Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Issue 68, Part 3E. Croswell, 1908 - Government publications |
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... referring to a place . If the word proper begins with Ka or Ga , this syllable replaces part of the prefix . Te may be dropped or retained , but sometimes it belongs to the body of the word . De is equivalent ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF ...
... referring to a place . If the word proper begins with Ka or Ga , this syllable replaces part of the prefix . Te may be dropped or retained , but sometimes it belongs to the body of the word . De is equivalent ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF ...
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... referring to some person or local incident , but the statement is true of both . With both there is little appearance of poetic fancy . Names were a convenience , and but little more . Mr Morgan's words follow : The method of bestowing ...
... referring to some person or local incident , but the statement is true of both . With both there is little appearance of poetic fancy . Names were a convenience , and but little more . Mr Morgan's words follow : The method of bestowing ...
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... refers to the east and is often applied to a people or country east of the speaker . Thus the Wappingers had their name from living east of the Hudson . Shawan referred to the south , and thus we have the Shawnees or south people . Such ...
... refers to the east and is often applied to a people or country east of the speaker . Thus the Wappingers had their name from living east of the Hudson . Shawan referred to the south , and thus we have the Shawnees or south people . Such ...
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... - porated into their dialects . The Tuscaroras still adduce proof from this source to establish a common origin with the Iroquois . " In this he may have referred to a few early names ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK II.
... - porated into their dialects . The Tuscaroras still adduce proof from this source to establish a common origin with the Iroquois . " In this he may have referred to a few early names ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK II.
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... referred to M. Cuoq's excellent lexicon , published a few years since . According to the latter writer 12 letters sufficed for all words , but the Rev. Asher Wright used 17 with proper marks . The English mission- aries used 16 , and Mr ...
... referred to M. Cuoq's excellent lexicon , published a few years since . According to the latter writer 12 letters sufficed for all words , but the Rev. Asher Wright used 17 with proper marks . The English mission- aries used 16 , and Mr ...
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Albany Algonquin annual report appears applied ash pit beads bones brook Bruyas called Canada castle Cayuga Cayuga lake celt ceremonies Charlevoix chief cited clan Coeymans condolence Continue to listen council creek Cusick defined Delaware derived dialect East Canada creek east side Erie falls flint Genesee Genesee river given Haii haii hail Handsome Lake head hill Hudson Indian name Indian village Iroquois Iroquois name Ja-ta-gweh-ni-yo-shonh Jat-hon-de-nyunk journal lake land Mahicans meaning mentioned miles Mohawk Morgan Morgan's name mountain nation Neck O-nen occiput Oneida Oneida lake Onondaga Otisco lake patent pipe pond pottery vessel probably refer river rock Ruttenber sachems Sauthier's map Schoharie creek Schoolcraft seems Seneca Seneca river side of trench skeleton skull song Southold Spafford stone stream Thou who wert tion town tract tree tribe Tuscarora valley wampum wert ruler west side word written York Zeisberger