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  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Weigh-quat-en-honk 
  was 
  place 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  hills, 
  according 
  

   to 
  Tooker. 
  

  

  Wich-qua-nis 
  was 
  a 
  tract 
  at 
  Esopus 
  in 
  1663. 
  - 
  

  

  WARREN 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Ad-i-ron'-dacks, 
  tree 
  eaters. 
  This 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  

   village 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  mountains. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  name 
  of 
  derision. 
  

  

  An-di-a-ta-roc'-te, 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  lake 
  contracts, 
  according 
  

   to 
  O'Callaghan, 
  but 
  not 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  

   Jogues. 
  These 
  were, 
  referring 
  to 
  Lake 
  George 
  : 
  " 
  Les 
  Iroquois 
  le 
  

   nomment 
  Andiatarocte 
  comme 
  qui 
  diroit, 
  la 
  ou 
  le 
  lac 
  se 
  ferme" 
  ; 
  

   commonly 
  rendered 
  there 
  where 
  the 
  lake 
  is 
  shut 
  in. 
  The 
  other 
  

   definition 
  would 
  do 
  well 
  for 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  

   but 
  was 
  not 
  thus 
  applied. 
  

  

  At-al-a-po'-sa, 
  sliding 
  place, 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  Tongue 
  moun- 
  

   tain 
  on 
  Lake 
  George. 
  

  

  At-al'-a-po-se, 
  sliding 
  place, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  Rogers' 
  Slide 
  on 
  

   Lake 
  George. 
  According 
  to 
  Sabattis 
  evil 
  spirits 
  there 
  seize 
  the 
  

   souls 
  of 
  bad 
  Indians, 
  slide 
  down 
  and 
  drown 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  lake. 
  The 
  

   name 
  seems 
  derived 
  from 
  occoeposu, 
  he 
  slips 
  or 
  slides 
  backward. 
  

  

  At-a-te'-a, 
  a 
  river 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  river, 
  is 
  Hoffman's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  shortened 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  proper 
  

   word. 
  French 
  calls 
  the 
  east 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  At-a-te-ka, 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  corrupt 
  form. 
  

  

  Bou-to-keese 
  is 
  Sabele's 
  name 
  for 
  Little 
  Falls 
  at 
  Luzerne. 
  

  

  Can-a-da 
  mountain 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Chester. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  

   often 
  used 
  for 
  places 
  and 
  streams 
  toward 
  Canada. 
  

  

  Ca-ni-a-de-ros-se-ras 
  was 
  the 
  great 
  tract 
  north 
  of 
  Schenectady. 
  

   As 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  means 
  lake, 
  it 
  may 
  throw 
  some 
  light 
  

   on 
  the 
  true 
  meaning 
  of 
  Kayaderosseras, 
  the 
  usual 
  form. 
  

  

  Can-kus-kee 
  is 
  Northwest 
  bay 
  on 
  Lake 
  George 
  on 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  1776. 
  

   A 
  better 
  form 
  appears 
  below. 
  

  

  Che-pon-tuc, 
  a 
  difficult 
  place 
  to 
  climb 
  or 
  get 
  around, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  

   of 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  according 
  to 
  Sabattis. 
  

  

  Ga-in-hou-a-gwe, 
  given 
  as 
  crooked 
  river, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Schroon 
  

   river, 
  but 
  lacks 
  the 
  adjective. 
  

  

  Ga-na-ous-ke, 
  where 
  you 
  get 
  sprinkled, 
  according 
  to 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  

   perhaps 
  from 
  sudden 
  showers, 
  is 
  Northwest 
  bay. 
  Holden 
  says: 
  

  

  