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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Chic-ta-wau-ga 
  or 
  Cheektowaga 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  town, 
  but 
  

   according 
  to 
  Marshall 
  it 
  was 
  originally 
  Jiik'-do-waah'-geh, 
  place 
  of 
  

   the 
  crab 
  apple, 
  a 
  tree 
  which 
  abounds 
  on 
  Indian 
  reservations. 
  

  

  Da-deo'-da-na-suk'-to, 
  bend 
  in 
  the 
  shore, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Smoke's 
  creek, 
  differing 
  but 
  slightly 
  from 
  Marshall's 
  in 
  sound. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  has 
  De-dyo'-deh-neh'-sak-do 
  for 
  the 
  lake 
  shore 
  above 
  the 
  

   creek, 
  defined 
  as 
  gravel 
  bend. 
  

  

  De-as-gwah-da-ga'-neh, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  tamper 
  eel, 
  is 
  Marshall's 
  

   name 
  for 
  Lancaster 
  village, 
  after 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  person 
  who 
  died 
  

   there. 
  Morgan 
  gave 
  it 
  as 
  Ga-squen'-da-geh, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  lizard, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  word. 
  This 
  may 
  allude 
  to 
  D. 
  Cusick's 
  

   story 
  of 
  the 
  furious 
  lizard, 
  which 
  was 
  only 
  destroyed 
  by 
  casting 
  

   its 
  detached 
  flesh 
  into 
  the 
  fire. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  story 
  and 
  the 
  

   scene 
  was 
  farther 
  west. 
  

  

  De-dyo'-na-wah'h, 
  the 
  ripple. 
  Middle 
  Ebenezer 
  village. 
  

  

  De-dyo'-we-no'-guh-do, 
  divided 
  island. 
  Squaw 
  island, 
  from 
  its 
  

   division 
  by 
  Smuggler's 
  Run. 
  

  

  De-on'-gote, 
  place 
  of 
  hearing. 
  Murderer's 
  creek 
  at 
  Akron. 
  

   Seungut 
  is 
  another 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  word. 
  

  

  De-ose'-lole 
  is 
  the 
  Oneida 
  name 
  for 
  Buffalo. 
  The 
  Tuscaroras 
  call 
  

   it 
  Ne-o-thro'-ra 
  and 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  De-o-tro'-weh. 
  

  

  De-yeh'-ho-ga'-da-ses, 
  the 
  oblique 
  ford, 
  is 
  Marshall's 
  name 
  for 
  

   the 
  old 
  ford 
  at 
  the 
  iron 
  bridge. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  his 
  

   names 
  are 
  of 
  1865 
  and 
  Morgan's 
  of 
  1851, 
  making 
  local 
  references 
  

   now 
  obscure. 
  

  

  De-yoh'-ho-gah, 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  

   Cazenove 
  creek. 
  This 
  common 
  name 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  Tioga. 
  

  

  Do'-syo-wa, 
  place 
  of 
  basswoods, 
  which 
  abounded 
  at 
  Buffalo. 
  

   On 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  the 
  creek 
  appears 
  as 
  R. 
  au 
  boiblanc, 
  equivalent 
  

   to 
  river 
  of 
  basswoods, 
  and 
  Buffalo 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  this, 
  

   the 
  Rev. 
  Asher 
  Wright 
  said 
  this 
  Indian 
  name 
  was 
  shortened 
  from 
  

   Ti-yoos-yo-wa, 
  Oo-sah 
  being 
  the 
  Seneca 
  word 
  for 
  the 
  basswood, 
  

   often 
  called 
  Whitewood 
  by 
  the 
  French. 
  Mr 
  Strong 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  

   o-o-sah, 
  bassn'ood, 
  and 
  de-ya-oh, 
  cluster; 
  making 
  De-ya-oh-sa-oh 
  

   the 
  original 
  name 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  creek, 
  and 
  Das-sho-wa 
  the 
  present. 
  

   This 
  would 
  mean 
  bassivoods 
  clustered 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  creek. 
  

   This 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  branch 
  passing 
  Jack 
  Berrytown's, 
  

   once 
  a 
  well 
  known 
  place. 
  It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  rendered 
  Toseoway, 
  

  

  