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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Yonng-haugh 
  was 
  described 
  as 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  woods 
  of 
  

   which 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  in 
  1779, 
  and 
  11 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   village 
  just 
  named, 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  the 
  same 
  word, 
  perhaps 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  

   large 
  tract 
  of 
  land. 
  

  

  MADISON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Nearly 
  all 
  this 
  county 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  Oneida 
  territory, 
  but 
  

   for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  they 
  occupied 
  only 
  the 
  southern 
  part, 
  leaving 
  a 
  

   broad 
  space 
  between 
  them 
  and 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  which 
  it 
  required 
  

   several 
  days 
  to 
  pass. 
  When 
  the 
  Tuscaroras 
  came 
  north 
  they 
  were 
  

   assigned 
  all 
  the 
  territory 
  between 
  the 
  higher 
  hills 
  and 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  in 
  

   one 
  direction, 
  and 
  reaching 
  from 
  Oneida 
  to 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  in 
  

   the 
  other. 
  Near 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  streams 
  the 
  Tuscaroras 
  had 
  a 
  large 
  

   town, 
  with 
  smaller 
  ones 
  intervening. 
  The 
  names 
  preserved 
  are 
  

   mostly 
  in 
  the 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Onondaga 
  dialects. 
  Some 
  Algonquin 
  

   tribes 
  also 
  found 
  a 
  refuge 
  here, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  left 
  no 
  names 
  of 
  their 
  

   own. 
  

  

  Ah-gote'-sa-ga-nage, 
  where 
  the 
  Stockbridges 
  live, 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  

   people 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  and 
  given 
  a 
  home. 
  The 
  name 
  given 
  

   refers 
  merely 
  to 
  a 
  fact, 
  its 
  meaning 
  'being 
  lost. 
  

  

  Ah-wa'-gee, 
  perch 
  lake, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Cazenovia 
  lake 
  and 
  

   village. 
  Variants 
  of 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  given. 
  

  

  Ca-na-das-se-o-a 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  creek 
  flowing 
  into 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  about 
  

   midway, 
  and 
  not 
  far 
  east 
  of 
  Canassaraga 
  Castle, 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map. 
  

   Accounts 
  of 
  travelers 
  would 
  place 
  it 
  but 
  little 
  west 
  of 
  Oneida 
  creek 
  

   in 
  1752. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  removed. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  this 
  as 
  a 
  

   village 
  spread 
  out, 
  somewhat 
  as 
  butter 
  is 
  spread 
  on 
  bread. 
  It 
  was 
  

   a 
  Tuscarora 
  town, 
  and 
  these 
  had 
  wide 
  streets 
  and 
  ample 
  room. 
  I 
  

   am 
  inclined 
  to 
  think 
  this 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  Ganatisgoa, 
  the 
  name 
  by 
  

   which 
  the 
  Moravians 
  called 
  the 
  most 
  easterly 
  Tuscarora 
  town. 
  

  

  Ca-na-se-ra'-ga 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Cazenovia 
  lake 
  for 
  quite 
  a 
  time, 
  

   and 
  it 
  thus 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  incorporating 
  the 
  village. 
  

  

  Ca-na-se-ra'-ga 
  creek 
  and 
  village 
  are 
  Ka-na'-so-wa'-ga, 
  several 
  

   strings 
  of 
  beads 
  with 
  a 
  string 
  lying 
  across, 
  according 
  to 
  Morgan 
  and 
  

   Seaver. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  give 
  the 
  same 
  meaning, 
  and 
  the 
  word 
  may 
  

   allude 
  to 
  some 
  special 
  ceremonial 
  use 
  of 
  wampum. 
  Kanaghseragy 
  

   was 
  the 
  Tuscarora 
  castle 
  in 
  1756. 
  The 
  Moravians 
  wrote 
  it 
  Ganoch- 
  

   sorage 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  that 
  time, 
  but 
  the 
  sound 
  has 
  been 
  quite 
  uni- 
  

  

  