﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  2^ 
  

  

  Moravian 
  missionary, 
  who 
  wrote 
  in 
  1758 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Ohio, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   called 
  by 
  the 
  Sennecas. 
  Alleghenny 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  river 
  

   in 
  the 
  Delaware 
  language. 
  Both 
  words 
  signify 
  the 
  fine 
  or 
  fair 
  

   river." 
  This 
  would 
  seem 
  conclusive 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  certainly 
  

   a 
  comparatively 
  new 
  name 
  to 
  the 
  Dela 
  wares. 
  

  

  He 
  also 
  quoted 
  La 
  Metairie, 
  the 
  notary 
  of 
  La 
  Salle's 
  expedition, 
  

   who 
  "calls 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  the 
  Olighinsipou, 
  or 
  Aleghin; 
  evidently 
  an 
  

   Algonkin 
  name." 
  At 
  that 
  time, 
  however, 
  the 
  eastern 
  Algonqliins 
  

   had 
  no 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  river. 
  If 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  in 
  use 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  

   been 
  a 
  western 
  one. 
  Dr 
  Trumbull 
  added 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  

   suggested 
  a 
  possible 
  derivation. 
  " 
  The 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Alle- 
  

   ghanies 
  has 
  been 
  said, 
  — 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  remember 
  on 
  whose 
  authority, 
  — 
  

   to 
  mean 
  'endless 
  mountains.' 
  'Endless' 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  more 
  exactly 
  

   expressed 
  in 
  any 
  Algonkin 
  language 
  than 
  by 
  'very 
  long,' 
  or 
  'longest,' 
  

   — 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware 
  Eluwi-guncu. 
  'The 
  very 
  long 
  or 
  longest 
  river' 
  

   would 
  be 
  Eluwi-guneusipu, 
  or, 
  if 
  the 
  words 
  be 
  compounded 
  in 
  

   one, 
  Eluwi-gunesipu." 
  If 
  Dr 
  Trumbull 
  has 
  not 
  decided 
  the 
  ques- 
  

   tion, 
  he 
  has 
  certainly 
  given 
  his 
  readers 
  much 
  to 
  choose 
  from. 
  The 
  

   testimony 
  of 
  Post 
  has 
  the 
  best 
  support. 
  

  

  Another 
  definition 
  comes 
  in 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  as 
  welcome 
  to 
  poetic 
  

   minds 
  as 
  the 
  mythic 
  Alligewi. 
  In 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  

   Historical 
  Society 
  for 
  1885, 
  is 
  a 
  statement 
  from 
  some 
  Canadian 
  

   Delawares, 
  which 
  differs 
  from 
  others 
  : 
  "The 
  Alleghany 
  mountains 
  

   were 
  called 
  by 
  us 
  Al-lick-e-wa-ny, 
  he 
  is 
  leaving 
  us 
  and 
  may 
  never 
  

   return. 
  Reference 
  is 
  made, 
  I 
  suppose, 
  to 
  departing 
  hunters 
  or 
  

   warriors, 
  who 
  were 
  about 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  passes 
  of 
  those 
  rugged 
  

   mountains." 
  

  

  Ca-i-a-di'-on, 
  a 
  Seneca 
  village 
  of 
  1767, 
  may 
  be 
  Caneadea. 
  

  

  Ca-na-se-ra'-ga 
  creek 
  and 
  village, 
  among 
  the 
  milkweeds. 
  

  

  Can-e-a-de'-a 
  is 
  written 
  Ga-o-ya'-de-o 
  by 
  Morgan, 
  where 
  the 
  

   heavens 
  rest 
  on 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  Indian 
  village 
  is 
  now 
  

   given 
  to 
  a 
  creek 
  and 
  postomce 
  [see 
  also 
  Karaghyadirha] 
  . 
  Colonel 
  

   Proctor 
  wrote 
  this 
  Canaseder 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  there 
  in 
  1791. 
  

  

  Can-is-te'-o 
  river, 
  board 
  on 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  Car-a-ca-de-ra, 
  about 
  7 
  miles 
  from 
  Nunda, 
  called 
  Carahaderra 
  

   by 
  Proctor 
  in 
  1791. 
  It 
  seems 
  the 
  Karaghyadirha 
  mentioned 
  below. 
  

  

  Chaut-au'-qua 
  Valley 
  postofnee 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Grove. 
  

  

  Che-nun 
  '-da 
  creek, 
  by 
  the 
  hill. 
  

  

  