﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  67 
  

  

  come 
  from 
  Grand 
  river 
  in 
  Canada, 
  or 
  may 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  

   flowing 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  Buffalo. 
  In 
  the 
  beaver 
  land 
  deed 
  of 
  

   1 
  70 
  1 
  there 
  is 
  mentioned 
  " 
  The 
  lake 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  Sahiquage, 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  Christians 
  the 
  lake 
  of 
  Sweege." 
  That 
  of 
  1726 
  speaks 
  

   of 
  a 
  line 
  " 
  Beginning 
  from 
  a 
  creek 
  called 
  Canahogue 
  on 
  the 
  Lake 
  

   Osweego." 
  The 
  creek 
  was 
  Cuyahoga 
  river. 
  

  

  Ta-nun'-no-ga-o, 
  full 
  of 
  hickory 
  bark. 
  Eighteenmile 
  creek. 
  This 
  

   word, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  meaning, 
  belongs 
  to 
  Clarence 
  Hollow. 
  

  

  Te-car'-na-ga-ge, 
  black 
  waters. 
  Two 
  Sister's 
  creek. 
  These 
  two 
  

   are 
  from 
  Morgan. 
  

  

  Te-cha-ron-ki-on. 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  1671 
  mention 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  

   " 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  Techaronkion." 
  

  

  Tga-des', 
  long 
  prairie, 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  meadows 
  above 
  Upper 
  

   Ebenezer. 
  

  

  Tga-noh'-so-doh, 
  place 
  of 
  houses, 
  was 
  an 
  old 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  forks 
  

   of 
  Smoke's 
  creek. 
  

  

  Tga'-non-da-ga'-yos-hah, 
  old 
  village. 
  Flats 
  embracing 
  Twichell's 
  

   farm 
  and 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  Seneca 
  village 
  on 
  Buffalo 
  creek. 
  

   • 
  Tga-sgoh'-sa-deh, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  falls. 
  Falls 
  above 
  Jack 
  Berry- 
  

   town. 
  

  

  Tga-is'-da-ni-yont, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  suspended 
  bell. 
  Seneca 
  mission 
  

   house. 
  

  

  Tgah'-si-ya-deh, 
  rope 
  ferry, 
  was 
  the 
  old 
  ferry 
  over 
  Buffalo 
  creek. 
  

  

  Te-kise'-da-ne-yout, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  bell, 
  given 
  by 
  Morgan 
  for 
  Red 
  

   Jacket 
  village, 
  differs 
  slightly 
  from 
  Marshall's 
  name, 
  given 
  above. 
  

  

  To'-na-wan-da 
  or 
  Ta'-na-wun-da 
  creek, 
  swift 
  water 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   rapids, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Yo-da'-nyah-gwah', 
  fishing 
  place 
  with 
  hook 
  and 
  line. 
  Sandy 
  town, 
  

   the 
  old 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  beach 
  above 
  Black 
  Rock. 
  

  

  Wa-na-kah 
  suggests 
  a 
  recent 
  made 
  up 
  name, 
  perhaps 
  founded 
  

   on 
  gawannka, 
  to 
  frolic, 
  but 
  probably 
  from 
  wunnegen, 
  it 
  is 
  good, 
  

   and 
  ahki, 
  land, 
  the 
  latter 
  derivation 
  being 
  Algonquin. 
  

  

  ESSEX 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  The 
  Adirondack 
  mountains 
  perpetuate 
  the 
  common 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  

   important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Algonquin 
  family, 
  though 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  choose 
  

   it 
  for 
  themselves. 
  The 
  Adirondacks, 
  or 
  Tree 
  Eaters, 
  were 
  so 
  

   termed 
  in 
  derision 
  by 
  their 
  enemies, 
  as 
  though 
  they 
  had 
  no 
  better 
  

  

  