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  NAMES 
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  and 
  popular 
  meaning 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  name, 
  as 
  though 
  it 
  were 
  

   broken 
  English 
  for 
  Away, 
  way 
  yonder. 
  

  

  Weigh-quat-en-heuk, 
  place 
  of 
  willows, 
  as 
  usually 
  defined, 
  was 
  

   near 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountains. 
  

  

  Wil-le-hoo-sa 
  is 
  a 
  cave 
  in 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mountain, 
  3 
  miles 
  above 
  

   Port 
  Jervis 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  bank 
  of 
  Neversink 
  river. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  

   derived 
  from 
  woalheen, 
  to 
  dig 
  a 
  hole. 
  

  

  Wi-neg-te-konk, 
  now 
  Woodcock 
  mountain, 
  is 
  a 
  hill 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Cornwall. 
  Wunnetue, 
  good, 
  with 
  locative, 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  

   this 
  name. 
  

  

  ORLEANS 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  A-jo'-yok-ta, 
  fishing 
  creek, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Johnson's 
  

   creek, 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  this 
  county. 
  It 
  suggests 
  the 
  next, 
  but 
  is 
  

   too 
  far 
  west. 
  

  

  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  Murray, 
  Genesee 
  county 
  (1813), 
  now 
  in 
  Orleans,. 
  

   Spafford 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Anyocheeca 
  creek 
  runs 
  across 
  the 
  n. 
  w. 
  

   corner 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ontario." 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  Bald 
  Eagle, 
  but 
  is 
  more 
  

   probably 
  Sandy 
  creek. 
  

  

  Da-ge-a'-no-ga-unt, 
  two 
  sticks 
  coming 
  together. 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  

   next 
  two 
  are 
  in 
  Morgan's 
  list. 
  

  

  Date-geh'-ho-seh, 
  one 
  stream 
  across 
  another, 
  is 
  the 
  aqueduct 
  at 
  

   Medina. 
  

  

  De-o'-wun-dake-no, 
  place 
  where 
  boats 
  were 
  burned. 
  Albion. 
  

  

  Ken-au-ka-rent 
  or 
  Kea-nau-hau-sent, 
  now 
  Oak 
  Orchard 
  creek, 
  

   was 
  the 
  early 
  western 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas 
  according 
  to 
  D. 
  Cusick, 
  

   and 
  this 
  is 
  well 
  sustained. 
  

  

  Manitou 
  beach, 
  near 
  Rochester, 
  has 
  the 
  introduced 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Spirit 
  or 
  lesser 
  deity. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  Algonquin 
  name 
  here. 
  

  

  Ontario 
  beach 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  Ti-ya-na-ga-run'-te 
  creek 
  is 
  on 
  Johnson's 
  map 
  and 
  east 
  of 
  John- 
  

   son's 
  Harbor. 
  This 
  was 
  probably 
  Oak 
  Orchard 
  creek 
  and 
  the 
  full 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  next, 
  here 
  referring 
  to 
  an 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  A. 
  

   Cusick 
  defined 
  it 
  where 
  she 
  threzv 
  a 
  stick 
  at 
  me. 
  

  

  To-ron'-to. 
  In 
  1764 
  Colonel 
  Dayton 
  mentioned 
  camps 
  at 
  Great 
  

   Serdas, 
  Runtacot 
  and 
  Toronto, 
  between 
  Oswego 
  and 
  Niagara. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  seems 
  Oak 
  Orchard 
  creek. 
  Hough 
  has 
  Tho-ron-to-hen, 
  tim- 
  

   ber 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  for 
  Toronto, 
  and 
  Morgan 
  De-on-do, 
  log 
  floating 
  

   upon 
  the 
  water. 
  Though 
  so 
  many 
  have 
  agreed 
  on 
  this 
  meaning 
  of 
  

  

  