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  YORK 
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  dagas, 
  along 
  that 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  which 
  bears 
  their 
  name. 
  

   Marshall, 
  p. 
  32 
  

  

  Ga-da'-o-ya-deh, 
  level 
  heavens, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Ellicott, 
  

   and 
  in 
  sound 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  one 
  given 
  for 
  Williamsville, 
  with 
  a 
  

   different 
  interpretation, 
  which 
  follows. 
  

  

  Gah-da'-ya-deh, 
  place 
  of 
  misery, 
  is 
  Marshall's 
  name 
  for 
  Williams- 
  

   ville, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  open 
  meadows, 
  so 
  bleak 
  in 
  winter. 
  Chief 
  

   Blacksmith, 
  however, 
  said 
  the 
  name 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  open 
  sky, 
  seen 
  

   where 
  the 
  path 
  crossed 
  the 
  creek. 
  This 
  resembles 
  Morgan's 
  defini- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  Ga-gah-doh-ga, 
  white 
  oak 
  creek, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr 
  Strong, 
  was 
  

   the 
  north 
  branch 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  creek, 
  above 
  Sulphur 
  spring. 
  

  

  Gah-gwah-ge'-ga-aah, 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  Kah-kwas, 
  is 
  Marshall's 
  

   name 
  for 
  Eighteenmile 
  creek, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  Gah-gwah'-geh. 
  

   Morgan 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  Ga'-gwa-ga, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  

   last. 
  He 
  defines 
  it 
  Creek 
  of 
  Cat 
  nation. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  written 
  Caugwa, 
  

   and 
  appears 
  as 
  " 
  Eighteen 
  Mile 
  or 
  Koughquaugu 
  Creek 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  

   contract 
  between 
  Robert 
  Morris 
  and 
  the 
  Senecas 
  in 
  1797. 
  D 
  wight's 
  

   map 
  has 
  it 
  Cauquaga. 
  Whether 
  the 
  Kah-kwas 
  were 
  Eries 
  or 
  Neu- 
  

   trals 
  is 
  an 
  open 
  question. 
  " 
  Kakouagoga, 
  a 
  nation 
  destroyed," 
  is 
  

   placed 
  near 
  Buffalo 
  on 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  1680, 
  and 
  this 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  

   identify 
  the 
  Kah-kwas 
  with 
  the 
  Neutrals. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  the 
  

   Neutrals 
  withdrew 
  their 
  New 
  York 
  villages 
  and 
  were 
  destroyed 
  

   in 
  Canada. 
  If 
  the 
  reference 
  is 
  to 
  them, 
  then 
  the 
  map 
  takes 
  no 
  

   notice 
  of 
  the 
  strong 
  and 
  warlike 
  Eries, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  likely. 
  Albert 
  

   Cusick 
  defines 
  Kahkwa 
  as 
  an 
  eye 
  skelled 
  like 
  a 
  cat, 
  and 
  the 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  eye 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  noticeable 
  feature 
  of 
  that 
  people. 
  

  

  Gai-gwaah-geh, 
  place 
  of 
  hats, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  Fort 
  Erie, 
  and 
  the 
  

   tale 
  of 
  the 
  hats 
  floating 
  ashore 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  noticed. 
  

  

  Go-nah'-gwaht-geh, 
  wild 
  grass 
  of 
  a 
  particular 
  kind, 
  is 
  Ken-jock- 
  

   e-ty 
  creek. 
  

  

  Ga-noh'-ho-geh, 
  place 
  -filled 
  up, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Long 
  Point 
  in 
  

   Canada, 
  sometimes 
  applied 
  to 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  It 
  alludes 
  to 
  the 
  legend 
  

   that 
  the 
  Great 
  Beaver 
  built 
  a 
  dam 
  across 
  the 
  lake, 
  of 
  which 
  Presque 
  

   Isle 
  and 
  Long 
  Point 
  are 
  the 
  remains. 
  

  

  Ga-nun-da-sey, 
  new 
  town, 
  the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Indian 
  village, 
  

   Newtown, 
  near 
  Lawton 
  Station. 
  Mr 
  Parker 
  furnishes 
  this- 
  name 
  

   and 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  