ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES OF NEW YORK 7 1 



derived from He-no, thunder, the Seneca name for one of the Iro- 

 quois divinities. The Thunders, however, were more than one and 

 were styled grandfathers by the Iroquois, who still burn tobacco 

 as an offering" to them. 



He-no'-ga, home of the thunder^ is applied by Sylvester to Mt 

 Mclntyre, and has the same age and origin, 



Hunck-soock, place zvhere everybody fights, is given by Holden 

 as a name for the upper falls at Ticonderoga, and suiting the his- 

 tory. It is an Algonquin name, received from Sabattis. From its 

 sound the word is suggestive of a place of zvild geese, and this is 

 the probable meaning. 



Mount Iroquois is a name of recent application from that people. 



Ka-non-do'-ro was a place between Crown Point and Corlaer's 

 bay, which was visited by Capt. Jdhn Schuyler, August i6, 1690. 

 It was some miles north of the former, and W. L. Stone placed it 

 at Westport, but it seems to have been on the west shore a little 

 north of Split Rock. 



Ka-skong-sha'-di, broken zcater, a name for a rapid on Opalescent 

 river as given by Lossing. This frec[uent Iroquois word properly 

 refers to a succession of falls. Lossing introduced or formed sev- 

 eral Indian names, mostly sound and appropriate. , 



Ka-ya-de-ros'-se-ras mountains and country, variously written in 

 the long controversy over this large tract. It lay around and north 

 of Saratoga, a grant being fraudulently obtained from the Mohawks 

 and successfully contested by them. A. Cusick interpreted the 

 word as it stands as a long deep hole. Others, like Sylvester, refer 

 it to a lake country, and are well sustained-by some variants. Thus, 

 in 1760, the Mohawks spoke to Sir William Johnson "about that 

 large tract called Kaniadarusseras," which plainly includes the 

 word for lake. Sylvester, however, in applying this name to the 

 , mountains said : " They derive their name from the old Indian 

 hunting ground of which they form so conspicuous a feature." 



Kur-loo'-nah, now interpreted place of the death song, but men- 

 tioned by Hoffman merely as a deep valley, is now assigned to White 

 Clove, from the murmuring of the pine trees there. Kurloonuh is 

 a death song in Gallatin's list. 



Me'-tauk, enchanted ivood, has been given by Hoft'man as derived 



