﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  word 
  Pom-pa-nuck, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  tribe 
  of 
  

   Indians 
  who 
  came 
  here 
  from 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Ska-ne-togh-ro-wa 
  largest 
  lake, 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  Palmer's 
  names 
  for 
  

   Lake 
  Champlain. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  word 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  large 
  lake. 
  

  

  Tagh-ka-nick 
  mountains 
  extend 
  into 
  this 
  county. 
  

  

  Ta-kun-de-wide 
  was 
  Harris's 
  bay 
  on 
  Lake 
  George. 
  

  

  Tam-a-rack 
  swamp 
  in 
  Argyle 
  is 
  so 
  called 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  

   of 
  that 
  tree. 
  

  

  Tigh-til-li-gagh-ti-kook 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  south 
  branch 
  of 
  Bat- 
  

   tenkill. 
  

  

  Tom-he-nack, 
  now 
  Tomhannock, 
  was 
  the 
  early 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  creek 
  

   in 
  Cambridge, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  tomogkon, 
  it 
  is 
  Hooded. 
  

  

  Ty-o-shoke 
  was 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  for 
  their 
  large 
  cornfield 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  town, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  toyusk, 
  a 
  bridge, 
  or 
  tooskeonk, 
  a 
  ford. 
  

  

  Wah-co-loo-sen-coo-cha-le-va 
  is 
  Sabele's 
  name 
  for 
  Fort 
  Edward. 
  

  

  Wam-pe-cack 
  creek 
  is 
  in 
  Cambridge, 
  and 
  may 
  mean 
  place 
  of 
  

   chestnuts. 
  

  

  WAYNE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  As-sor-o-dus 
  for 
  Sodus, 
  has 
  been 
  erroneously 
  defined 
  silver 
  

   -water. 
  Morgan 
  wrote 
  it 
  Se-o-dose', 
  and 
  applied 
  it 
  to 
  both 
  Great 
  

   and 
  Little 
  Sodus 
  bays. 
  In 
  Oneida 
  it 
  is 
  Ah-slo-dose, 
  and 
  on 
  a 
  map 
  

   of 
  1 
  77 
  1 
  it 
  is 
  Aserotus. 
  In 
  1779 
  it 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  "Aserotus 
  

   abt 
  thirty-five 
  miles 
  West 
  of 
  Oswego." 
  J. 
  V. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  said 
  the 
  

   Jesuits 
  called 
  it 
  Osenodus, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  find 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  Relations 
  

   or 
  on 
  their 
  map. 
  The 
  meaning 
  seems 
  lost, 
  but 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  

   from 
  asare, 
  a 
  knife. 
  

  

  Cha-ra-ton 
  is 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  on 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  1688, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  

   Chroutons 
  this 
  belongs 
  to 
  Little 
  Sodus 
  bay. 
  

  

  Can-an-dai-gua 
  outlet 
  unites 
  with 
  Ganargwa 
  creek 
  at 
  Lyons, 
  

   forming 
  the 
  Clyde 
  river. 
  It 
  has 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  village 
  

   cf 
  Canandaigua, 
  the 
  chosen 
  settlement. 
  

  

  Ga-na-at'-i-o, 
  beautiful 
  or 
  great 
  pond, 
  is 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  on 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  

   map 
  of 
  1665. 
  

  

  Ga'-na-gweh 
  or 
  Ganargwa, 
  a 
  village 
  suddenly 
  sprung 
  up, 
  is 
  a 
  

   name 
  of 
  Mud 
  creek 
  and 
  Palmyra. 
  

  

  Baye 
  de 
  Goyogoins 
  (Cayugas) 
  is 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map, 
  

   and 
  Charlevoix 
  gave 
  it 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  

  

  