﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  1 
  23 
  

  

  and 
  Reid 
  quotes 
  from 
  the 
  grant 
  made 
  to 
  Adam 
  Voorhees 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  above 
  Cranesville 
  : 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  ten 
  mor- 
  

   gans 
  (20 
  acres) 
  opposite 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  Juchtanunda, 
  

   that 
  is 
  ye 
  stone 
  house, 
  being 
  a 
  hollow 
  rock 
  on 
  ye 
  river 
  bank, 
  where 
  

   ye 
  Indians 
  generally 
  lie 
  under 
  when 
  they 
  travill 
  to 
  and 
  fro 
  their 
  

   country. 
  The 
  other 
  pieces 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  are 
  a 
  

   little 
  higher 
  than 
  ye 
  said 
  hollow 
  rock 
  or 
  stone 
  house 
  att 
  a 
  place 
  

   called 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  Syejodenawadde." 
  At 
  Amsterdam 
  in 
  1802 
  

   the 
  Rev. 
  John 
  Taylor 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Near 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  this 
  town 
  Oucta- 
  

   nunda 
  creek 
  empties 
  into 
  the 
  Mohawk." 
  In 
  some 
  documents 
  it 
  is 
  

   written 
  Chucttonaneda. 
  

  

  Co-wil-li-ga 
  creek 
  was 
  denned 
  Willow 
  creek 
  by 
  French. 
  It 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Florida, 
  and 
  the 
  definition 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  accidental 
  

   resemblance 
  in 
  the 
  sound. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  kahoweya, 
  

   a 
  canoe, 
  or 
  the 
  Oneida 
  word 
  kiowilla, 
  arrow. 
  

  

  In 
  1753 
  the 
  Indians 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  sold 
  land 
  at 
  Stone 
  Arabia, 
  " 
  no 
  

   further 
  than 
  the 
  creek 
  called 
  the 
  Cunstaghrathankre, 
  in 
  English 
  the 
  

   creek 
  that 
  is 
  never 
  dry." 
  

  

  Da-da-nas-ka-rie 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Simms 
  for 
  a 
  creek 
  in 
  

   Fonda, 
  on 
  the 
  Hansen 
  patent 
  in 
  1713. 
  

  

  Da-de-nos-ca-ra 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  French, 
  who 
  defines 
  

   it 
  as 
  trees 
  having 
  excrescences. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  

   near 
  Tribes 
  Hill. 
  On 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  contour 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  

   Danoscara. 
  

  

  De-ka-no'-ge 
  or 
  Decanohoge 
  was 
  the 
  third 
  castle 
  in 
  1756, 
  and 
  A. 
  

   Cusick 
  defined 
  the 
  name 
  as 
  where 
  I 
  live. 
  

  

  Et-a-gra-gon 
  was 
  a 
  rock 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Ga-ro-ga 
  creek, 
  creek 
  on 
  this 
  side; 
  i. 
  e. 
  of 
  the 
  wilderness, 
  there 
  

   being 
  no 
  Mohawk 
  towns 
  west 
  of 
  this 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  It 
  might 
  

   also 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  garogon, 
  to 
  make 
  something 
  of 
  wood. 
  

  

  Hi-ro-cois 
  or 
  Iroquois 
  was 
  long 
  the 
  French 
  term 
  for 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  

   in 
  particular, 
  and 
  hence 
  of 
  their 
  country. 
  In 
  1647 
  the 
  Jesuits 
  spoke 
  

   of 
  the 
  Indians 
  here 
  as 
  " 
  Hiroquois 
  or 
  Maquois, 
  as 
  the 
  Dutch 
  term 
  

   them." 
  

  

  I-can-de-ro-ga 
  or 
  Jeandarage, 
  forks 
  of 
  two 
  streams, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  

   for 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  in 
  1699, 
  tn 
  ^ 
  s 
  bd 
  n 
  g 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  

   another. 
  

  

  