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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Nun-da 
  is 
  Nun-da'-o, 
  hilly, 
  according 
  to 
  Morgan. 
  Doty 
  gives 
  

   it 
  as 
  O'-non-da'-oh, 
  where 
  many 
  hills 
  come 
  together, 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  

   the 
  same. 
  The 
  village 
  was 
  2 
  miles 
  nearer 
  the 
  river 
  than 
  the 
  present 
  

   village 
  of 
  Nunda. 
  Earlier 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  Nundow 
  and 
  Nundey 
  

   Though 
  this 
  definition 
  seems 
  sound 
  Spafford 
  questioned 
  it 
  for 
  some 
  

   good 
  reasons. 
  A 
  Seneca 
  hunter 
  told 
  him 
  in 
  181 
  7 
  : 
  ''That 
  this 
  Nunda 
  

   was 
  an 
  attempt 
  of 
  the 
  Yankees 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  Indian 
  sound 
  of 
  the 
  

   name 
  they 
  had 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  rich 
  alluvial 
  mold 
  of 
  this 
  country, 
  sig- 
  

   nifying 
  potato 
  ground, 
  a 
  name 
  they 
  applied 
  to 
  lands 
  of 
  this 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  above 
  the 
  falls." 
  There 
  is 
  much 
  plausibility 
  in 
  this, 
  as 
  School- 
  

   craft 
  gives 
  ononnuhda 
  as 
  the 
  Seneca 
  word 
  for 
  potato^ 
  while 
  Gal- 
  

   latin's 
  is 
  ononenundaw. 
  This 
  seems 
  the 
  place 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Proctor 
  

   as 
  Nondas 
  in 
  1791, 
  and 
  which 
  he 
  thought 
  8 
  miles 
  from 
  Squakie 
  Hill. 
  

  

  O-ha'-di 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Morgan 
  to 
  Geneseo 
  or 
  a 
  village 
  near 
  

   there, 
  meaning 
  trees 
  burned. 
  Doty 
  wrote 
  it 
  Oh-ha-daih, 
  burnt 
  trees; 
  

   i. 
  e., 
  those 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  girdled. 
  

  

  O-ha'-gi, 
  crowding 
  the 
  bank, 
  was 
  a 
  Tuscarora 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  

   Genesee, 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Morgan. 
  It 
  suggests 
  the 
  Oneida 
  village 
  re- 
  

   corded 
  by 
  Doty 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  seems 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  O-he-gech-rage 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  Moravians 
  called 
  

   Conesus 
  lake 
  in 
  1750. 
  

  

  O-neh'-da, 
  the 
  hemlock, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Hemlock 
  lake 
  and 
  

   outlet. 
  In 
  Cayuga 
  it 
  is 
  De-o-neh'-dah, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  meaning. 
  

   Marshall 
  called 
  is 
  Nah'-daeh. 
  

  

  O-ne-o'-ta-de 
  appears 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  lake. 
  

  

  Ou-nen-a-ba 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  Doty 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  Belmont's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Gannounata 
  in 
  1687. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  latter 
  name 
  misspelled. 
  

   As 
  given 
  it 
  suggests 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  word, 
  having 
  one 
  labial 
  sound. 
  

  

  Quicksea, 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Conesus 
  in 
  1779, 
  seems 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Yucksea. 
  

  

  Sho-no'-jo-waah-geh, 
  big 
  kettle, 
  is 
  Doty's 
  name 
  for 
  Mount 
  Morris. 
  

   He 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  from 
  a 
  copper 
  still, 
  or 
  large 
  

   kettle, 
  used 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  whites 
  in 
  making 
  whisky. 
  Marshall's 
  note 
  

   is 
  : 
  "Sho-noh'-jo-waah-geh 
  'At 
  General 
  Morris's.' 
  The 
  General 
  was 
  

   called 
  by 
  this 
  name, 
  without 
  the 
  suffix 
  geh, 
  which 
  denotes 
  locality." 
  

   Morgan 
  said 
  that 
  So-no'-jo-wau-ga 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Big 
  Kettle, 
  a 
  

   Seneca 
  chief 
  who 
  lived 
  there. 
  There 
  were 
  several 
  chiefs 
  who 
  had 
  

   this 
  favorite 
  name. 
  

  

  Sin-non-do-wae-ne 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  castle 
  in 
  1720, 
  and 
  had 
  its 
  name 
  

  

  