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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  serves 
  as 
  a 
  door. 
  This 
  name, 
  however, 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  

   so 
  far 
  down 
  its 
  course. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  also 
  from 
  Heckewelder's 
  name 
  

   of 
  Gahonta, 
  the 
  river 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  extensive 
  clear 
  Hats. 
  

  

  Cook-qua'-go 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  Oquaga, 
  but 
  Boyd 
  makes 
  it 
  

   from 
  kekoa, 
  owl, 
  and 
  gowa, 
  great. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  for 
  one 
  

   species 
  is 
  kaekhoowa, 
  meaning 
  big 
  feathery 
  thing. 
  

  

  Ga'-na-no-wa'-na-neh, 
  great 
  island 
  river; 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  for 
  

   the 
  Susquehanna 
  according 
  to 
  Morgan. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  is 
  

   different. 
  [See 
  Otsego 
  county] 
  

  

  Kil'-la-wog 
  postoffice. 
  

  

  Nan'-ti-coke 
  creek 
  and 
  town. 
  The 
  Nanticokes 
  were 
  placed 
  at 
  

   Otsiningo 
  in 
  1753. 
  According 
  to 
  Heckewelder 
  they 
  called 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  Nentego. 
  The 
  Delawares 
  termed 
  them 
  Unechtgo, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Iroquois, 
  Sganiateratiehrohne, 
  tide 
  ivater 
  people 
  or 
  seashore 
  settlers. 
  

   The 
  Mohicans 
  also 
  called 
  them 
  Otayachgo, 
  and 
  the 
  Delawares, 
  

   Tawachquano, 
  bridge 
  over 
  stream, 
  from 
  their 
  dislike 
  to 
  going 
  

   through 
  the 
  water. 
  They 
  had 
  singular 
  customs 
  and 
  were 
  a 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  people. 
  

  

  Occanum 
  (Ok-ka'-num) 
  postoffice 
  and 
  creek 
  is 
  probably 
  mis- 
  

   spelled. 
  

  

  O-nan'-no-gi-is'-ka, 
  shagbark 
  hickory, 
  is 
  applied 
  by 
  Morgan 
  to 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  Tioughnioga 
  river, 
  but 
  it 
  properly 
  belongs 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  and 
  perhaps 
  to 
  a 
  lake 
  at 
  its 
  source. 
  

  

  On-och-je-ru'-ge, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  Onoquaga. 
  

  

  On-oh-agh-wa'-ga 
  is 
  a 
  ntountain 
  near 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  O-no'-to 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  Nanticoke 
  creek. 
  April 
  2, 
  1737, 
  

   Conrad 
  Weiser 
  said 
  they 
  " 
  reached 
  the 
  water 
  called 
  Onoto, 
  and 
  

   were 
  immediately 
  taken 
  across 
  in 
  a 
  canOe." 
  It 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  where 
  several 
  Onondaga 
  families 
  were 
  

   living. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  onotes, 
  deep, 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  

   water. 
  

  

  O-qna'-ga 
  had 
  many 
  forms, 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  and 
  creek. 
  

   Among 
  these 
  are 
  Aughquagey, 
  Onohaghquage, 
  Onoquaga, 
  

   Ocquango 
  and 
  Ononaughquaga. 
  The 
  last 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tain. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  this 
  as 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  hulled 
  com 
  soup. 
  It 
  

   was 
  partly 
  destroyed 
  in 
  1778. 
  and 
  utterly 
  desolated 
  in 
  1779. 
  

  

  Oquaga 
  Lake 
  is 
  the 
  present 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  postoffice. 
  

  

  Ot-se-nin'-go 
  was 
  the 
  early 
  form 
  of 
  Chenango 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

  

  