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  two 
  villages 
  north 
  of 
  Binghamton, 
  1750-79, 
  where 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  

   Nanticokes 
  lived 
  on 
  opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  These 
  villages 
  

   have 
  been 
  erroneously 
  placed 
  at 
  Binghamton 
  by 
  some. 
  Councils 
  

   were 
  sometimes 
  held 
  there, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  Otlincauke, 
  Otsi- 
  

   neange, 
  Chinange, 
  Zieniinge, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Ot'-se-lic 
  river. 
  Morgan 
  defined 
  this 
  as 
  capful 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  interpreted 
  plum 
  creek. 
  Its 
  mouth 
  is 
  at 
  Whitney 
  Point. 
  It 
  

   had 
  another 
  name 
  in 
  1753, 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  originated 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  

   red 
  plum. 
  An 
  early 
  Iroquois 
  word 
  for 
  the 
  plum 
  tree 
  was 
  thichionk, 
  

   from 
  which 
  Otselic 
  might 
  be 
  derived, 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  cor- 
  

   rupted 
  from 
  oshiaki, 
  to 
  pluck 
  fruit. 
  

  

  Oua-qua'-ga 
  is 
  the 
  present 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  postofrice 
  and 
  creek. 
  

  

  Schi'-o 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  applied 
  by 
  Zeisberger 
  to 
  the 
  Otselic 
  when 
  

   he 
  reached 
  it 
  in 
  1753. 
  This 
  might 
  come 
  from 
  Tischo, 
  wild 
  red 
  

   plum, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  his 
  dictionary, 
  or 
  abbreviated 
  from 
  thickionk, 
  as 
  

   above, 
  an 
  earlier 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  plum 
  tree. 
  

  

  Ska-wagh-es-ten'-ras, 
  or 
  Bennett's 
  creek, 
  is 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map, 
  

   below 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Unadilla 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   Susquehanna. 
  

  

  Skow-hi-ang'-to 
  or 
  Tuscarora 
  town 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  near 
  Windsor, 
  

   burned 
  in 
  1779. 
  

  

  Sus-que-han-na 
  is 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  name 
  of 
  rather 
  uncertain 
  mean- 
  

   ing, 
  though 
  the 
  terminal 
  for 
  river 
  is 
  plain 
  enough. 
  Of 
  this 
  Hecke- 
  

   welder 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  (Lenape) 
  distinguish 
  the 
  river 
  which 
  we 
  call 
  Sus- 
  

   quehanna 
  thus 
  : 
  The 
  north 
  branch 
  they 
  call 
  M'chezvamisipu, 
  or 
  to 
  

   shorten 
  it 
  M 
  chwewarmink 
  , 
  from 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  called 
  it 
  Wyoming. 
  

   The 
  word 
  implies, 
  The 
  river 
  on 
  zvhich 
  are 
  extensive 
  clear 
  flats. 
  

   The 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  according 
  to 
  Prylaeus 
  (Moravian 
  missionary) 
  

   called 
  it 
  Gahonta, 
  which 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  meaning. 
  The 
  west 
  branch 
  

   they 
  call 
  Quenischachgekhanne, 
  but 
  to 
  shorten 
  it 
  they 
  say 
  Quen- 
  

   ischachachki. 
  The 
  word 
  implies 
  : 
  The 
  river 
  zvhich 
  has 
  the 
  long 
  

   reaches 
  or 
  straight 
  courses 
  in 
  it. 
  From 
  the 
  forks, 
  where 
  now 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Northumberland 
  stands, 
  downwards, 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  name 
  

   (this 
  word 
  I 
  have 
  lost) 
  which 
  implies 
  : 
  The 
  Great 
  Bay 
  fiver. 
  The 
  

   word 
  Susquehanna, 
  properly 
  Sisquehanne, 
  from 
  Sisku 
  for 
  mud, 
  and 
  

   hanne, 
  a 
  stream, 
  was 
  probably 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  settling 
  of 
  

   this 
  country 
  overheard 
  by 
  someone 
  while 
  the 
  Indians 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  a 
  flood 
  or 
  freshet 
  remarking: 
  Juhl 
  Achsis 
  quehanne 
  or 
  

   Sisquehanne, 
  which 
  is: 
  How 
  muddy 
  the 
  stream 
  is, 
  and 
  therefore 
  

  

  