﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  In-cha-nan'-do, 
  fish 
  under 
  water, 
  according 
  to 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  was 
  one 
  

   name 
  for 
  Nowadaga 
  creek 
  in 
  Danube. 
  

  

  Ka-na-ta 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Sylvester 
  for 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek, 
  

   and 
  he 
  called 
  this 
  Amber 
  creek 
  from 
  its 
  color. 
  The 
  word 
  Canada 
  

   is 
  often 
  used 
  as 
  merely 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  creek, 
  especially 
  if 
  there 
  was 
  

   a 
  village 
  on 
  it, 
  as 
  in 
  this 
  case. 
  The 
  proper 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  

   also 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  as 
  will 
  appear. 
  

  

  Koua'-ri, 
  from 
  Oquari, 
  a 
  bear, 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  Fort 
  

   Herkimer 
  in 
  1757, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  by 
  the 
  French. 
  This 
  name 
  does 
  

   not 
  otherwise 
  appear. 
  

  

  Min-ne-ha-ha 
  station. 
  A 
  western 
  name 
  introduced 
  from 
  the 
  

   falls 
  of 
  that 
  name, 
  and 
  the 
  bride 
  of 
  Hiawatha 
  in 
  Longfellow's 
  poem. 
  

   It 
  is 
  usually 
  rendered 
  laughing 
  water, 
  which 
  will 
  answer 
  in 
  a 
  poem. 
  

   '"Minnehaha, 
  Laughing 
  Water, 
  loveliest 
  of 
  Dacotah 
  women." 
  

  

  Mo-hawk 
  river. 
  The 
  name 
  comes 
  from 
  moho 
  to 
  eat 
  living 
  things, 
  

   and 
  this 
  Algonquin 
  word 
  came 
  into 
  use 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  

   l)y 
  which 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  called 
  themselves. 
  By 
  the 
  Dutch 
  they 
  were 
  

   termed 
  Maquas, 
  or 
  bears. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  village 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  in 
  Ger- 
  

   man 
  Flats. 
  

  

  Moose 
  lake 
  has 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  family. 
  

  

  Nor-ridge-wock, 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  deer 
  according 
  to 
  Webster's 
  diction- 
  

   ary, 
  is 
  an 
  introduced 
  name. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  mean 
  forks 
  of 
  a 
  river. 
  

  

  No-wa-da-ga 
  creek 
  is 
  an 
  abbreviated 
  form 
  of 
  Canowedage, 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  place 
  of 
  mud 
  turtles 
  according 
  to 
  A. 
  Cusick. 
  On 
  this 
  stream 
  

   was 
  the 
  Indian 
  village 
  of 
  Canajoharie 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  colonial 
  period. 
  

  

  O-hi-o, 
  beautiful 
  river, 
  a. 
  name 
  now 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  town. 
  The 
  word 
  

   implies 
  more 
  than 
  mere 
  beauty 
  and, 
  when 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  adjective, 
  may 
  

   often 
  be 
  rendered 
  great 
  or 
  very 
  fine. 
  

  

  Ogh-regh-e-roon-ge, 
  a 
  named 
  for 
  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  in 
  17 
  14. 
  It 
  

   must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  any 
  village 
  or 
  person 
  could 
  originate 
  local 
  

   names. 
  

  

  O-ne-ki-o 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  coined 
  for 
  a 
  railroad 
  station, 
  from 
  ganne- 
  

   gio, 
  good 
  water. 
  

  

  Ot-squa'-go, 
  under 
  a 
  bridge. 
  Morgan 
  wrote 
  it 
  O-squa'-go. 
  

  

  Rax'-e-toth 
  or 
  Ras'-se-dot, 
  from 
  raxaa, 
  a 
  boy, 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  

   creek 
  in 
  Schuyler 
  in 
  1757. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  called 
  from 
  the 
  

   son 
  of 
  Kash, 
  the 
  first 
  settler. 
  

  

  Ron-doxe 
  lake 
  and 
  station 
  have 
  this 
  name 
  from 
  Adirondack. 
  

  

  