Show white comans womans creek Is indian name for a river mary harris a heroine ot of the D deerfield berfield eer field mass massacre in 1701 1704 is responsible for the origin ot of the name came of the walhonding Walh Walli river which winds win ds through a part of central ohio before joining the muskingum ngum when she was ten she was captured carried into the valley of the wal hon li ding into what is now coshow ton county and later was married to a french mohawk she is believed to have been the first white woman to live in this section so the Dela delaware delamarr warr indians termed the stream walhonding Walh which in their langu language atee according to a writer in the cleveland plain dealer meant white Won comans womans lans creek there are three popular theories concerning the derivation of the name cuyahoga Cuya hoga some claim the tiame name can be traced back to the indian uk meaning lake river F I 1 others insist it was derived from Carri hoga or news carrier A third group contends the name was taken from caya haga baga signifying crooked the latter is probably correct as anyone can see by looking down at its winding course some authorities consider it the most crooked navigable waterway in the state |