Show white womans comans creek Is indian name for a river mary harris a heroine of 0 the deerfield mass massacre in 1704 Is responsible for the origin of the name of the walhonding Walh river which winds 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 bonding hon 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 delaware indians termed the stream walhonding Walh which in their language according to a writer er in the cleveland plain dealer meant white womans comans creek there are three popular theories concerning the derivation of the name cuyahoga Cuya hoga some claim the name can be traced back to the indian uk meaning lake river others insist it was derived from Carri hoga or news carrier A third group contends the name was taken from caya haga 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 |