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  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  8l 
  

  

  FULTON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Ca'-na-da 
  lake 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  inappropriately 
  applied, 
  and 
  Canada 
  

   island 
  is 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map. 
  The 
  word 
  usually 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  village, 
  

   but 
  sometimes 
  to 
  a 
  creek. 
  Several 
  "New 
  York 
  creeks 
  flowing 
  from 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  Canada 
  had 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Ca-ni-a-dut'-ta, 
  Caijutha, 
  Caniatudd 
  and 
  Cayadutha 
  are 
  variants 
  

   of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  Garoga 
  creek. 
  

  

  Ca-ya-dut-ta 
  creek, 
  stone 
  standing 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  flows 
  through 
  

   this 
  county. 
  

  

  Chuc-te-nun'-da 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  creek 
  flowing 
  south 
  here, 
  but 
  

   occurring 
  elsewhere 
  as 
  a 
  name. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  treated 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  

   of 
  Montgomery 
  county, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  streams 
  so 
  called. 
  

  

  De-ag-jo-har-o-we 
  was 
  one 
  name 
  of 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  

  

  Des-kon'-ta, 
  now 
  West 
  Stony 
  creek, 
  is 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map 
  as 
  a 
  

   tributary 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Bleecker. 
  

  

  Ga-ro'-ga 
  lake 
  is 
  in 
  Garoga. 
  This 
  village 
  of 
  Garoga 
  is 
  in 
  Ephra- 
  

   tah, 
  while 
  the 
  creek 
  flows 
  through 
  several 
  towns. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  

   from 
  garo, 
  on 
  this 
  side, 
  adding 
  the 
  locative, 
  or 
  from 
  garogon, 
  to 
  

   make 
  something 
  of 
  wood. 
  The 
  more 
  probable 
  origin 
  is 
  kaihogha, 
  

   a 
  creek. 
  

  

  Ken-ne-at-too, 
  stone 
  lying 
  Hat 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  as 
  interpreted 
  by 
  A. 
  

   Cusick, 
  is 
  Fonda's 
  creek 
  in 
  Mayfield. 
  

  

  Ken-ny-et-to, 
  sometimes 
  applied 
  to 
  Vlaie 
  creek, 
  or 
  Sacondaga 
  

   lake 
  or 
  vlaie, 
  scarcely 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  last. 
  Simms 
  wrote 
  it 
  Ken- 
  

   inyitto 
  and 
  defined 
  it 
  little 
  water. 
  

  

  Ko-la-ne'-ka 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Johnstown, 
  and 
  he 
  merely 
  

   makes 
  it 
  Indian 
  superintendent. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  it, 
  where 
  he 
  

   filled 
  his 
  bowl, 
  either 
  with 
  food 
  or 
  drink, 
  probably 
  alluding 
  to 
  John- 
  

   son's 
  hospitality. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  1750. 
  

  

  Moose 
  creek, 
  here 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  has 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  that 
  

   animal. 
  

  

  Oregon, 
  a 
  western 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  village 
  [see 
  Chautau- 
  

   qua 
  county]. 
  

  

  Sa-con-da'-ga, 
  called 
  Sachendaga 
  in 
  1750, 
  is 
  often 
  defined 
  much 
  

   water, 
  or 
  drowned 
  lands, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  literal, 
  but 
  conveys 
  the 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  meaning. 
  Spafford 
  defined 
  it 
  swamp; 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  swampy 
  or 
  

  

  