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come from Grand river in Canada, or may have referred to the 

 flowing out of the water at Buffalo. In the beaver land deed of 

 1701 there is mentioned "The lake called by the natives Sahiquage, 

 and by the Christians the lake of Sweege." That of 1726 speaks 

 of a line " Beginning from a creek called Canahogue on the Lake 

 Osweego." The creek was Cuyahoga river. 



Ta-nun'-no-ga-o, full of hickory hark. Eighteenmile creek. This 

 word, with the same meaning, belongs to Clarence Hollow. 



Te-car'-na-ga-ge, black ivaters. Two Sister's creek. These two 

 are from Morgan. 



Te-cha-ron-ki-on. Under date of 1671 mention was made of 

 " Lake Erie, called by the Indians Techaronkion." 



Tga-des', long prairie^ is applied to meadows above Upper 

 Ebenezer. 



Tga-noh'-so-doh, place of houses, was an old village in the forks 

 of Smoke's creek. 



Tga'-non-da-ga'-yos-hah, old village. Flats embracing Twichell's 

 farm and the site of the first Seneca village on Buffalo creek. 



Tga-sgoh'-sa-deh, place of the falls. Falls above Jack Berry- 

 town. 



Tga-is'-da-ni-yont, place of the suspended hell. Seneca mission 

 house. 



Tgah'-si-ya-deh, rope ferry, was the old ferry over Buffalo creek. 



Te-kise'-da-ne-yout, place of th.c hell, given by Morgan for Red 

 Jacket village, differs slightly from Marshall's name, given above. 



To'-na-wan-da or Ta'-na-wun-da creek, siv-ift zvater and at the 

 rapids, which are much the same. 



Yo-da'-nyah-gwah', fishing place unth hook and line. Sandy town^ 

 the old name for the beach above Black Rock. 



Wa-na-kah suggests a recent made up name, perhaps founded 

 on gawannka, to frolic, but probably from wunnegen, it is good, 

 and ahki, land, the latter derivation being Algonquin. 



ESSEX COUNTY 



The Adirondack mountains perpetuate the common name of an 

 important part of the Algonquin family, though they did not choose 

 it for themselves. The Adirondacks, or Tree Eaters, were so 

 termed in derision by their enemies, as though they had no better 



