﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IO3 
  

  

  which 
  the 
  town 
  derives 
  its 
  name, 
  flows 
  through 
  it." 
  There 
  is 
  the 
  

   usual 
  variety 
  in 
  the 
  journals 
  of 
  Sullivan's 
  campaign, 
  but 
  no 
  one 
  

   changes 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  beautiful 
  valley. 
  

  

  Che-non-da-nah 
  of 
  1754 
  was 
  written 
  Che-nan-do-a-nes 
  in 
  1774. 
  

   At 
  that 
  date 
  and 
  later 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  Little 
  Beard's 
  town 
  quite 
  often, 
  

   after 
  its 
  chief. 
  On 
  Pownall's 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Genesee 
  

   river, 
  about 
  15 
  miles 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  which 
  is 
  too 
  far 
  north. 
  

   At 
  first 
  it 
  was 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  The 
  name 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  national 
  

   title 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  

  

  Co-ne-sus 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  creek, 
  lake 
  and 
  town. 
  Morgan 
  

   gave 
  Ga-ne-a'-sos 
  for 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  outlet, 
  place 
  of 
  nannyberries. 
  

   A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  it 
  long 
  strings 
  of 
  berries. 
  Doty 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  

   Gah 
  nyuh-sas, 
  but 
  places 
  the 
  name 
  J 
  / 
  2 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  

   lake, 
  where 
  sheepberries 
  (Viburn 
  u 
  m 
  nud 
  u 
  m) 
  are 
  abundant. 
  

   The 
  name 
  is 
  also 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  mode 
  of 
  scooping 
  

   up 
  fish 
  at 
  the 
  outlet, 
  but 
  this 
  lacks 
  support. 
  The 
  variants 
  of 
  the 
  

   alternate 
  name 
  of 
  Ad 
  juste 
  have 
  been 
  given. 
  In 
  the 
  journals 
  of 
  1779 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  also 
  appears 
  as 
  Canexa, 
  Canesaah, 
  Canneh- 
  

   sawes, 
  Canough, 
  Canaghsoos, 
  Keneghses, 
  Kanaghsas, 
  Kagnegasas, 
  

   Kanaghsaws, 
  Kanieghsas, 
  Kanegsas 
  or 
  Quicksea, 
  Kaneysas 
  or 
  

   Yucksea, 
  Yoxsaw 
  and 
  Yorkjough. 
  Some 
  are 
  alternate 
  names. 
  

  

  Sullivan's 
  army 
  encamped 
  at 
  Kanaghsaws, 
  September 
  16, 
  1779. 
  

   "This 
  place, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  was 
  commanded 
  by 
  a 
  negro, 
  who 
  was 
  titled 
  

   Capt. 
  Sunfish, 
  a 
  very 
  bold, 
  enterprising 
  fellow." 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  

   home 
  of 
  Big 
  Tree, 
  who 
  favored 
  the 
  Americans 
  and 
  tried 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  

   Senecas 
  neutral. 
  The 
  story 
  goes 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  

   the 
  place, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  companions 
  told 
  him 
  that 
  was 
  how 
  the 
  

   Americans 
  treated 
  their 
  friends. 
  He 
  replied 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  common 
  

   fortune 
  of 
  war, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  distinguish 
  between 
  the 
  

   property 
  of 
  friends 
  and 
  foes. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  his 
  

   friendship, 
  but 
  he 
  is 
  commonly 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  taken 
  part 
  with 
  

   his 
  nation. 
  While 
  here 
  one 
  of 
  Sullivan's 
  officers 
  wrote: 
  "At 
  this 
  

   town 
  liv'd 
  a 
  very 
  noted 
  warrior 
  called 
  the 
  Great 
  Tree, 
  who 
  has 
  made 
  

   great 
  pretensions 
  of 
  friendship 
  to 
  us 
  & 
  has 
  been 
  to 
  Phyladelphia 
  & 
  

   to 
  Genl 
  Washingtons 
  head 
  Quarters 
  since 
  the 
  war 
  commenced 
  & 
  

   has 
  received 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Presents 
  from 
  Genl 
  Washington 
  & 
  from 
  

   Congress 
  yet 
  we 
  suppose 
  he 
  is 
  with 
  Butler 
  against 
  us," 
  

  

  