﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  109 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  or 
  many 
  hills. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  usual 
  

   form. 
  

  

  Sja-unt 
  was 
  the 
  farthest 
  Seneca 
  castle 
  in 
  1700, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  

   contraction 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  name. 
  

  

  Ska-hase'-ga-o, 
  once 
  a 
  long 
  creek, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   village 
  of 
  Lima, 
  where 
  a 
  Seneca 
  town 
  once 
  stood. 
  Marshall 
  and 
  

   Doty 
  differ 
  but 
  slightly, 
  making 
  it 
  Sga'-his-ga-aah, 
  it 
  zvas 
  a 
  long 
  

   creek. 
  From 
  Hemlock 
  lake 
  to 
  the- 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  the 
  stream 
  on 
  

   which 
  Lima 
  is 
  midway, 
  is 
  yet 
  a 
  long 
  creek. 
  

  

  Son-nont-ou-an 
  is 
  the 
  usual 
  French 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  castle 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  nation. 
  It 
  has 
  many 
  variants, 
  and 
  means 
  the 
  

   people 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  hills. 
  

  

  Son'-yea 
  is 
  4 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  Mont 
  Morris, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  has 
  

   been 
  defined 
  burning 
  sun 
  and 
  hot 
  valley, 
  both 
  apparently 
  without 
  

   foundation. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  likely 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Soneage 
  or 
  Captain 
  Snow, 
  otherwise 
  Soyeawa; 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  

   son-he, 
  thou 
  arc 
  living 
  there, 
  as 
  a 
  favorite 
  dwelling 
  place. 
  

  

  Squa'-kie 
  Hill 
  is 
  in 
  Leicester, 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Mount 
  Morris, 
  

   and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  this 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  Squatehegas, 
  who 
  lived 
  

   there 
  and 
  who 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  remnant 
  of 
  the 
  Kahkwahs, 
  adopted 
  

   by 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  David 
  Cusick 
  said 
  they 
  were 
  " 
  a 
  powerful 
  tribe 
  past 
  

   the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river." 
  After 
  they 
  were 
  subdued 
  " 
  a 
  

   remnant 
  of 
  the 
  Squawkeihows 
  were 
  allowed 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  

   and 
  became 
  vassals 
  to 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  after 
  the 
  conquest. 
  The 
  

   government 
  ordered 
  the 
  Senecas 
  to 
  settle 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  to 
  build 
  

   forts 
  on 
  the 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  Squawkhaws 
  in 
  subjec- 
  

   tion." 
  The 
  place 
  has 
  other 
  names 
  already 
  given, 
  relating 
  to 
  local 
  

   features. 
  

  

  Te-ga-ron-hi-es 
  appears 
  on 
  Kitchin's 
  map 
  of 
  1756 
  as 
  a 
  village 
  on 
  

   the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river. 
  Lahontan 
  and 
  Hennepin 
  mentioned 
  

   a 
  Seneca 
  chief 
  of 
  that 
  name, 
  after 
  whom 
  the 
  town 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   called, 
  but 
  when 
  they 
  wrote 
  all 
  the 
  Seneca 
  towns 
  were 
  east 
  of 
  

   the 
  river. 
  

  

  Tus-ca-ro'-ra, 
  shirt 
  wearers, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  village 
  now 
  in 
  Mount 
  

   Morris. 
  

  

  U-ta-hu'-tan 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  Gawshegwehoh. 
  

  

  Yox-saw, 
  Yuck-sea, 
  and 
  York-jough 
  were 
  among 
  the 
  names 
  

   given 
  to 
  Conesus 
  in 
  1779. 
  

  

  