﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Ga-nus-sus-geh, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  house, 
  the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   council 
  house 
  square 
  at 
  Newtown. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  names 
  are 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  white 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  reservation. 
  

  

  Ga-sko'-sa-da, 
  falls, 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  village. 
  

  

  Ga-sko'-sa-da-ne-o, 
  many 
  falls, 
  was 
  Williamsville. 
  

  

  Ga-wah'-no-geh, 
  on 
  the 
  island, 
  was 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Grand 
  

   Island. 
  Marshall, 
  however, 
  called 
  it 
  Ga-we'-not, 
  great 
  island. 
  

  

  Ga-ya-gua'-doh, 
  smoke 
  has 
  disappeared, 
  includes 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  

   Old 
  Smoke's 
  name, 
  after 
  whom 
  the 
  creek 
  was 
  called. 
  Marshall 
  

   wrote 
  it 
  Ga-yah-gaawh'-doh. 
  

  

  Gwa'-u-gweh, 
  or 
  Carrying 
  Place 
  village, 
  place 
  of 
  taking 
  out 
  boats. 
  

   Except 
  in 
  accent 
  this 
  does 
  not 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  name 
  which 
  Morgan 
  

   gives 
  to 
  Cayuga, 
  and 
  to 
  which 
  others 
  give 
  the 
  above 
  meaning. 
  

  

  Hah-do'-neh, 
  place 
  of 
  June 
  berries. 
  Seneca 
  creek, 
  or 
  the 
  south 
  

   fork 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  creek. 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  are 
  from 
  Marshall. 
  

  

  He-yont-gat-hwat'-hah, 
  picturesque 
  spot. 
  Cazenovia 
  Bluff, 
  east 
  

   of 
  Lower 
  Ebenezer. 
  

  

  I-o-si-o-ha 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Archives, 
  under 
  date 
  

   of 
  1783, 
  as 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  village 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  creek. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  rec- 
  

   ognized 
  as 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  Do'-syo-wa. 
  

  

  Ka-e-oua-ge-gein 
  appears 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  as 
  Eighteenmile 
  

   creek. 
  

  

  Kan-ha-i-ta-neek-ge, 
  place 
  of 
  many 
  streams, 
  as 
  translated 
  by 
  

   Albert 
  Cusick. 
  It 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  David 
  Cusick, 
  in 
  the 
  reign 
  

   of 
  Atotarho 
  9, 
  as 
  " 
  Kanhaitauneekay, 
  east 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  village, 
  

   Buffalo 
  Reservation." 
  David 
  Cusick 
  said, 
  also, 
  that 
  the 
  sixth 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  family, 
  in 
  going 
  westward, 
  " 
  Touched 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  

   lake, 
  and 
  named 
  Kau-ha-gwa-rah-ka, 
  i. 
  e. 
  A. 
  Cap, 
  now 
  Erie." 
  The 
  

   translation 
  is 
  correct, 
  and 
  the 
  sixth 
  family 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Tus- 
  

   caroras. 
  

   * 
  Ken-j 
  ock-e-ty 
  creek 
  was 
  so 
  called 
  by 
  early 
  settlers 
  from 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   family 
  living 
  on 
  it. 
  John 
  Kenjoekety, 
  its 
  head, 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   son 
  of 
  a 
  Kah-kwa 
  Indian, 
  and 
  lived 
  on 
  the 
  creek 
  a 
  little 
  east 
  of 
  

   Niagara 
  street. 
  His 
  Seneca 
  name 
  was 
  Sga-dynh'-gwa-dih, 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  Marshall, 
  or 
  Sken-dyough-gwat-ti, 
  according 
  to 
  Asher 
  

   Wright, 
  meaning 
  beyond 
  the 
  multitude. 
  French 
  gave 
  the 
  creek's 
  

   name 
  as 
  Scajaquady, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  treaty 
  it 
  appeared 
  as 
  Scoy-gu-quoi- 
  

  

  