﻿Aboriginal 
  place 
  names 
  of 
  new 
  york 
  195 
  

  

  Wood 
  creek 
  and 
  Saratoga. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  Canasta- 
  

   gione, 
  but 
  is 
  another 
  place, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  long 
  

   house, 
  the 
  national 
  title 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations, 
  as 
  written, 
  and 
  may 
  

   refer 
  to 
  their 
  eastern 
  boundary. 
  Literally 
  there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   one 
  of 
  these 
  long 
  cabins 
  there. 
  

  

  Ca-nis-ta-gua-ha, 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Half 
  Moon, 
  was 
  translated 
  

   people 
  of 
  pounded 
  com, 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick. 
  This 
  is 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   on 
  Sauthier's 
  map, 
  but 
  variants 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  appear 
  in 
  several 
  places. 
  

  

  Ca-pi-a-qui 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  Sylvester 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Saratoga 
  lake 
  

   on 
  some 
  old 
  French 
  maps, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  

   have 
  some 
  doubts. 
  

  

  Chi-co-pee, 
  a 
  large 
  spring, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Sabattis 
  for 
  Saratoga 
  

   Springs, 
  Algonquin 
  names 
  occurring 
  in 
  this 
  county. 
  This 
  word, 
  

   however, 
  is 
  defined 
  as 
  c-cdar 
  tree 
  by 
  some, 
  and 
  place 
  of 
  birch 
  bark 
  

   by 
  others, 
  with 
  good 
  authority 
  for 
  both. 
  

  

  Chou-en-da-ho-wa 
  or 
  Shenondehowa, 
  a 
  great 
  plain, 
  is 
  Clifton 
  

   Park. 
  Shanandhot 
  is 
  another 
  form. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  

   Shenandoah, 
  and 
  is 
  written 
  in 
  many 
  ways. 
  

  

  Co-nes-ta-gi-o-ne 
  of 
  1672, 
  or 
  Connestigune, 
  is 
  field 
  covered 
  with 
  

   corn, 
  and 
  hence 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Niskayuna. 
  In 
  1682 
  land 
  was 
  sold 
  

   at 
  Niskayuna, 
  near 
  Canastagione. 
  

  

  Con-ne-o-ga-ha-ka-lon-on-i-ta-de 
  is 
  Dr 
  Mitchill's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  river, 
  the 
  first 
  six 
  syllables 
  representing 
  the 
  national 
  name. 
  

   It 
  is 
  noticed 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  Ka-ya-we-se 
  creek, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Kayaderosseras. 
  Spafford 
  

   called 
  it 
  Kayaweeser. 
  

  

  Ka-ya-de-ro-ga 
  is 
  Saratoga. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  corrupted, 
  but 
  means 
  

   at 
  the 
  lake. 
  

  

  Ka-ya-de-ros-se-ras 
  creek 
  flows 
  into 
  Saratoga 
  lake. 
  The 
  name 
  

   has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  creek 
  and 
  mountains, 
  but 
  is 
  best 
  known 
  as 
  

   that 
  of 
  a 
  long-contested 
  land 
  grant. 
  One 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  

   translated 
  lake 
  country, 
  and 
  with 
  much 
  in 
  its 
  favor. 
  

  

  Math-a-ke-na-ack, 
  or 
  the 
  foreland 
  of 
  Flalf 
  Moon, 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  

   1675. 
  It 
  suggests 
  the 
  next, 
  but 
  seems 
  distinct. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Nach-te-nack 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Waterford 
  and 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  nootau, 
  fire 
  and 
  

   the 
  locative. 
  

  

  