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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Florida, 
  and 
  added 
  : 
  "About 
  2 
  miles 
  up 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mohawk, 
  the 
  eastern 
  shore 
  terminates 
  with 
  a 
  bold 
  bluff 
  to 
  the 
  

   stream, 
  which 
  originated 
  the 
  Indian 
  Ca-daugh-ri-ta, 
  meaning 
  steep 
  

   bank 
  or 
  perpendicular 
  wall. 
  The 
  aboriginal 
  name 
  still 
  attaches 
  to 
  

   this 
  locality." 
  

  

  Ca-ha-ni-a-ga 
  was 
  mentioned, 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  

   1677. 
  Though 
  this 
  suggests 
  the 
  national 
  name 
  it 
  was 
  intended 
  for 
  

   Caugh-na-wa-ga, 
  on 
  the 
  rapids. 
  

  

  East 
  Canada 
  creek 
  has 
  other 
  Indian 
  names. 
  

  

  Ca-na-ge-re 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  later 
  Canagora 
  in 
  another 
  place, 
  being 
  

   the 
  second 
  castle 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  1634. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  

   from 
  Gannagare, 
  a 
  great 
  pole. 
  It 
  was 
  west 
  of 
  some 
  great 
  flats 
  and 
  

   was 
  also 
  called 
  Wetdashet 
  by 
  Van 
  Curler. 
  

  

  Ca-na-go-ra 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  1677, 
  and 
  was 
  

   the 
  Banagiro 
  of 
  1644 
  (an 
  error 
  for 
  Kanagiro), 
  the 
  castle 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bears. 
  The 
  French 
  gave 
  this 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Gandagaro 
  in 
  1669. 
  At 
  

   first 
  sight 
  it 
  suggests 
  a 
  large 
  village 
  as 
  a 
  meaning, 
  but 
  this 
  can 
  not 
  

   be 
  sustained. 
  Bruyas, 
  however, 
  says 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  Mohawk 
  words, 
  

   51 
  Ganniagwari, 
  a 
  she 
  bear. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk," 
  and 
  

   a 
  word 
  derived 
  from 
  this 
  may 
  well 
  have 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  town 
  

   peopled 
  by 
  the 
  Bear 
  clan. 
  It 
  seems 
  the 
  same 
  town 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  in 
  a 
  

   new 
  situation. 
  

  

  Ca-na-jo-ha-rie 
  is 
  rendered 
  Ga-na-jo-hi'-e 
  by 
  Morgan, 
  and 
  defined 
  

   washing 
  the 
  basin. 
  This 
  should 
  be 
  kettle, 
  which 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  syl- 
  

   lables 
  signify. 
  Mr 
  Morgan 
  made 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  his 
  interpretation: 
  

   " 
  In 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Canajoharie 
  creek 
  there 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  basin, 
  

   several 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  with 
  a 
  symmetrical 
  concavity, 
  washed 
  out 
  

   in 
  the 
  rock. 
  Hence 
  the 
  name 
  Ca-na-jo'-ha-e. 
  One 
  would 
  naturally 
  

   have 
  expected 
  to 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  Indian 
  village 
  upon 
  this 
  creek, 
  

   instead 
  of 
  the 
  Ot-squa-go." 
  There 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  just 
  west 
  

   of 
  the 
  creek, 
  but 
  he 
  mistook 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  Canajoharie 
  of 
  

   King 
  Hendrick's 
  day, 
  which 
  was 
  at 
  Indian 
  Castle 
  in 
  Danube, 
  and 
  

   not 
  at 
  Fort 
  Plain. 
  There 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  several 
  towns 
  of 
  the 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Spafford 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  name 
  is 
  of 
  Indigene 
  origin. 
  Canajoharie, 
  

   as 
  spoken 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  Indians, 
  signifies 
  the 
  pot 
  or 
  kettle 
  that 
  

   washes 
  itself. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  first 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  whirlpool 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  

   of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  that 
  now 
  bears 
  the 
  name." 
  French 
  

   said 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  was 
  " 
  Canajoxharie 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

  

  