﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IIO, 
  

  

  MONTGOMERY 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  early 
  Mohawk 
  towns 
  of 
  the 
  historic 
  period 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   are 
  in 
  this 
  county, 
  three 
  earlier 
  ones 
  lying 
  north 
  and 
  west. 
  The 
  

   Mahican 
  boundary 
  line 
  followed 
  the 
  hilltops 
  east 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  

   and 
  near 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  Albany 
  county, 
  and 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  the 
  western 
  

   Mohawk 
  boundary 
  was 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls. 
  The 
  sites 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  were 
  

   often 
  changed, 
  and 
  several 
  names 
  might 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  one, 
  or 
  some 
  

   small 
  village 
  might 
  have 
  none 
  on 
  record. 
  In 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  the 
  

   name 
  followed 
  the 
  town 
  in 
  its 
  removals. 
  

  

  A-dri-u-cha 
  or 
  A-dri-u-tha 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  applied 
  by 
  W. 
  Max 
  Reid 
  to 
  

   Buttermilk 
  falls 
  near 
  Cranesville 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  There 
  were 
  

   no 
  Mohawk 
  towns 
  apparently 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  this, 
  but 
  the 
  name 
  has 
  

   been 
  connected 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Adriochten, 
  principal 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  

   Mohawk 
  castle 
  in 
  1634, 
  that 
  being 
  then 
  west 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek, 
  

   while 
  Cranesville 
  is 
  far 
  to 
  the 
  east. 
  His 
  name 
  might 
  be 
  derived 
  

   from 
  ateriatha, 
  to 
  be 
  valiant. 
  

  

  A-ha-rig-do-wa-nigh-an-igh 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Timmerman's 
  creek 
  

  

  in 
  1754. 
  

  

  An-da-ra-gue 
  or 
  Andaraque, 
  the 
  town 
  where 
  De 
  Tracy 
  caused 
  

   proclamation 
  to 
  be 
  made, 
  October 
  17, 
  1666, 
  of 
  taking 
  possession 
  of 
  

   this 
  Mohawk 
  fort 
  and 
  four 
  others, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  lands 
  around 
  them. 
  

   The 
  name 
  is 
  contracted 
  from 
  Teandarague, 
  often 
  written 
  Teon- 
  

   doroge. 
  It 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Ticonderoga, 
  lacking 
  

   only 
  the 
  prefix. 
  

  

  An-ni-es 
  or 
  Agniers, 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  flint. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  French 
  

   forms 
  of 
  the 
  national 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawks, 
  which 
  was 
  not 
  that 
  by 
  

   which 
  they 
  are 
  popularly 
  known. 
  Anniegue' 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  their 
  

   country. 
  

  

  As-ser-u-e 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  castle 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Turtles 
  in 
  1644, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Megapolensis. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  west 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek, 
  

   and 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  another. 
  It 
  might 
  refer 
  to 
  good 
  axes 
  

   owned 
  there, 
  but 
  more 
  probably 
  to 
  putting 
  something 
  into 
  the 
  water, 
  

   to 
  cross 
  the 
  creek 
  or 
  river. 
  

  

  At-he-dagh-que 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  at 
  St 
  Johnsville 
  in 
  1733,. 
  

  

  Ca-daugh-ri-ty, 
  steep 
  banks, 
  or 
  perpendicular 
  wall. 
  On 
  some 
  

   patents 
  it 
  is 
  Ka-da-ro-de, 
  giving 
  a 
  broad 
  sound 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  syl- 
  

   lable. 
  Sauthier's 
  map 
  has 
  it 
  Cadaredie, 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  Aries 
  kill. 
  

   Boyd 
  erroneously 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  Canada, 
  village, 
  and 
  oquari, 
  bear. 
  

   Simms 
  called 
  it 
  a 
  landslide 
  on 
  Schoharie 
  creek, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

  

  