﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IOI 
  

  

  LEWIS 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Da-ween'-net, 
  an 
  otter, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Otter 
  creek. 
  The 
  

   Oneida 
  word 
  for 
  otter 
  is 
  towene. 
  

  

  Ga-ne'-ga-to'-do, 
  corn 
  pounder, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Deer 
  river. 
  In 
  

   the 
  Onondaga 
  dialect 
  the 
  wooden 
  pestle 
  is 
  ote-ha-tok'-wah. 
  

  

  Ka-hu-ah'-go, 
  great 
  river, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Black 
  river, 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  mentioned. 
  Strictly 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  river, 
  as 
  surpassing 
  others. 
  

  

  Mohawk 
  Hill 
  has 
  an 
  introduced 
  name, 
  elsewhere 
  defined. 
  

  

  Moose 
  river 
  has 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  that 
  animal. 
  It 
  is 
  derived 
  

   from 
  moosu, 
  he 
  trims 
  or 
  cuts 
  smooth, 
  from 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  stripping 
  the 
  

   lower 
  branches 
  and 
  bark 
  from 
  trees 
  while 
  feeding. 
  

  

  Ne-ha-se'-ne, 
  crossing 
  on 
  a 
  stick 
  of 
  timber, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Beaver 
  river. 
  

  

  Oi-e-ka-ront-ne, 
  trout 
  river, 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  as 
  another 
  Indian 
  

   name 
  for 
  Deer 
  river. 
  The 
  Oneidas 
  call 
  the 
  trout 
  dodiahto, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  is 
  nah-wan-hon-tah. 
  A 
  St 
  Regis 
  name 
  seems 
  

   used. 
  

  

  O-je' 
  -quack, 
  nut 
  river, 
  is 
  Margan's 
  name 
  for 
  Indian 
  river. 
  The 
  

   Onondaga 
  word 
  for 
  nut 
  is 
  oo-sook'-wah. 
  

  

  Os-ce-o'-la 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  town 
  and 
  village 
  called 
  after 
  a 
  

   noted 
  Seminole 
  chief. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  translated 
  black 
  drink. 
  

  

  O-swe-gatch'-ie 
  is 
  rendered 
  O'-swa-gatch 
  by 
  Morgan, 
  who 
  says 
  

   the 
  meaning 
  is 
  lost. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  black 
  river- 
  

  

  Te-ka'-hun-di-an'-do, 
  clearing 
  an 
  opening, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Moose 
  river. 
  

  

  LIVINGSTON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  When 
  first 
  known 
  the 
  Senecas 
  lived 
  mostly 
  in 
  Ontario 
  county, 
  

   but 
  after 
  the 
  overthrow 
  of 
  the 
  Hurons 
  and 
  Eries 
  some 
  returned 
  to 
  

   former 
  homes 
  in 
  the 
  Genesee 
  valley, 
  and 
  gradually 
  occupied 
  all 
  the 
  

   western 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Though 
  their 
  villages 
  were 
  often 
  

   removed 
  to 
  new 
  sites 
  their 
  names 
  sometimes 
  went 
  with 
  them. 
  Many 
  

   of 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  journals 
  of 
  Sullivan's 
  campaign, 
  

   but 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  copied 
  by 
  soldiers 
  from 
  those 
  kept 
  by 
  others. 
  

  

  Ad-jus-te, 
  Ad- 
  jut-so, 
  Ad-yut-ro 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  these 
  journals 
  as 
  

   forms 
  of 
  one 
  name 
  of 
  Conesus 
  in 
  1779, 
  applied 
  to 
  both 
  the 
  town 
  

   and 
  lake. 
  Other 
  forms 
  are 
  Ajulsa, 
  Agusta, 
  Adjutoa 
  and 
  Adjuton. 
  

   Big 
  Tree, 
  a 
  noted 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  lived 
  at 
  this 
  place 
  and 
  favored 
  the 
  

   Americans. 
  

  

  