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  WYOMING 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Cat-ta-rau-gus 
  creek 
  and 
  lake 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Java. 
  

  

  Ca-yu-ga 
  creek 
  is 
  partly 
  in 
  this 
  county, 
  and 
  flows 
  toward 
  Buffalo. 
  

  

  Chi'-nose-heh-geh, 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  valley, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Warsaw. 
  

  

  Ga-da'-o 
  or 
  Gar-dow', 
  bank 
  in 
  front, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Mary 
  

   Jemison 
  Reservation, 
  and 
  Gardeau 
  was 
  a 
  nickname 
  for 
  her 
  hus- 
  

   band. 
  She 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  named 
  from 
  him, 
  but 
  from 
  a 
  hill 
  called 
  

   Kautaw 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas, 
  meaning 
  up 
  and 
  down. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  

   it 
  muddy 
  place. 
  

  

  Ga-da-ges-ga'-o, 
  fetid 
  banks, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Cattaraugus 
  

   creek, 
  but 
  this 
  name 
  properly 
  applies 
  to 
  the 
  lake 
  shore 
  at 
  its 
  mouth. 
  

  

  Ga-na'-yat 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Silver 
  lake 
  and 
  outlet. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  de- 
  

   fined 
  this 
  stone 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  Genesee 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  upper 
  falls 
  are 
  here. 
  

  

  O-at-ka, 
  the 
  opening, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Allen's 
  creek. 
  

  

  Pe-o'-ri-a 
  village 
  is 
  in 
  Covington, 
  having 
  a 
  western 
  name. 
  

  

  Te-car'-ese-ta-ne-ont, 
  place 
  with 
  a 
  signpost. 
  Wyoming 
  village. 
  

  

  To-na-wan'-da 
  creek, 
  swift 
  running 
  water. 
  

  

  Wis'-coy 
  creek 
  is 
  Owaiska, 
  under 
  the 
  banks. 
  Derived 
  from 
  this 
  

   is 
  East 
  Coy 
  creek, 
  as 
  a 
  contrast 
  in 
  sound. 
  

  

  Wy-o'-ming 
  is 
  an 
  introduced 
  Pennsylvania 
  name. 
  Heckewelder 
  

   said 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  north 
  branch 
  they 
  call 
  M'chewa- 
  

   misipu, 
  or 
  to 
  shorten 
  it, 
  M'chwewormink, 
  from 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  

   called 
  it 
  Wyoming. 
  The 
  word 
  implies, 
  The 
  river 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  

   extensive 
  clear 
  Hats." 
  The 
  Moravians 
  usually 
  wrote 
  it 
  Wajomik, 
  

   meaning 
  great 
  plains 
  or 
  bottom 
  lands. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  meant 
  

   the 
  same, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  one 
  Heckewelder 
  gave. 
  

  

  YATES 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Ah-ta'-gweh-da-ga 
  is 
  well 
  represented 
  by 
  its 
  usual 
  name 
  of 
  Flint 
  

   creek. 
  Atrakwenda 
  is 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  word 
  for 
  flint. 
  More 
  exactly 
  

   the 
  name 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  Hint, 
  an 
  important 
  thing 
  in 
  

   early 
  days. 
  

  

  Can-an-dai'-gua 
  lake 
  takes 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  village, 
  the 
  

   place 
  chosen 
  for 
  a 
  settlement. 
  As 
  in 
  other 
  cases 
  the 
  lake 
  had 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  Indian 
  names. 
  

  

  Ge-nun-de'-wah 
  is 
  usually 
  applied 
  to 
  Nundawao 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

  

  