﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  1 
  57 
  

  

  journal. 
  One 
  village 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  had 
  been 
  deserted 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  one 
  

   built. 
  

  

  Gan-na-ga-ro 
  was 
  the 
  principal 
  Seneca 
  town 
  in 
  1677, 
  though 
  De 
  

   Nonville 
  thought 
  Totiakton 
  larger 
  10 
  years 
  later. 
  It 
  was 
  on 
  Bough- 
  

   ton 
  hill 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  mission 
  of 
  St 
  James. 
  If 
  corrupted 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  originally 
  great 
  village. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  thought 
  it 
  might 
  mean 
  she 
  

   lived 
  there, 
  or 
  else 
  had 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  many 
  animals. 
  It 
  had 
  other 
  

   names, 
  and 
  occupied 
  a 
  commanding 
  situation. 
  

  

  Ga'-noon-daa-gwah', 
  a 
  chosen 
  tozvn, 
  -is 
  given 
  by 
  Marshall 
  for 
  

   Canandaigua. 
  He 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  gan-on-da, 
  town, 
  and 
  gaa-gwah, 
  

   it 
  was 
  selected. 
  

  

  Ga-non'-da-eh, 
  village 
  on 
  a 
  hill, 
  is 
  Marshall's 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  place 
  

   on 
  the 
  east 
  bank 
  of 
  Honeoye 
  creek, 
  where 
  the 
  turnpike 
  crosses 
  the 
  

   stream. 
  This 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  written 
  Ga-nun'-da-ok. 
  

  

  Ga-o'-sa-ga-o, 
  in 
  the 
  basszvood 
  country, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Boughton 
  hill 
  and 
  Victor. 
  Mr 
  O. 
  H. 
  Marshall 
  had 
  this 
  name, 
  

   slightly 
  varied, 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  chief 
  Blacksnake. 
  It 
  was 
  Ga-o'- 
  

   sa-eh-ga-aah, 
  the 
  basswood 
  bark 
  Ues 
  there. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  

   chief 
  the 
  fine 
  spring 
  on 
  the 
  hillside 
  supplied 
  the 
  whole 
  town, 
  bass- 
  

   wood 
  bark 
  conductors 
  bringing 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  convenient 
  points. 
  

   This 
  seems 
  improbable 
  from 
  the 
  situation. 
  After 
  long 
  occupation 
  

   the 
  town 
  was 
  burned 
  in 
  the 
  French 
  invasion 
  of 
  1687. 
  

  

  Gar-naw-quash 
  is 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Kashong 
  on 
  Morgan's 
  

   map. 
  

  

  One 
  journal 
  of 
  the 
  Sullivan 
  campaign 
  calls 
  Canandaigua 
  lake 
  

   Genesee, 
  and 
  another 
  has 
  it 
  Chinesee 
  lake. 
  

  

  Hach-ni-a-ge 
  lake 
  and 
  town 
  represent 
  Honeoye 
  in 
  CammerhofFs 
  

   journal. 
  

  

  Hon-e-o-ye 
  is 
  Ha'-ne-a-yah, 
  finger 
  lying, 
  in 
  Morgan's 
  list. 
  There 
  

   was 
  an 
  early 
  town 
  near 
  the 
  lake 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  Marshall 
  wrote 
  it 
  

   Hah'-nyah-yah/, 
  where 
  the 
  finger 
  'lies, 
  deriving 
  it 
  from 
  hah-nyah, 
  

   his 
  finger, 
  and 
  ga-yah, 
  it 
  lies 
  there. 
  He 
  said 
  an 
  Indian, 
  picking 
  

   strawberries 
  near 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Honeoye 
  lake, 
  had 
  his 
  finger 
  bitten 
  

   by 
  a 
  rattlesnake. 
  He 
  cut 
  off 
  the 
  finger 
  with 
  his 
  tomahawk 
  and 
  

   left 
  it 
  lying 
  there. 
  The 
  name 
  varies 
  much, 
  and 
  Hanyaye, 
  Han- 
  

   neyauyen 
  and 
  Anyayea 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  these. 
  Onaghe 
  suggests 
  it, 
  

   but 
  is 
  much 
  farther 
  east. 
  Major 
  Fogg, 
  in 
  a 
  journal 
  of 
  1779, 
  said 
  of 
  

   Annaquayen, 
  " 
  This 
  took 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  a 
  misfortune 
  which 
  befell 
  

  

  