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  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  number 
  of 
  names 
  from 
  him 
  and 
  many 
  definitions. 
  The 
  great 
  

   mosquito, 
  slain 
  by 
  Hiawatha, 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  have 
  died 
  and 
  decayed 
  

   in 
  this 
  swamp, 
  originating 
  the 
  smaller 
  forms. 
  

  

  Kah-yung-kwa-tah-to'-a, 
  the 
  creek, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Clark's 
  names 
  for 
  

   Onondaga 
  creek. 
  

  

  Kai-ehn'-tah, 
  trees 
  hanging 
  over 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  Cusick's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Ninemile 
  creek. 
  Clark's 
  name 
  for 
  its 
  estuary 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  

   Kia-huen-ta-ha, 
  seems 
  the 
  same 
  word. 
  

  

  Kai-oongk 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Clark's 
  names 
  for 
  Otisco 
  lake. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  

   name 
  for 
  the 
  wild 
  goose, 
  from 
  its 
  note. 
  

  

  Clark 
  called 
  "Green 
  pond, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  De 
  Witt, 
  Kai-yah-koo, 
  

   satisfied 
  with 
  tobacco/' 
  and 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  main 
  trail 
  from 
  Oneida 
  to 
  

   Onondaga 
  passed 
  near 
  this 
  pond 
  ; 
  which 
  is 
  possible 
  though 
  it 
  seems 
  

   farther 
  south, 
  but 
  trails 
  varied 
  at 
  times. 
  An 
  Indian 
  woman 
  lost 
  

   her 
  child 
  and 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  an 
  evil 
  spirit 
  had 
  borne 
  it 
  away. 
  It 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  regained, 
  but 
  the 
  Great 
  Spirit 
  would 
  keep 
  it 
  safe 
  if 
  

   she 
  and 
  her 
  family 
  would 
  cast 
  some 
  tobacco 
  into 
  the 
  lake 
  every 
  

   autumn. 
  This 
  was 
  done 
  till 
  the 
  white 
  settlement, 
  and 
  hence 
  came 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  Kai-yah-koo, 
  satisfied 
  with 
  tobacco. 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  

   this 
  pretty 
  story 
  among 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  away, 
  but 
  

   was 
  told 
  that 
  both 
  place 
  and 
  interpretation 
  seemed 
  erroneous. 
  Green 
  

   lake, 
  near 
  Kirkville, 
  was 
  a 
  customary 
  halting 
  place 
  between 
  On- 
  

   ondaga 
  and 
  Oneida, 
  and 
  here 
  they 
  satisfied 
  themselves 
  with 
  a 
  smoke, 
  

   but 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  that 
  place 
  was 
  Kai-yahn'-koo, 
  and 
  it 
  meant 
  a 
  

   resting 
  place. 
  There 
  seems 
  no 
  doubt 
  of 
  its 
  significance. 
  Green 
  

   pond, 
  however, 
  had 
  good 
  stories 
  of 
  the 
  Stone 
  Giants 
  and 
  False 
  

   Faces, 
  the 
  latter 
  once 
  making 
  it 
  their 
  secret 
  resort. 
  

  

  Ka-na-sah'-ka, 
  sandy 
  place, 
  was 
  Brighton, 
  now 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   south 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  In 
  the 
  sand 
  there 
  were 
  the 
  

   footprints 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  mosquito 
  and 
  Ta-en-ya-wah'-kee, 
  his 
  pursuer. 
  

   They 
  were 
  much 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  bird. 
  Hiawatha 
  is 
  sometimes 
  the 
  

   pursuer. 
  

  

  Ka-na-ta-go-wa, 
  large 
  village, 
  is 
  that 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  council 
  house. 
  

   At 
  one 
  time 
  there 
  were 
  other 
  small 
  hamlets 
  on 
  the 
  reservation. 
  

  

  Ka-na-wah-goon'-wah, 
  in 
  a 
  big 
  swamp, 
  is 
  Cusick's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Cicero 
  swamp, 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  better 
  than 
  Clark's. 
  His 
  is 
  "Ka-nugh- 
  

   Wa-ka— 
  where 
  the 
  rabbits 
  run 
  — 
  great 
  swamp, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  plenty 
  

  

  