﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  O-no-wa-no-ga-wen-se 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  a 
  land 
  treaty 
  as 
  a 
  tribu- 
  

   tary 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  from 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  suggests 
  preceding 
  names. 
  

  

  Ot'-se-lic 
  river 
  flows 
  through 
  the 
  southeast 
  towns. 
  

  

  O-we'-go 
  creek 
  and 
  hills 
  are 
  in 
  Harford. 
  

  

  Ragh'-shongh 
  creek 
  was 
  north 
  of 
  Onowanogawense, 
  perhaps 
  

   referring 
  to 
  a 
  child. 
  

  

  Schi'-o, 
  a 
  name 
  in 
  a 
  Moravian 
  journal 
  for 
  Otselic 
  river, 
  has 
  been 
  

   mentioned. 
  

  

  Skaneateles 
  lake 
  and 
  inlet, 
  long 
  lake. 
  

  

  Te-wis'-ta-no-ont-sa'-ne-a-ha, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  silversmith, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  Homer. 
  Owheesta 
  is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  for 
  any 
  metal, 
  

   but 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  special 
  liking 
  for 
  silver 
  ornaments. 
  

  

  Texas 
  Valley 
  is 
  a 
  postoffice 
  in 
  Marathon, 
  called 
  after 
  a 
  southern 
  

   tribe 
  first 
  mentioned 
  by 
  La 
  Salle 
  in 
  1689. 
  

  

  Ti-ough'-ni'-o-ga 
  river 
  was 
  called 
  Tiohujodha 
  by 
  the 
  Moravians 
  

   in 
  1753. 
  There 
  are 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  name, 
  and 
  its 
  meaning 
  of 
  

   forks 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  or 
  meeting 
  of 
  waters, 
  is 
  as 
  significant 
  at 
  Cortland 
  

   and 
  elsewhere 
  as 
  at 
  Binghamton. 
  Ascending 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  1753, 
  

   Zeisberger 
  came 
  to 
  Chenango 
  Forks 
  and 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  branch 
  on 
  

   the 
  left, 
  turning 
  to 
  the 
  northwest, 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  is 
  called 
  

   Tiohujodha." 
  Near 
  Cortland 
  he 
  took 
  the 
  northeast 
  branch, 
  saying, 
  

   " 
  we 
  continued 
  our 
  course 
  in 
  the 
  Tiohujodha." 
  The 
  other 
  branch 
  

   was 
  the 
  Onogariske. 
  Qn 
  Dwight's 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  Tionioga, 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  followed 
  in 
  pronunciation. 
  It 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  termed 
  

   a 
  river 
  of 
  forks, 
  and 
  Zeisberger 
  mentioned 
  four 
  of 
  these, 
  beginning 
  

   at 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  [see 
  Broome 
  county]. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  

   called 
  the 
  Onondaga, 
  as 
  leading 
  to 
  that 
  town, 
  and 
  Teyoghagoga 
  

   was 
  an 
  early 
  form. 
  

  

  DEI 
  AWARE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  This 
  county 
  has 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  Delaware 
  and 
  Iroquois 
  names, 
  the 
  

   former 
  being 
  most 
  frequent. 
  

  

  An-des, 
  an 
  introduced 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  town 
  and 
  mountains. 
  Though 
  

   used 
  for 
  a 
  great 
  mountain 
  range 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  

   Peruvian 
  word 
  anti, 
  signifying 
  copper 
  or 
  metal 
  in 
  general. 
  

  

  Ad-a-quag-ti-na, 
  Adagughtingag, 
  Adiquitanga 
  and 
  Adagegtin- 
  

   gue 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  name 
  of 
  

   Charlotte 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  branches 
  in 
  Davenport 
  and 
  Kortwright. 
  

  

  