﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
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  NEW 
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  Ke-ti-y 
  en-goo- 
  wah, 
  big 
  swamp, 
  is 
  near 
  Tonawanda. 
  D. 
  Cusick 
  

   gave 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  fort 
  Kea-dan-yee-ko-wa, 
  now 
  Tonawanda 
  plains. 
  

  

  O'-at-ka 
  creek, 
  the 
  opening, 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  Allen's 
  creek. 
  This 
  and 
  

   the 
  next 
  two 
  are 
  from 
  Morgan. 
  

  

  O-a'-geh, 
  on 
  the 
  road. 
  Pembroke. 
  

  

  O-so'-ont-geh, 
  place 
  of 
  turkeys. 
  Darien. 
  

  

  Roanoke 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  Stafford, 
  introduced 
  from 
  

   Virginia. 
  In 
  1722 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  called 
  the 
  Roanoke 
  river 
  Konent- 
  

   cheneke. 
  The 
  disk 
  shell 
  beads 
  are 
  termed 
  Roanoke. 
  

  

  Ta'-na-wun-da 
  or 
  Tonawanda 
  creek, 
  swift 
  water, 
  from 
  the 
  rapid 
  

   current 
  for 
  10 
  miles 
  below 
  Batavia. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  Little 
  Tona- 
  

   wanda 
  creek. 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  two 
  are 
  from 
  Morgan's 
  list. 
  

  

  Te-car'-da-na-duk, 
  place 
  of 
  many 
  trenches. 
  Oakfield. 
  This 
  is 
  in 
  

   allusion 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  earthworks 
  there. 
  

  

  Te-car'-no-wun-na-da'-ne-o, 
  many 
  rapids. 
  Leroy. 
  

  

  Te-ga'-tain-e-a-agh-gwe, 
  double 
  fort. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  Samuel 
  Kirk- 
  

   land 
  received 
  this 
  name 
  in 
  1788, 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  near 
  Batavia. 
  " 
  He 
  ar- 
  

   rived 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  Tegataineaaghgwe, 
  which 
  

   imports 
  a 
  double- 
  fortified 
  town, 
  or 
  a 
  town 
  with 
  a 
  fort 
  at 
  each 
  end. 
  

   Here 
  he 
  walked 
  about 
  r 
  A 
  mile 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  chiefs, 
  to 
  

   view 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  vestiges 
  of 
  this 
  double-fortified 
  town. 
  They 
  were 
  

   the 
  remains 
  of 
  two 
  forts," 
  which 
  he 
  thought 
  were 
  2 
  miles 
  apart. 
  

  

  GREENE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  As-sis-ko-wach-keek 
  or 
  As-sis-ko-wach-kok, 
  was 
  the 
  fourth 
  of 
  

   five 
  plains 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Catskill 
  patents 
  of 
  1678 
  and 
  1680, 
  just 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  stone 
  bridge 
  at 
  Leeds. 
  It 
  may 
  mean 
  place 
  of 
  three 
  

   fires. 
  Arthur 
  C. 
  Parker 
  says 
  that 
  as'-sis-ko-wach-kek 
  is 
  rush 
  land 
  in 
  

   Abenaki, 
  a-sis-ko-wach 
  meaning 
  scouring 
  rushes 
  and 
  kek 
  or 
  ki 
  land 
  

   or 
  place. 
  

  

  Ba-sic 
  creek 
  is 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  a 
  frequent 
  name. 
  

  

  Can-is-kek, 
  a 
  plain 
  west 
  of 
  Athens, 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  1664, 
  and 
  is 
  some- 
  

   times 
  written 
  Kaniskek. 
  It 
  was 
  opposite 
  Claverack 
  and 
  behind 
  

   Baeren 
  or 
  Machawameck 
  island. 
  

  

  Chough-tig-hig-nick, 
  in 
  Windham, 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  French 
  as 
  the 
  

   original 
  name 
  of 
  Batavia 
  kill. 
  

  

  Cox-sack-ie, 
  now 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  creek 
  and 
  town, 
  has 
  been 
  written 
  

   Kuxakee 
  and 
  Coxackie. 
  Ruttenber 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  co, 
  object, 
  and 
  

  

  