﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  I99 
  

  

  unsuccessful 
  Mahican 
  attack 
  on 
  Gandawague'. 
  Gen. 
  John 
  S. 
  Clark 
  

   said 
  : 
  " 
  Kinaquariones 
  is 
  the 
  steep 
  rocky 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mohawk 
  river, 
  just 
  above 
  Hoffman's 
  Ferry. 
  The 
  ancient 
  

   aboriginal 
  name 
  is 
  still 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  contracted 
  form 
  of 
  Tow- 
  

   ereoune." 
  Pearson 
  gives 
  two 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  name, 
  the 
  three 
  

   varying 
  in 
  sex 
  and 
  person 
  according 
  to 
  A. 
  Cusick. 
  Canaquarioney 
  

   is 
  / 
  arrow 
  maker, 
  Hinquariones 
  he 
  arrow 
  maker, 
  Kinaquariones, 
  

   she 
  arrow 
  maker/ 
  as 
  though 
  the 
  one 
  or 
  the 
  other 
  dwelt 
  there. 
  

   These 
  variations 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  patent 
  dated 
  in 
  1683. 
  Kanquaragoone 
  

   is 
  now 
  Towereune, 
  and 
  in 
  1729 
  Tower 
  joene 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  the 
  

   western 
  boundary 
  of 
  Schenectady. 
  

  

  Nis-ka-yu-na. 
  French 
  said 
  in 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  this 
  name 
  : 
  " 
  Said 
  to 
  

   be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  Nis-ti-gi-oo-ne, 
  or 
  Co-nis-ti-gi-o-ne, 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  

   is 
  known 
  on 
  the 
  old 
  maps. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  signify 
  'extensive 
  

   corn 
  flats.' 
  The 
  term 
  was 
  also 
  applied 
  to 
  portions 
  of 
  Watervliet 
  

   and 
  Half 
  Moon. 
  Upon 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  whites 
  this 
  place 
  was 
  

   occupied 
  by 
  a 
  tribe 
  of 
  Indians 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  ' 
  Conistigione.' 
  ' 
  The 
  

   last 
  statement 
  agrees 
  with 
  A. 
  Cusick's 
  definition 
  of 
  com 
  people. 
  

   Ruttenber 
  thought 
  Niskayuna 
  a 
  variation 
  from 
  the 
  word 
  onatschia, 
  

   maize. 
  

  

  Oh-no-wal-a-gan-tle 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  Macauley 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  Mohawk 
  town 
  at 
  Schenectady, 
  when 
  the 
  Dutch 
  first 
  bought 
  

   lands 
  there 
  between 
  16 
  16 
  and 
  1620, 
  but 
  the 
  first 
  purchase 
  was 
  in 
  

   1661, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  ground 
  for 
  believing 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  town 
  was 
  

   ever 
  there. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  O-no-o-la-gone'-na, 
  in 
  the 
  head, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Morgan's 
  names 
  for 
  

   Schenectady. 
  No-wa-go-na 
  would 
  be 
  this 
  in 
  Onondaga. 
  It 
  may 
  

   be 
  rendered 
  head 
  on 
  a 
  pole, 
  but 
  big 
  head 
  seems 
  better. 
  Sylvester 
  

   defined 
  this 
  pained 
  in 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  Or-ra-ke, 
  called 
  Orakkie 
  in 
  1695, 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  below 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Dellius 
  grant. 
  

  

  "O-wen-di-ere 
  was 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Dellius 
  grant, 
  mentioned 
  

   in 
  Colonial 
  Laws, 
  and 
  extending 
  up 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  

  

  Schen-ec-ta-dy 
  was 
  properly 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Albany, 
  but 
  was 
  soon 
  

   placed 
  here, 
  being 
  equally 
  significant 
  in 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  east. 
  It 
  

   is 
  usually 
  translated 
  beyond 
  the 
  pines 
  or 
  openings, 
  and 
  varies 
  much 
  

   in 
  spelling. 
  Spafford 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  present 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  city 
  was 
  

   originally 
  applied 
  to 
  Albany, 
  pronounced 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  Schagh- 
  

  

  