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Ihateaugay; river, lake, and village in Franklin County, New York, named from 
the town in France. The name was applied to a seigniory created in 1(173, and 
was applied to the river which traversed it, and the appellation naturally fol- 
lowed the stream to its source. 
Ihatham; county in Georgia, towns in Barnstable County Massachusetts, and 
Carroll County, New Hampshire; borough in Morris County, New Jersey; vil- 
lage in Columbia County, New York, county in North Carolina, and many other 
places, named for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. 
Ihatsworth; township and town in Livingston County, Illinois, named from the 
country home of the Duke of Devonshire, England. 
lh.attah.ooch.ee; river, county, and village in Fulton County, Georgia, and town in 
Gadsden County, Florida; a Creek Indian word meaning "painted stone." 
Ihaumont; village in Jefferson County, New York, named for Le Kay de Cahumont, 
an early proprietor. 
fliautauqua; county in Kansas; county, lake, and town in same county, in New 
York. An Indian word which has been the subject of much controversy. 
Webster says it is a corruption of a word which means "foggy place." Another 
derivation gives the meaning as "bag tied in the middle," referring to the shape 
of the lake. It is also said to mean "place where a child was washed away." 
Dr. Peter Wilson, an educated Seneca, says it is literally "where the fish was 
taken out." Other meanings given are "place of easy death," and "place 
where one was lost. ' ' 
Jhaves; county in New Mexico, named for Mariano Chaves, governor in 1836. 
flieanill; chain of hills in Oregon. An Indian word meaning "bald hills." 
Jheat; river in West Virginia, so called because of the variableness of the volume of 
water. 
Jheatham; county in Tennessee, name for Benjamin Cheatham, a Confederate 
general. 
Jhebanse; town in Iroquois County, Illinois, named for an Indian chief. The word 
means "little duck." 
Jhebeag-ue Island; village in Cumberland County, Maine. The name is probably 
derived from chebeeg, "great waters," or "wide expanse of water." 
Jheboygan; river, country, and city in same county, in Michigan. An Indian word 
variously interpreted. Haines says it is composed of two words, che, "great," 
and poygan, "pipe." Another derivation gives the meaning, "the river that 
comes out of the ground." The Michigan Historical Society gives chabwegan, a 
place of ore." 
Jhecaque; river in Iowa. An Indian word meaning "skunk." 
Jhectemunda; creek in Montgomery County, New York. An Indian word mean- 
ing ' ' twin sister. ' ' 
Jheektowaga; town in Erie County, New York. Derived from the Indian words 
juk do waah geh, "place of the crab apple tree." 
Jheesechankamuck; eastern branchof Farmington River, Connect icui . An Indian 
word meaning "great fishing place at the weir." 
Jheetiery Sopochnie; chain of volcanic mountains in the Aleutian Islands. Indian 
words meaning "four mountains." 
3hefuncte; river in Louisiana. An Indian word meaning "chinkapin." 
3hehalis; river, county, and city in Lewis County, in Washington, named from an 
Indian tribe. The word means "sand" or "inlanders." 
Shehtanbeh; river in Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "sparrow hawk's 
nest." 
3helan; county and lake in Washington. An Indian word meaning "deep water" 
or "big water." 
