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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Con-hoc-ton 
  river 
  has 
  its 
  head 
  in 
  Stillwater. 
  Morgan 
  gives 
  

   Ga-nak'-to 
  as 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  form, 
  meaning 
  log 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  Con-nect-xio, 
  a 
  village 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  seems 
  

   the 
  earlier 
  Geneseo, 
  but 
  the 
  name 
  also 
  strongly 
  suggests 
  Conesus, 
  

   some 
  forms 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  resembles. 
  

  

  Da-non-ca-ri-ta-oui 
  on 
  Kitchin's 
  map, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Genesee 
  

   river, 
  and 
  as 
  this 
  was 
  after 
  Lahontan's 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  by 
  him, 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  another 
  place. 
  In 
  1672, 
  however, 
  

   Father 
  Gamier 
  spoke 
  of 
  a 
  Seneca 
  chief 
  who 
  was 
  called 
  On-non-ken- 
  

   ri-ta-oui, 
  saying: 
  " 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  distinguished 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas." 
  

   He 
  afterward 
  called 
  him 
  Sho-non-ke-ri-ta-oui, 
  and 
  the 
  town 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  named 
  from 
  him 
  or 
  his 
  successor, 
  as 
  was 
  often 
  done. 
  

  

  De-o'-na-ga-no, 
  cold 
  water, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Caledonia. 
  

   Doty 
  has 
  it 
  Dyu'-ne-ga-nooh, 
  clear 
  cold 
  water, 
  placing 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  

   northwest 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  spring 
  at 
  Caledonia. 
  These 
  springs 
  

   were 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  near 
  them 
  the 
  abundant 
  cal- 
  

   careous 
  tufa 
  is 
  much 
  employed. 
  The 
  Rev. 
  Samuel 
  Kirkland 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  them 
  in 
  1788, 
  speaking 
  of 
  " 
  the 
  magic 
  spring 
  as 
  denominated 
  

   by 
  the 
  Indians 
  because 
  its 
  water 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  petrify 
  almost 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  that 
  obstructed 
  its 
  current. 
  A 
  pagan 
  tradition 
  prevailed, 
  of 
  

   an 
  evil 
  spirit 
  having 
  resided 
  here 
  in 
  former 
  times, 
  bellowing 
  with 
  

   a 
  horrid 
  noise, 
  and 
  ejecting 
  balls 
  of 
  liquid 
  fire. 
  The 
  spring 
  emptied 
  

   into 
  the 
  Genesee, 
  and 
  its 
  fountain 
  was 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  

   Kanawageas." 
  As 
  in 
  other 
  similar 
  cases 
  no 
  name 
  indicating 
  evil 
  

   influences 
  has 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  us, 
  though 
  such 
  names 
  doubtless 
  ex- 
  

   isted. 
  

  

  De-o-nun'-da-ga-a, 
  where 
  the 
  hill 
  is 
  near, 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Little 
  

   Beard's 
  town 
  according 
  to 
  Morgan. 
  Doty 
  has 
  it 
  Dyu-non-dah- 
  

   ga'-eeh, 
  steep 
  hill 
  creek, 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  part 
  of 
  Cuylerville. 
  

  

  De-o-wes'-ta 
  is 
  now 
  Portageville 
  or 
  a 
  neck 
  of 
  land 
  below 
  it. 
  

  

  De-yu'-it-ga'-oh, 
  where 
  the 
  valley 
  begins 
  to 
  widen, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Doty, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Squakie 
  Hill, 
  opposite 
  Mount 
  Morris. 
  He 
  had 
  

   his 
  name 
  and 
  meaning 
  from 
  Marshall. 
  Morgan 
  has 
  Da-yo'-it-ga-o, 
  

   where 
  the 
  river 
  conies 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  hills. 
  Both 
  definitions 
  express 
  the 
  

   same 
  general 
  idea 
  without 
  being 
  literal, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  often 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  Dyu-do'-o-sot', 
  at 
  the 
  spring, 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  Douglass 
  farm 
  in 
  Avon, 
  

   2 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Livonia 
  station 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  line. 
  

   It 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  Little 
  Conesus 
  or 
  Gore 
  brook, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  

  

  