﻿ABORIGINAL 
  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  269 
  

  

  Ka-oh-dot, 
  standing 
  pole, 
  is 
  the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  for 
  Brant 
  Center, 
  

   in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  tall 
  liberty 
  pole 
  which 
  once 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  

   square. 
  

  

  You-a-goh, 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  hollow, 
  is 
  Taylor 
  Hollow, 
  an 
  old 
  settle- 
  

   ment 
  near 
  Collins. 
  

  

  ESSEX 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Wahepartenie. 
  Wawobadenik, 
  white 
  mountains, 
  is 
  the 
  Abenaki 
  

   name 
  for 
  Mt 
  Marcy 
  and 
  perhaps 
  neighboring 
  peaks. 
  

  

  FRANKLIN 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Ki-was-sa 
  lake 
  at 
  Saranac 
  Lake 
  village. 
  This 
  means 
  a 
  nezv 
  tvord, 
  

   but 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  intended 
  for 
  another 
  similar 
  word 
  meaning 
  a 
  

   new 
  boat, 
  « 
  

  

  O-see^tah 
  lake, 
  gray 
  willows. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  name 
  for 
  an 
  expanse 
  

   of 
  water 
  below 
  Lower 
  Saranac 
  lake. 
  

  

  Po-kui-zas-ne 
  is 
  an 
  Abenaki 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Saint 
  Regis 
  reservation, 
  

   probably 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  word. 
  Sabattis 
  however, 
  

   said 
  it 
  meant 
  half 
  shriek, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  battles 
  there. 
  

  

  Po-kui-zas-ne-ne-pes 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  name 
  for 
  Saint 
  Regis 
  lake 
  and 
  

   a 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  above. 
  

  

  Wa-sa-ba-gak, 
  clear 
  waiter, 
  is 
  the 
  Abenaki 
  name 
  for 
  Lake 
  Clear. 
  

  

  HAMILTON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Muk-wa-kwo-ga-mak, 
  literally 
  bog 
  lake, 
  is 
  the 
  term 
  for 
  a 
  pond 
  of 
  

   that 
  name. 
  

  

  Ni-gi-ta-wo-ga-mak 
  is 
  the 
  Abenaki 
  equivalent 
  of 
  Forked 
  lake. 
  

  

  Pa-pol-po-ga-mak, 
  deceptive 
  lake, 
  from 
  the 
  many 
  bays 
  in 
  Ra- 
  

   quette 
  lake. 
  

  

  Pas-kan-ga-sik-ma, 
  side 
  or 
  branch 
  pond. 
  Little 
  Tupper 
  lake. 
  

  

  Pa-te-gwo-ga-mak, 
  Bog 
  lake 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  meaning. 
  

  

  Pa-te-gwo-ga-ma-sik, 
  an 
  Abenaki 
  name 
  for 
  Round 
  pond. 
  

  

  Wi-lo-wi 
  wa-jo-i 
  ne-pes, 
  is 
  the 
  Abenaki 
  equivalent 
  for 
  Blue 
  

   Mountain 
  lake. 
  

  

  ONONDAGA 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Gar-no-gwe-yoh 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Onondaga 
  lake 
  given 
  to 
  A. 
  B. 
  

   Street 
  by 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  chief 
  in 
  1847. 
  

  

  Oh-jees-twa-ya-na 
  is 
  Clark's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  Butter- 
  

   nut 
  creek. 
  It 
  suggests 
  Gis-twi-ah-na 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  valley. 
  

  

  