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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Ta-was'-sa-gun'-shee, 
  2 
  miles 
  from 
  Albany, 
  and 
  near 
  Norman's 
  

   kill, 
  where 
  the 
  old 
  fort 
  was 
  built 
  [Barber 
  & 
  Howe]. 
  Ruttenber 
  

   gives 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  "Tawassgnnshee, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  mound 
  on 
  which 
  

   Fort 
  Orange 
  was 
  erected." 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  Lookout 
  hill, 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  fair 
  definition 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  name. 
  

  

  Ti-ogh-sah-ron'-de, 
  place 
  where 
  streams 
  empty 
  themselves, 
  

   referring 
  to 
  the 
  forks 
  thus 
  made, 
  as 
  at 
  Normfan's 
  kill 
  and 
  other 
  

   places 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  It 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  Tioga. 
  Though 
  

   the 
  name 
  might 
  properly 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  many 
  places, 
  the 
  specific 
  appli- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  much 
  farther 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  ALLEGANY 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  In 
  common 
  usage 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Allegany 
  is 
  quite 
  differently 
  

   written. 
  In 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  above 
  form 
  is 
  the 
  rule, 
  but 
  in 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  commonly 
  Allegheny. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  forms. 
  Spaf- 
  

   ford 
  said 
  of 
  this 
  : 
  "Alleghany 
  is 
  formed 
  from 
  the 
  Indigenal 
  name 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ohio, 
  signifying 
  Long 
  or 
  Endless, 
  River 
  or 
  Mountain, 
  for 
  with 
  

   the 
  addition 
  of 
  these 
  words 
  for 
  either, 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  Alleghanies, 
  or 
  the 
  Alleghany 
  range 
  of 
  mountains 
  

   and 
  the 
  Ohio 
  river." 
  He 
  thought 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania 
  were 
  entitled 
  to 
  the 
  spelling 
  of 
  the 
  word, 
  the 
  mountains 
  being 
  

   mostly 
  in 
  that 
  state. 
  Heckewelder 
  said 
  : 
  "The 
  Delawares 
  still 
  call 
  

   the 
  former 
  (Ohio) 
  Al-li-ge-wi 
  Si-pn, 
  the 
  River 
  of 
  the 
  Al-li-ge-wi." 
  

   Many 
  have 
  thought 
  these 
  the 
  mound-builders. 
  Loskiel 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  

   river, 
  " 
  The 
  Delawares 
  call 
  this 
  Al-li-ge-wi-si-po, 
  which 
  the 
  Euro- 
  

   peans 
  have 
  changed 
  to 
  Al-li-ghe-ne, 
  and 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  call 
  it 
  Ohio, 
  

   that 
  is, 
  the 
  beautiful 
  river." 
  He 
  added 
  : 
  "At 
  present 
  the 
  Delawares 
  

   call 
  the 
  whole 
  country 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Wabasch 
  

   into 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  Alli-gewi-nengk, 
  that 
  is, 
  l 
  a 
  land 
  into 
  which 
  they 
  

   came 
  from 
  distant 
  parts.' 
  ' 
  : 
  This 
  does 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  other 
  defi- 
  

   nitions, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  suppose 
  they 
  ever 
  lived 
  in 
  Ohio 
  

   till 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  18th 
  century. 
  

  

  Trumbull 
  thought 
  the 
  name 
  might 
  be 
  from 
  Wel-hik-han-ne, 
  best 
  

   or 
  fairest 
  river, 
  welhik 
  meaning 
  most 
  beautiful. 
  Wu-lach-neu 
  

   would 
  be 
  the 
  finest 
  river 
  without 
  falls. 
  Allegany, 
  longest 
  or 
  finest 
  

   river, 
  and 
  the 
  mountains 
  were 
  often 
  termed 
  endless. 
  Wulik-hanne- 
  

   sipu, 
  best 
  rapid 
  stream 
  long 
  river, 
  and 
  Wnlik-sipn, 
  best 
  long 
  stream, 
  

   he 
  suggests 
  for 
  origin. 
  He 
  also 
  cited 
  Charles 
  Frederick 
  Post, 
  the 
  

  

  