﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  1 
  

  

  means 
  beautiful 
  squaw, 
  but 
  all 
  good 
  authorities, 
  including 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas, 
  assert 
  that 
  it 
  means 
  merely 
  long 
  lake. 
  So 
  strenuous 
  was 
  the 
  

   local 
  opposition 
  to 
  this 
  prosaic 
  definition, 
  that 
  Mr 
  Clark 
  put 
  on 
  

   record 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  two 
  principal 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  on 
  

   this 
  point, 
  in 
  1862. 
  Among 
  other 
  things 
  they 
  said: 
  

  

  We 
  would 
  here 
  distinctly 
  state 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  never 
  known 
  among 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  the 
  interpretation 
  of 
  Skaneateles 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  beautiful 
  

   squaw," 
  nor 
  do 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  any 
  tradition 
  among 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  

   connected 
  with 
  Skaneateles, 
  that 
  has 
  any 
  allusion 
  to 
  a 
  " 
  beautiful 
  

   squaw," 
  or 
  " 
  tall 
  virgin," 
  or 
  any 
  " 
  female 
  of 
  graceful 
  form." 
  The 
  

   Onondagas 
  know 
  the 
  lake 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  Skeh-ne-a-ties, 
  which, 
  liter- 
  

   ally 
  rendered, 
  is 
  " 
  long 
  water." 
  Nothing 
  more 
  or 
  less. 
  We 
  have 
  

   inquired 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  our 
  chief 
  men 
  and 
  women, 
  who 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   the 
  first 
  time 
  they 
  have 
  ever 
  heard 
  that 
  Skaneateles 
  meant 
  " 
  beautiful 
  

   squaw." 
  They, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  ourselves, 
  believe 
  such 
  interpretation 
  to 
  

   be 
  a 
  fiction. 
  

  

  So-hah'-hee, 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Clark 
  for 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  outlet, 
  

   is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  chiefs, 
  which 
  means 
  

   wearing 
  a 
  weapon 
  in 
  his 
  belt. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  o-sa'-a, 
  

   muddy, 
  a 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  putty 
  and 
  paste, 
  and 
  quite 
  appropriate 
  for 
  

   the 
  marly 
  shores. 
  

  

  Sta-a'-ta 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  east 
  branch 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  creek, 
  

   coming 
  from 
  between 
  two 
  barren 
  knalls. 
  

  

  Ste-ha'-hah, 
  stones 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  the 
  present 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  

   Baldwinsville, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  rifts 
  or 
  to 
  two 
  large 
  boulders 
  in 
  

   the 
  river 
  above 
  the 
  village. 
  It 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  six 
  great 
  Onondaga 
  

   fishing 
  places, 
  and 
  was 
  under 
  charge 
  of 
  Kaghswuhtioni 
  in 
  1753. 
  

  

  Swe-noch-so'-a 
  was 
  Zeisberger's 
  name 
  for 
  Onondaga 
  creek 
  in 
  

   1752, 
  but 
  he 
  wrote 
  it 
  differently 
  at 
  other 
  times. 
  

  

  Swe-nugh'-kee, 
  cutting 
  through 
  a 
  deep 
  gulf, 
  is 
  Clark's 
  name 
  for 
  

   the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  creek. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  gave 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Sweno'ga 
  for 
  this, 
  defined 
  as 
  a 
  hollow. 
  

  

  Ta-gu-ne'-da, 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Oneida 
  Lake 
  on 
  Thurber's 
  map. 
  

  

  Tah-te-yohn-yah'-hah 
  or 
  Tah-te-nen-yo'-nes, 
  place 
  of 
  making 
  

   stone. 
  Onondaga 
  Reservation 
  quarries. 
  

  

  Ta-ko-a-yent-ha'-qua, 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  used 
  to 
  run. 
  Old 
  race 
  

   track 
  at 
  Danforth. 
  

  

  Ta-te-so-weh-nea-ha'-qua, 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  made 
  guns. 
  Navarino. 
  

  

  Te-ger-hunk'-se-rode. 
  Onondaga 
  West 
  Hill 
  on 
  Mitchell's 
  map. 
  

  

  