﻿Appendix. 
  

  

  ADDITIONAL 
  NAMES 
  

  

  CATTARAUGUS 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Ga-nyehs-sta-a-geh, 
  the 
  hill 
  of 
  chestnuts, 
  according 
  to 
  Chief 
  Corn- 
  

   planter 
  is 
  the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  for 
  Perrysburg. 
  

  

  CHAUTAUQUA 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Dyoh-ge-oh-ja-eh, 
  grassy 
  place, 
  is 
  Cornplanter's 
  name 
  for 
  Irving. 
  

   Irving 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek 
  and 
  when 
  first 
  

   known 
  to 
  white 
  men 
  was 
  a 
  grassy 
  plain 
  where 
  deer 
  in 
  great 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  fed. 
  

  

  CLINTON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Saranac 
  Some 
  Abenakis 
  derive 
  this 
  from 
  Salonack, 
  sumac 
  

   buds, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  doubtful. 
  More 
  probably 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  

   S'nhalo'nek 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  river. 
  

  

  Sen-hah-lo-ne. 
  The 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Sabattis 
  as 
  the 
  original 
  of 
  

   Saranac 
  is 
  more 
  exactly 
  S'nhalo'nek 
  entrance 
  of 
  a 
  river 
  into 
  a 
  lake. 
  

  

  ERIE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Dyo-a-his-tah, 
  place 
  of 
  a 
  depot, 
  is 
  the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  for 
  Angola. 
  

  

  Dyo-ne-ga-de-gus, 
  burning 
  water, 
  is 
  the 
  Seneca 
  for 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  Big 
  Indian 
  or 
  Burning 
  Spring 
  creek. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  so 
  given 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  of 
  the 
  fissure 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  stream 
  of 
  natural 
  gas 
  issues 
  and 
  

   bubbles 
  through 
  the 
  water. 
  Burning 
  Spring 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  land- 
  

   mark 
  on 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  Indian 
  reservation. 
  

  

  Hey-ya-a-doh, 
  where 
  all 
  roads 
  meet, 
  is 
  Cornplanter's 
  name 
  and 
  

   definition 
  for 
  North 
  Collins. 
  

  

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