca. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  recall 
  

   such 
  a 
  word. 
  

  

  Eh-la-ne'-unt, 
  a 
  place 
  above 
  Tioga 
  Point, 
  where 
  French 
  Mar- 
  

   garet's 
  son-in-law 
  lived 
  in 
  1758. 
  She 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Montour 
  

   family. 
  

  

  Ga-ha'-to, 
  log 
  in 
  the 
  zuater, 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Morgan 
  as 
  a 
  Seneca 
  name 
  

   for 
  Chemung 
  river. 
  

  

  Gan-ho'-tak 
  creek 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  CammerhofT 
  in 
  1750. 
  Gen- 
  

   eral 
  Clark 
  thought 
  this 
  Newtown, 
  creek, 
  which 
  is 
  too 
  far 
  west. 
  

   Wynkoop 
  creek 
  seems 
  better. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Ka-his-sack'-e 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  journal, 
  and 
  

   so 
  called 
  from 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  very 
  tall 
  trees. 
  It 
  was 
  between 
  Gan- 
  

   hotak 
  creek 
  and 
  Cayuta 
  lake, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  compounded 
  of 
  garhison, 
  

   to 
  make 
  a 
  forest, 
  and 
  hetke, 
  high. 
  

  

  Ko'-bus 
  town 
  was 
  called 
  after 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  noted 
  Indian 
  warriors, 
  

   and 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  Chemung 
  river, 
  opposite 
  Hendey's 
  

   creek 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  southwest 
  corr.er 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Elmira. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   a 
  contraction 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Jacheabus, 
  a 
  noted 
  chief 
  who 
  lived 
  

   there. 
  

  

  Ru-non-ve'-a, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  king, 
  according 
  to 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  perhaps 
  

   because 
  the 
  British 
  arms 
  were 
  there 
  displayed. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  

   at 
  Big 
  Flats, 
  burned 
  in 
  1779. 
  

  

  She-ag'-gen 
  or 
  Theaggen, 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  east 
  of 
  Elmira, 
  

   is 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  Tioga. 
  

  

  Skwe'-do-wa, 
  great 
  plain, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Elmira. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  frequent 
  name, 
  but 
  of 
  varying 
  form. 
  

  

  Tu'-te-lo 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  Chemung, 
  near 
  Waverly. 
  

   The 
  inhabitants 
  were 
  southern 
  Indians, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  Toderigh- 
  

   roonas. 
  

  

  Wil'-le-wa'-na 
  or 
  Wilewana 
  is 
  a 
  Delaware 
  word, 
  meaning 
  horn, 
  

   and 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  Chemung 
  in 
  1768, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  

   mentioned 
  by 
  Zeisberger. 
  The 
  people 
  there 
  tried 
  to 
  make 
  his 
  

   party 
  return. 
  In 
  the 
  Sullivan 
  campaign 
  a 
  town 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  river 
  

  

  