﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  ZOJ 
  

  

  Ga-ha'-to, 
  log 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Conhocton 
  

   and 
  Chemung 
  rivers. 
  

  

  Go-wan-is'-que 
  creek 
  enters 
  the 
  Chemung 
  at 
  Painted 
  Post. 
  Boyd 
  

   gives 
  it 
  as 
  Cowanesque, 
  briery 
  or 
  thorn 
  bushy, 
  apparently 
  deriving 
  

   it 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware 
  word 
  gawunsch 
  a 
  brier 
  or 
  thorn 
  bush. 
  It 
  

   would 
  be 
  as 
  easy 
  to 
  take 
  it 
  from 
  gauwin, 
  to 
  sleep 
  or 
  he 
  is 
  asleep, 
  

   referring 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  camping 
  place. 
  Major 
  J. 
  W. 
  Powell 
  said: 
  "The 
  

   word 
  Cowanesque 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  other 
  than 
  Ka-hwe-nes-ka, 
  the 
  

   etymology 
  and 
  signification 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Co, 
  for 
  Ka, 
  

   marking 
  grammatical 
  gender 
  and 
  meaning 
  it; 
  wan 
  for 
  hwe-n, 
  the 
  

   stem 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  o-whe-na, 
  an 
  island; 
  es, 
  an 
  adjective 
  meaning 
  

   long; 
  que 
  for 
  ke, 
  the 
  locative 
  preposition, 
  meaning 
  at 
  or 
  on; 
  the 
  

   whole 
  signifying 
  at 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  long 
  island. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  correct 
  the 
  

   island 
  has 
  now 
  disappeared 
  by 
  changes 
  or 
  drainage. 
  Maxwell 
  gives 
  

   the 
  same 
  meaning. 
  

  

  Kan-hangh'-ton 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  of 
  3.6 
  log 
  houses 
  on 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  

   branch, 
  destroyed 
  in 
  1764. 
  Though 
  a 
  Delaware 
  town 
  it 
  had 
  an 
  

   Iroquois 
  flame, 
  suggesting 
  that 
  of 
  Conhocton. 
  

  

  Ka-no'-na 
  is 
  a 
  recent 
  name 
  for 
  Mud 
  creek, 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Mud 
  

   lake 
  in 
  Schuyler 
  county. 
  A. 
  Ctisick 
  defined 
  this 
  on 
  my 
  skin, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Onondaga 
  word 
  konihwa, 
  skin. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  

   the 
  Mohawk 
  word 
  gannona, 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  applied 
  

   to 
  a 
  village, 
  and 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   to 
  which 
  the 
  latter 
  meaning 
  is 
  given. 
  

  

  Ka-nes-ti'-o 
  for 
  Canisteo 
  on 
  the 
  maps 
  of 
  Pouchot 
  and 
  others. 
  It 
  

   was 
  the 
  largest 
  Delaware 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  branch 
  in 
  1764, 
  and 
  

   had 
  then 
  a 
  bad 
  reputation. 
  

  

  Kay-gen 
  river, 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Kanestio 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map, 
  on 
  

   which 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  village 
  with 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Ke-u'-ka, 
  a 
  landing 
  on 
  Lake 
  Keuka, 
  formerly 
  Crooked 
  lake. 
  The 
  

   name 
  closely 
  resembles 
  Cayuga, 
  and 
  probably 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  portage 
  

   at 
  the 
  northern 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  lake. 
  

  

  Knac-to 
  is 
  another 
  village 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map. 
  

  

  Michigan 
  creek. 
  A 
  western 
  Indian 
  name 
  variously 
  interpreted, 
  

   but 
  usually 
  understood 
  to 
  mean 
  great 
  water 
  or 
  lake. 
  Trumbull 
  

   dissents 
  from 
  this 
  and 
  makes 
  it 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  fish 
  trap. 
  

  

  Pa-cih-sah-cunk 
  or 
  Pa-seck-ach-kunk 
  was 
  called 
  a 
  Mingo 
  town 
  

   in 
  1758, 
  but 
  had 
  a 
  Delaware 
  name. 
  It 
  was 
  then 
  far 
  up 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  

  

  