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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  like 
  Canastota 
  than 
  the 
  word 
  Knistee. 
  Bruyas 
  denned 
  Gannastont, 
  

   to 
  set 
  the 
  poles 
  of 
  a 
  cabin. 
  

  

  Ca-nagh-ta-ragh-ta-ragh 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Mrs 
  Hammond 
  as 
  a 
  name 
  

   for 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Oneida 
  Stone 
  in 
  Stockbridge, 
  which 
  she 
  was 
  

   inclined 
  to 
  identify, 
  with 
  Cusick's 
  Kaw-na-taw-te-ruh, 
  or 
  pineries. 
  

   That 
  place 
  was 
  too 
  far 
  south, 
  though 
  the 
  resemblance 
  is 
  naturally 
  

   suggestive. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  almost 
  identical 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Dean's 
  creek 
  

   in 
  Oneida 
  county. 
  The 
  stone 
  mentioned 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  a 
  cemetery 
  in 
  

   Utica. 
  

  

  Che-nan-go 
  river. 
  The 
  head 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  in 
  this 
  county. 
  

  

  Chit-te-nan-go 
  creek 
  is 
  rendered 
  Chu-de-naang' 
  by 
  Morgan, 
  

   where 
  the 
  sun 
  shines 
  out. 
  Sylvester 
  defines 
  it 
  river 
  flowing 
  north, 
  

   as 
  all 
  the 
  neighboring 
  streams 
  do. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  good 
  derivation 
  for 
  

   this. 
  Another 
  derivation 
  is 
  still 
  weaker, 
  where 
  the 
  waters 
  divide 
  

   and 
  run 
  north. 
  They 
  unite 
  and 
  flow 
  in 
  that 
  direction. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  

   thought 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  one 
  form 
  might 
  be 
  marshy 
  place, 
  the 
  stream 
  

   passing 
  many 
  miles 
  through 
  lowlands 
  before 
  reaching 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  

   On 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  1825 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  Chitening, 
  much 
  like 
  Morgan's 
  form. 
  

   Spafford 
  gave 
  it 
  Chitteningo, 
  and 
  in 
  land 
  treaties 
  it 
  is 
  Chittilingo. 
  

   In 
  early 
  days 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  both 
  Tuscarora 
  and 
  Canaseraga 
  creek. 
  

   Major 
  John 
  Ross 
  thus 
  mentioned 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  expedition 
  in 
  October, 
  

   1781 
  : 
  "On 
  the 
  nth 
  I 
  left 
  Oswego 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  as 
  

   far 
  as 
  Canasarago 
  creek, 
  where 
  I 
  left 
  some 
  provisions 
  and 
  a 
  guard." 
  

   The 
  Indians 
  now 
  know 
  it 
  as 
  O-wah-ge-nah, 
  or 
  perch 
  creek. 
  

  

  Da-ude'-no-sa-gwa-nose, 
  roundhouse, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Hamilton. 
  

  

  De-ose-la-ta'-gaat, 
  where 
  the 
  cars 
  go 
  fast, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Oneida. 
  

   The 
  word 
  has 
  a 
  fresh 
  significance 
  since 
  a 
  Pullman 
  porter 
  said 
  his 
  

   train 
  did 
  not 
  even 
  hesitate 
  there. 
  

  

  En-ne-yut'-te-ha'-ge 
  was 
  Van 
  Curler's 
  name 
  for 
  Oneida 
  Castle 
  in 
  

   1634, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  east 
  of 
  Mannsville, 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  syllables 
  stand- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  Oneida. 
  Other 
  names 
  were 
  included 
  in 
  a 
  song 
  which 
  he 
  

   then 
  heard. 
  

  

  Ga-na-tis-go-a, 
  big 
  village, 
  a 
  Tuscarora 
  town 
  first 
  mentioned 
  by 
  

   the 
  Moravians 
  in 
  1752. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  easterly 
  of 
  their 
  towns, 
  

   and 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  afterward 
  contracted 
  to 
  Sganatees. 
  In 
  this 
  form 
  

   it 
  is 
  strongly 
  suggestive 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  lake, 
  but 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  

   is 
  certain 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  changed 
  form, 
  the 
  adjective 
  being 
  dropped 
  

  

  