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A UIC patron is searching for the location of a creek that was the site of
a battle in the War of 1812.  He has the following three possible spellings
for this place:
              Conjockta Creek
              Conjocta Creek
              Conjockety Creek
 
The creek is supposed to be near the town of Black Rock, a former village in
Erie Co., N.Y. on the Niagara River where it flows from Lake Erie.  This is now
part of Buffalo, N.Y., although there is still a railroad station that bears
the name.  (425556N,0785403W)
 
The patron and I have searched the GNIS CD-ROM and other gazetteers (OMNI,
Col.-Lip., Webster's) and did not find a creek by that name.  Searching
the GNIS for a stream close to Black Rock yielded the following place
name:  Scajaquada Creek  (425545N,0785358W)
 
Can anyone verify that this is indeed the modern name of the creek?  Or
provide the correct modern name?
 
Thank you for any assistance.
 
Marsha L. Selmer, Map Librarian, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
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