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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  water. 
  One 
  of 
  their 
  names 
  for 
  an 
  Englishman 
  was 
  Tiorhaenska, 
  

   because 
  they 
  dwelt 
  where 
  the 
  morning 
  began 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  either 
  in 
  

   England 
  or 
  New 
  England. 
  A 
  common 
  name 
  for 
  Europeans 
  was 
  

   Asseroni, 
  makers 
  of 
  axes 
  or 
  knives. 
  

  

  PENNSYLVANIA 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  Pennsylvania 
  names 
  are 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  relating 
  in 
  some 
  way 
  

   to 
  New 
  York. 
  Ashaagoon, 
  big 
  knife 
  or 
  sword 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   name 
  for 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  the 
  states 
  farther 
  south. 
  This 
  was 
  

   first 
  given 
  to 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  is 
  thus 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  conference 
  of 
  

   1 
  72 
  1 
  : 
  "Assarigoe, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Governors 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  which 
  

   signifys 
  a 
  Simiter 
  or 
  Cutlas, 
  which 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  Lord 
  Howard, 
  

   anno 
  1684, 
  from 
  the 
  Dutch 
  word 
  Hower, 
  a 
  Cutlas." 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  

   were 
  fond 
  of 
  playing 
  upon 
  words, 
  and 
  hence 
  came 
  the 
  well 
  known 
  

   term 
  of 
  Long 
  Knives. 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  proper 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  governors 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  

   character, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  conference 
  : 
  " 
  Onas, 
  which 
  

   signifies 
  a 
  Pen 
  in 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  the 
  5 
  Nations, 
  by 
  which 
  name 
  

   they 
  call 
  all 
  the 
  Governors 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  set- 
  

   tled 
  by 
  William 
  Penn." 
  The 
  Delawares 
  used 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Miquon, 
  

   with 
  the 
  same 
  meaning, 
  but 
  Zeisberger 
  wrote 
  it 
  Migun. 
  

  

  Ach-wick, 
  brushwood 
  fishing 
  place, 
  is 
  variously 
  spelled. 
  It 
  was 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  stream 
  and 
  early 
  town 
  where 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  at 
  one 
  

   time 
  kept 
  a 
  viceroy 
  or 
  half 
  king. 
  

  

  Boucaloonce 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  Conawaago 
  in 
  1758, 
  near 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  line. 
  

  

  Casyonding 
  creek 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  an 
  affluent 
  of 
  Allegany 
  river 
  

   in 
  1 
  79 
  1, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  Broken 
  Straw. 
  

  

  Conewango 
  creek 
  was 
  also 
  mentioned 
  that 
  year. 
  

  

  Cayantha 
  or 
  the 
  cornfields, 
  was 
  Cornplanter's 
  town, 
  apparently 
  

   named 
  from 
  him. 
  

  

  Cheningue' 
  of 
  1749 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  at 
  Warren. 
  

  

  Coaquannock, 
  grove 
  of 
  tall 
  pine 
  trees, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   Philadelphia. 
  

  

  Conestoga, 
  name 
  of 
  place 
  and 
  Indians, 
  corrupted 
  from 
  Andas- 
  

   toegue', 
  the 
  ancient 
  foes 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  cabin 
  poles. 
  

  

  Doenasadago, 
  near 
  Conawago 
  and 
  on 
  Conawago 
  creek. 
  Corn- 
  

   planter's 
  town 
  of 
  Onoghsadago 
  was 
  the 
  same. 
  Shenango 
  is 
  another 
  

  

  