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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Sheshesquin, 
  a 
  Delaware 
  town 
  below 
  Tioga, 
  destroyed 
  in 
  1778. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  Calabash 
  town, 
  the 
  word 
  meaning 
  the 
  gourd 
  

   used 
  for 
  rattles. 
  

  

  Shamokin, 
  now 
  Sunbury, 
  was 
  a 
  noted 
  place 
  and 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  viceroy 
  Shikellimy. 
  This 
  was 
  his 
  Delaware 
  name. 
  Sha- 
  

   mokin 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware 
  schachamekhau, 
  eel 
  stream. 
  

  

  " 
  Tsanogh 
  alias 
  Shamokin 
  " 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1755. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  

   called 
  Tsinaghsee, 
  which 
  was 
  its 
  Iroquois 
  name. 
  

  

  Tenachshagouchtongu, 
  burnt 
  house, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  O'Beal's 
  

   (Cornplanter's) 
  town 
  in 
  1794. 
  

  

  Tenkghanacke 
  was 
  as 
  far 
  above 
  Wyoming 
  as 
  Fort 
  Allen 
  was 
  

   below. 
  Tunkhannock. 
  

  

  Tschochniade 
  was 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  for 
  Juniata 
  river 
  in 
  1752. 
  

  

  Washinta 
  was 
  the 
  falls 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  and 
  Cayugas 
  extended 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1684. 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  contraction 
  of 
  Tawasentha, 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  word 
  for 
  water- 
  

   fall. 
  

  

  Wyalusing, 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  warrior. 
  Luken 
  defines 
  it 
  " 
  Ye 
  Great 
  

   Big 
  Old 
  Man's 
  creek, 
  or 
  Old 
  Man's 
  town." 
  Reichel 
  said 
  that 
  

   M'chwihilusing 
  signified 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  hoary 
  veteran, 
  from 
  mihi- 
  

   lusis, 
  an 
  old 
  man. 
  A 
  noted 
  mission. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  called 
  it 
  Gahon- 
  

   toto, 
  to 
  lift 
  the 
  canoe 
  at 
  the 
  falls 
  there. 
  

  

  Yoghroonwago, 
  a 
  Seneca 
  town 
  destroyed 
  in 
  1779, 
  by 
  Brodhead. 
  

  

  Pennsylvania 
  Indian 
  names 
  have 
  had 
  much 
  attention, 
  and 
  as 
  

   much 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  was 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Iroquois 
  after 
  

   1675, 
  their 
  local 
  names 
  abound. 
  

  

  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  

  

  Absecom, 
  a 
  beach 
  16 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  Little 
  Egg 
  Harbor. 
  

   Schoolcraft 
  derived 
  this 
  from 
  wabisee, 
  a 
  swan, 
  and 
  ong, 
  place. 
  

  

  Acquackinac 
  was 
  an 
  Indian 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  Passaic, 
  10 
  miles 
  north 
  

   of 
  Newark. 
  Schoolcraft's 
  fanciful 
  derivation 
  was 
  from 
  aco, 
  a 
  limit, 
  

   misquak, 
  red 
  cedar, 
  and 
  auk, 
  stump 
  of 
  a 
  tree. 
  

  

  Ahasimus 
  was 
  opposite 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  was 
  sold 
  in 
  1630. 
  A 
  

   tract 
  north 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  reaching 
  to 
  Hoboken 
  was 
  sold 
  the 
  same 
  year. 
  

  

  Ambov, 
  from 
  emboli, 
  a 
  place 
  resembling 
  a 
  bowl 
  or 
  bottle, 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  Heckewelder. 
  

  

  Apopalyck 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  Communipaw 
  in 
  1649. 
  

  

  