﻿New 
  York 
  State 
  Education 
  Department 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  108 
  

  

  ARCHEOLOGY 
  12 
  

  

  ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  

  

  OF 
  

  

  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  WILLIAM 
  M. 
  BEAUCHAMP 
  

   INTRODUCTORY 
  

  

  In 
  1893 
  I 
  published 
  a 
  little 
  book 
  entitled 
  Indian 
  Names 
  in 
  New 
  

   York, 
  with 
  a 
  Selection 
  from 
  other 
  States, 
  containing 
  all 
  those 
  then 
  

   known 
  to 
  me 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  adding 
  to 
  these 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   Onondaga 
  names 
  of 
  plants 
  and 
  animals, 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  their 
  

   primary 
  meanings. 
  These 
  are 
  not 
  included 
  here, 
  and 
  many 
  names 
  

   outside 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  also 
  omitted. 
  Further 
  research 
  has 
  at 
  

   least 
  doubled 
  the 
  local 
  names 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  and 
  increased 
  trie 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  significance 
  of 
  many, 
  as 
  now 
  given. 
  In 
  the 
  work 
  

   mentioned 
  there 
  were 
  slight 
  verbal 
  errors, 
  not 
  materially 
  affecting 
  

   sound 
  or 
  sense, 
  and 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  carefully 
  revised 
  and 
  cor- 
  

   rected. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  treatment 
  of 
  alleged 
  meanings, 
  bringing 
  

   together 
  the 
  views 
  of 
  various 
  writers, 
  and 
  a 
  fuller 
  reference 
  to 
  

   existing 
  vocabularies. 
  As 
  many 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  left 
  undefined 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  temptation 
  to 
  give 
  such 
  early 
  Algonquin 
  and 
  Iroquois 
  

   words 
  as 
  might 
  help 
  general 
  interpretation. 
  Thorough 
  students 
  

   would 
  still 
  require 
  the 
  larger 
  vocabularies, 
  and 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  a 
  

   brief 
  compilation 
  to 
  others 
  might 
  prove 
  very 
  small. 
  Instead 
  there 
  

   are 
  supplied 
  digests 
  of 
  languages 
  from 
  reputable 
  writers, 
  treating 
  

  

  