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  SCHOHARIE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  As-ca-le'-ge, 
  defined 
  as 
  black 
  cloth 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  is 
  Cobleskill 
  

   according 
  to 
  M'organ. 
  

  

  Chaw-tick-og-nack 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  between 
  the 
  Catskills 
  and 
  Scho- 
  

   harie 
  creek 
  on 
  an 
  early 
  map. 
  

  

  De-was-e-go, 
  at 
  the 
  bridge, 
  was 
  a 
  fall 
  in 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  in 
  

   Gilboa. 
  

  

  Ga-la-ra-ga, 
  a 
  hill 
  west 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  in 
  1734. 
  

  

  Gog-ny-ta-wee, 
  a 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  southeast 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Seward. 
  

  

  Kan-jea-ra-go-re 
  or 
  Canjearagra 
  was 
  a 
  hill 
  south 
  of 
  Vrooman's 
  

   Nose 
  in 
  1714. 
  This 
  hill 
  was 
  also 
  so 
  called 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   Bayard 
  patent 
  vacated 
  in 
  1699, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  application 
  for 
  it 
  

   in 
  1695. 
  The 
  root 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  kanajea, 
  a 
  brass 
  kettle, 
  adding 
  great, 
  

   in 
  the 
  first 
  form. 
  

  

  Ka-righ-on-don-te, 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  trees, 
  was 
  a 
  chief's 
  name, 
  given 
  to 
  

   a 
  recent 
  castle 
  in 
  Vrooman's 
  land. 
  A 
  variation 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  

   Bishop 
  Spangenberg's 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  in 
  1745, 
  which 
  was 
  Tgir- 
  

   hitontie, 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  trees. 
  These 
  personal 
  names 
  were 
  repeatedly 
  

   used. 
  

  

  Ken-han-a-ga-ra 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  by 
  French, 
  

   in 
  its 
  course 
  through 
  this 
  county. 
  The 
  definition 
  given 
  by 
  A. 
  Cu- 
  

   sick, 
  there 
  lies 
  the 
  river, 
  seems 
  best 
  fitted 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  

   Mohawk, 
  but 
  might 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  any 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  trail 
  reached 
  

   an 
  important 
  stream. 
  The 
  map 
  now 
  gives 
  a 
  Kehanagara 
  creek 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  Schoharie. 
  

  

  Mo-he-gon-ter 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  as 
  a 
  falling 
  off, 
  being 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  part 
  of 
  Mohegan 
  hill, 
  southeast 
  of 
  Middleburg. 
  

  

  On-con-ge-na, 
  mountain 
  of 
  snakes, 
  a 
  hill 
  opposite 
  Middleburg, 
  

   but 
  the 
  definition 
  seems 
  more 
  than 
  doubtful. 
  

  

  O-neen-ta-da-she, 
  round 
  the 
  hill, 
  a 
  hill 
  north 
  of 
  Seward 
  Valley. 
  

   In 
  its 
  variations 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  name. 
  

  

  O-ne-ya-gine, 
  stone, 
  is 
  Stone 
  creek. 
  

  

  O-nis-ta-gra-wa, 
  corn 
  mountain, 
  is 
  a 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  

   Schoharie 
  creek, 
  just 
  above 
  Middleburg. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  names 
  and 
  

   definitions 
  are 
  from 
  Simms, 
  and 
  this 
  one 
  answers 
  very 
  well. 
  

  

  O-nits-tah-ra-ga-ra-we 
  or 
  Onnitstegraw 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Vroo- 
  

   man's 
  Nose 
  in 
  171 
  1, 
  and 
  seems 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  