﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  I05 
  

  

  pronounced 
  De-o-dou-sote. 
  Morgan 
  gave 
  it 
  simply 
  as 
  De- 
  

   o'-de-sote, 
  the 
  spring, 
  Indian 
  pronunciation 
  not 
  being 
  exact. 
  

   This 
  place 
  is 
  identified 
  by 
  Doty 
  as 
  the 
  Gan-nou-na-ta 
  of 
  De 
  

   Nonville, 
  styled 
  Gannon 
  data 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  possession. 
  Belmont 
  

   called 
  it 
  Ounenaba, 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  word 
  if 
  correctly 
  

   given, 
  but 
  he 
  probably 
  intended 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  name. 
  Doty 
  thought 
  

   it 
  the 
  Keinthe 
  of 
  Greenhalgh. 
  Viele 
  termed 
  it 
  Kaunonada, 
  and 
  

   Lahontan 
  Danoncaritarui, 
  which 
  is 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  on 
  Kitchin's 
  

   map. 
  Marshall 
  placed 
  it 
  2 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  East 
  Avon 
  and 
  

   thought 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  Gannounata. 
  Its 
  identification 
  will 
  not 
  now 
  be 
  

   discussed. 
  [See 
  Ontario 
  county]. 
  

  

  Dyu-hah-gaih, 
  the 
  current 
  bites 
  the 
  bank, 
  or 
  eats 
  it 
  away, 
  is 
  Doty's 
  

   name 
  for 
  a 
  former 
  Oneida 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  Genesee. 
  Some 
  Oneidas 
  

   and 
  Tuscaroras 
  espoused 
  the 
  royal 
  cause. 
  

  

  Ga-hah-dae-ont-hwah, 
  the 
  hemlock 
  was 
  poured 
  out; 
  i. 
  e. 
  the 
  fine 
  

   leaves 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  or 
  a 
  drink 
  made 
  from 
  them. 
  Doty 
  gave 
  this 
  as 
  

   one 
  name 
  of 
  Squakie 
  Hill. 
  Morgan 
  wrote 
  it 
  Ga-neh'-da-on-tweh, 
  

   where 
  hemlock 
  was 
  spilled, 
  applying 
  it 
  to 
  Moscow 
  or 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   village 
  there. 
  

  

  Gah-ni'-gah'-dot, 
  the 
  pestle 
  stands 
  there, 
  was 
  a 
  recent 
  village 
  near 
  

   East 
  Avon. 
  

  

  Ga-ne-o-de'-ya, 
  clear 
  small 
  lake, 
  is 
  Doty's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  

   spring 
  at 
  Caledonia. 
  This 
  name 
  is 
  usually 
  translated 
  handsome 
  lake, 
  

   though 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  greatness. 
  

  

  Gan-nou-na-ta, 
  an 
  early 
  Seneca 
  town 
  already 
  mentioned 
  and 
  

   usually 
  identified 
  with 
  Keinthe. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Avon 
  and 
  also 
  at 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Lima. 
  

  

  Ga-non'-da-seeh, 
  new 
  town, 
  near 
  Moscow, 
  was 
  a 
  resort 
  for 
  pigeon 
  

   shooting 
  but 
  was 
  not 
  occupied 
  in 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  Ga-nus'-ga-go, 
  among 
  the 
  milkweeds, 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  mentioned 
  

   as 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  Seneca 
  village 
  at 
  Dansville. 
  He 
  makes 
  it 
  

   equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  Seneca 
  Canaseraga. 
  

  

  Ga-on-do-wa-nuh, 
  big 
  tree, 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  village 
  in 
  Leicester, 
  2 
  

   miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  Morgan 
  made 
  it 
  Ga-un-do'-wa-neh, 
  or 
  big 
  

   tree, 
  on 
  a 
  hill 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  Cuylerville. 
  French 
  has 
  the 
  meaning 
  

   from 
  an 
  immense 
  oak 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  bank 
  near 
  Geneseo. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  

   favorite 
  personal 
  name. 
  

  

  