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  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  local 
  name 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  Conewango 
  creek 
  and 
  the 
  Allegany. 
  

  

  Diahoga 
  was 
  Tioga, 
  now 
  Athens. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  teyogen, 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  between 
  two 
  others, 
  or, 
  as 
  commonly 
  used, 
  teihohogen, 
  forks 
  

   of 
  a 
  river. 
  Heckewelder 
  gave 
  a 
  very 
  erroneous 
  definition 
  of 
  the 
  

   word, 
  saying 
  : 
  " 
  Tioga 
  is 
  corrupted 
  from 
  Tiao'ga, 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  word 
  

   signifying 
  a 
  gate. 
  This 
  name 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  to 
  the 
  

   wedge 
  of 
  land 
  lying 
  within 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  Tioga 
  (or 
  Chemung) 
  

   and 
  North 
  Branch 
  — 
  in 
  passing 
  which 
  streams 
  the 
  traveler 
  entered 
  

   their 
  territory 
  as 
  through 
  a 
  gate. 
  The 
  country 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  forks 
  

   was 
  Delaware 
  country." 
  The 
  latter 
  did 
  not 
  own 
  it, 
  but 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  allowed 
  them 
  to 
  live 
  there. 
  

  

  Ga-na-ta-jen-go'-na, 
  big 
  town, 
  was 
  Zeisberger's 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  

   for 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  Ginashadgo. 
  Cornplanter 
  wrote 
  from 
  this 
  in 
  1794, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  

   an 
  erroneous 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  his 
  town. 
  

  

  Goschgoschunk, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1766, 
  is 
  now 
  Tionesta, 
  It 
  seems 
  

   to 
  mean 
  ferrying 
  place. 
  

  

  Ingaren 
  was 
  a 
  Tuscarora 
  village 
  destroyed 
  at 
  Great 
  Bend 
  in 
  

   1779. 
  

  

  Onochsae, 
  hollow 
  mountain, 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Cammerhofr 
  at 
  Me- 
  

   hoppen. 
  The 
  name 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  in 
  their 
  travels 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  placed 
  many 
  names 
  in 
  other 
  states. 
  

  

  Osgochgo 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Spangenberg 
  in 
  his 
  journey 
  to 
  On- 
  

   ondaga 
  in 
  1745. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  Sugar 
  creek, 
  and 
  in 
  1737 
  Weiser 
  called 
  

   it 
  Oscahu, 
  the 
  -fierce. 
  

  

  Ostonwackin 
  near 
  the 
  Ostonage 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  these 
  Iroquois 
  

   names, 
  derived 
  from 
  ostenra, 
  a- 
  rock, 
  one 
  being 
  prominent 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  Indian 
  village 
  at 
  Montoursville. 
  Often 
  written 
  Otstonwackin. 
  

  

  Panawakee 
  or 
  Ganawaca 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  town 
  north 
  of 
  Tionesta 
  

   in 
  1766. 
  The 
  latter 
  form 
  is 
  the 
  correct 
  one, 
  referring 
  to 
  rapids. 
  

  

  Paghsekacunk 
  was 
  6 
  miles 
  below 
  Tioga 
  in 
  1757. 
  It 
  was 
  far 
  above 
  

   that 
  place 
  in 
  1766. 
  

  

  Quequenakee, 
  place 
  of 
  long 
  pines, 
  is 
  Heckewelder's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Philadelphia. 
  

  

  "Scahandowana 
  alias 
  Wioming," 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1755. 
  The 
  

   first 
  is 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  name, 
  meaning 
  great 
  plains. 
  

  

  Senexe 
  was 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Susque- 
  

   hanna. 
  

  

  