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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Cu'-ba, 
  a 
  village 
  and 
  town. 
  An 
  introduced 
  West 
  India 
  name, 
  

   said 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  Cubanacan, 
  the 
  center 
  or 
  middle, 
  two 
  sylla- 
  

   bles 
  being 
  dropped. 
  

  

  Cus-a'-qua 
  creek 
  varies 
  in 
  spelling, 
  but 
  means 
  a 
  spear. 
  

  

  Ga-ne-o'-weh-ga-yat, 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Angelica. 
  

  

  Ga'-nos 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  Oil 
  spring 
  given 
  to 
  Charlevoix 
  in 
  1721. 
  

   He 
  was 
  told 
  it 
  was 
  between 
  the 
  Ohio 
  and 
  Genesee 
  rivers. 
  

  

  Gen-e-see' 
  river, 
  town 
  and 
  creek. 
  Also 
  little 
  Genesee. 
  

  

  Gis'-ta-quat, 
  a 
  place 
  at 
  Wellsville, 
  .mentioned 
  by 
  Zeisberger 
  and 
  

   appearing 
  on 
  Guy 
  Johnson's 
  map. 
  

  

  Hisk-hu'-e, 
  a 
  village 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Proctor, 
  suggests 
  Ischua 
  or 
  

   Ischuna. 
  

  

  Hon-e-o'-ye 
  creek 
  and 
  corners 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  

   county. 
  

  

  Ja-go'-yo-geh, 
  hearing 
  place, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  part 
  of 
  Black 
  creek. 
  

  

  Kar-agh-ya-dir'-ha, 
  or 
  Karathyadira, 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  village 
  at 
  

   Belvidere 
  in 
  1765. 
  It 
  is 
  on 
  Guy 
  Johnson's 
  map 
  and 
  was 
  essentially 
  

   his 
  own 
  Indian 
  name, 
  meaning 
  rays 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  enlightening 
  the 
  

   earth. 
  A 
  shorter 
  definition 
  may 
  be 
  used. 
  In 
  1791 
  Proctor 
  called 
  

   it 
  Carahaderra, 
  a 
  village 
  47 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  

  

  On-on-dar'-ka, 
  village 
  on 
  a 
  hill. 
  A 
  village 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  

   the 
  map 
  of 
  1771. 
  

  

  Os-wa'-ya 
  creek, 
  from 
  O-so'-a-yeh, 
  pine 
  forest. 
  

  

  O-wa-is'-ki, 
  under 
  the 
  banks, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Wiscoy 
  creek. 
  

  

  Pa-cih-sah-cunk, 
  Paseckachcunk, 
  Pasigachkunk 
  and 
  Passiquach- 
  

   kunk 
  are 
  varying 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  Delaware 
  town 
  at 
  Colonel 
  

   Bill's 
  creek 
  in 
  1766. 
  The 
  next 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Pas-se-kaw'-kung, 
  a 
  place 
  several 
  days 
  above 
  Tioga 
  in 
  1757. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  to 
  mean 
  where 
  the 
  stream 
  bursts 
  through. 
  

  

  Pee-me-han-nink 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  branch 
  in 
  1757, 
  

   and 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  Chenasse 
  or 
  Genesee. 
  

  

  Pe-mid-han'-uck, 
  a 
  winding 
  stream, 
  was 
  a 
  Delaware 
  name 
  . 
  for 
  

   Genesee 
  creek 
  in 
  1767, 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  Shan-a-has-gwa-i-kon 
  creek 
  was 
  an 
  affluent 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Morris 
  deed 
  of 
  1793. 
  

  

  Shon'-go 
  is 
  called 
  after 
  a 
  Seneca 
  Indian 
  of 
  post-colonial 
  days. 
  

  

  