﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  those 
  who 
  hold 
  or 
  embrace 
  the 
  great 
  tree, 
  referring 
  to 
  their 
  recep- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  the 
  Oneidas. 
  

  

  Twa-kan-ha-hors 
  or 
  Twa-kan-hah 
  was 
  D. 
  Cusick's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   Missisagas, 
  who 
  lived 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Niagara 
  river 
  in 
  recent 
  

   times, 
  often 
  camping 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Wen-roh-ro-nons, 
  mentioned 
  above 
  as 
  a 
  separated 
  people. 
  On 
  

   is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  for 
  W 
  in 
  many 
  names, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  left 
  

   it 
  unchanged. 
  

  

  ONEIDA 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  An-a-jot' 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Old 
  Oneida, 
  as 
  written 
  by 
  the 
  Mora- 
  

   vians, 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Vernon. 
  Oneida 
  Castle 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  Most 
  early 
  towns 
  were 
  farther 
  south 
  and 
  

   west, 
  being 
  in 
  Madison 
  county. 
  

  

  A-on-ta-gil'-lon, 
  creek 
  at 
  point 
  of 
  rocks, 
  is 
  French's 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  

   stream 
  flowing 
  into 
  Fish 
  creek 
  in 
  Annsville, 
  and 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  cor- 
  

   rectly 
  applied, 
  though 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be. 
  In 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  Indian 
  names 
  in 
  

   the 
  History 
  of 
  Qucensbury, 
  Holden 
  says: 
  " 
  Aontagilban. 
  A 
  creek 
  

   which 
  empties 
  into 
  Fish 
  creek, 
  Saratoga 
  county. 
  Taken 
  from 
  map 
  

   no. 
  221, 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Fish 
  Creek 
  Reservation 
  in 
  1706. 
  — 
  Secretary 
  of 
  

   State's 
  office." 
  Though 
  the 
  names 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  there 
  was 
  of 
  

   course 
  no 
  Fish 
  Creek 
  Reservation 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county 
  in 
  1706, 
  but 
  a 
  

   map 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  1796, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  1802. 
  In 
  Saratoga 
  

   county 
  no 
  such 
  reservation 
  appears. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  1768 
  for 
  running 
  a 
  boundary 
  line, 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  

   mention 
  of 
  " 
  Canada 
  Creek, 
  where 
  it 
  falls 
  into 
  Wood 
  Creek, 
  which 
  

   last 
  mentioned 
  Water 
  falls 
  into 
  the 
  Oneida 
  Lake." 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  

   often 
  used 
  simply 
  for 
  creek, 
  though 
  varying 
  from 
  the 
  proper 
  word. 
  

   This 
  Canada 
  creek 
  reaches 
  Wood 
  creek 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Rome, 
  and 
  

   West 
  Canada 
  creek 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  east 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  

  

  Ca-no-wa-rogh'-are, 
  head 
  on 
  a 
  pole, 
  was 
  described 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  new 
  

   village 
  of 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  " 
  in 
  1762. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  Oneida 
  Castle, 
  south 
  of 
  

   Oneida. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  variously 
  written, 
  this 
  being 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  form. 
  

   Johnson 
  built 
  a 
  fort 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  village, 
  on 
  the 
  

   right 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  turnpike. 
  

  

  Che-ga-quat'-ka, 
  kidneys, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Whitestown 
  creek 
  

   and 
  village, 
  and 
  New 
  Hartford, 
  both 
  villages 
  having 
  this 
  Indian 
  

   name 
  from 
  the 
  creek. 
  

  

  