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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Sheyickbi 
  was 
  a 
  Delaware 
  name 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  Hecke- 
  

   welder 
  gave 
  this 
  as 
  Schiechpi, 
  Hat 
  land 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  sea, 
  or 
  

   marshes. 
  

  

  Totama, 
  for 
  Passaic 
  falls, 
  according 
  to 
  Rtittenber, 
  was 
  to 
  sink 
  

   or 
  be 
  forced 
  down 
  by 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  Wachtung, 
  mountain. 
  A 
  range 
  of 
  hills 
  12 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hudson. 
  

  

  Weehawken, 
  rows 
  of 
  trees, 
  with 
  some 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  Palisades. 
  

  

  CANADA 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  well 
  to 
  note 
  a 
  few 
  Canadian 
  names 
  bordering 
  on 
  New 
  

   York 
  or 
  connected 
  with 
  its 
  history, 
  omitting 
  some 
  already 
  men- 
  

   tioned. 
  

  

  A-ga-rit-kwas 
  was 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Hurons. 
  

  

  At-ti-gou-an-ton 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  Lake 
  Huron, 
  but 
  is 
  a 
  national 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Ca-na-ga-ri-ar-chi-o 
  was 
  the 
  abandoned 
  Huron 
  country, 
  north 
  

   of 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  called 
  Cahiquage 
  or 
  Sweege 
  in 
  1701. 
  

  

  Ca-nes-se-da-ge 
  was 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  settlement 
  near 
  Montreal 
  in 
  

   1699, 
  called 
  Canassadage, 
  a 
  castle 
  of 
  praying 
  Indians 
  in 
  1700. 
  Stod- 
  

   dert 
  wrote 
  it 
  Conasadagah 
  in 
  1750. 
  It 
  is 
  usually 
  rendered 
  side 
  

   hill, 
  but 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  other 
  definitions. 
  

  

  Caugh-na-wa-ga, 
  at 
  the 
  rapids, 
  was 
  another 
  Mohawk 
  village 
  near 
  

   the 
  last. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  carried 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  was 
  applied 
  

   to 
  the 
  Indians 
  living 
  there. 
  

  

  De-se-ron-to, 
  the 
  lightning 
  has 
  struck, 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Quinte', 
  called 
  after 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  chief, 
  once 
  a 
  great 
  

   warrior. 
  

  

  De-tyo-de-nonh-sak-donh, 
  the 
  curved 
  building, 
  is 
  St 
  Catharine. 
  

  

  Ga-nan-o'-que 
  in 
  1695 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  " 
  Gannanokouy, 
  six 
  

   leagues 
  from 
  Fort 
  Frontenac." 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  interpreted 
  wild 
  po- 
  

   tatoes, 
  and 
  also 
  rendered 
  Kahnonnokwen, 
  meadow 
  rising 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   water. 
  

  

  Ga-na-ta-ches-ki-a-gon, 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  village 
  near 
  Port 
  Hope 
  in 
  

   1671, 
  but 
  some 
  place 
  it 
  near 
  Bowmansville. 
  

  

  Ga-ne-i-ous, 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  town 
  of 
  1673, 
  retains 
  its 
  name. 
  

  

  Ga-noun-kou-es-not, 
  and 
  Ka-nou-en-es-go 
  were 
  islands 
  at 
  Fron- 
  

   tenac 
  in 
  1674. 
  

  

  