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amongst them from whence the Mohawks call both the Rock and 

 the Lake Rogeo." 



Peter Winne, of Albany, also testified about the route to Canada, 

 saying " that rock Rogeo is on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, 

 opposite Corlear's island ; that the purchase made by Godfrey Del- 

 1ms extended to that rock ; and that the Indians, in passing, call out 

 Rogeo, and make offerings to the rock, by throwing pipes, tobacco, 

 etc., into the lake." The Rev. Henry Barclay said, at the same 

 time, that " the Mohawks have a word in their language called 

 rotsio, corruptly pronounced rogeo ; it is the name of a rock in 

 Corlaer's lake, or Lake Champlain." 



Rott-si-ich-ni, cozuard spirit, a recent name for the lake, seems 

 also derived from this. The story is of an evil spirit, that lived and 

 died on one of the islands. This would derive the name from 

 ratsio, he is infirm or sick. 



Rogh-qua-non-da-go, child of the motintain, a fanciful name re- 

 cently formed and applied to Schroon lake. 



San-da-no'-na was Hoffman's name for a mountain near Lake 

 Henderson. Some have thought this corrupted from St Anthony, 

 which is not likely theret A. Cusick defined it big mountain. 



Schroon mountain and lake have had man}^ interpretations for 

 their name, and a Frehch origin has been claimed for it. vSpafiford 

 said : "A northern Indian, a tolerable English scholar, says the 

 Indian name of this Lake is Ska-ne-tah-ro-wah-na, merely ' the 

 largest lake,' but softiebody has told me the lake was named in 

 honor of a French lady, Madame Skaron." The Indian name as 

 thus given is correctly defined and is Iroquois. Sknoo-na-pus is an 

 Algonquin name given by Sabele. In this the first syllableseems to 

 represent the present name, and the others a pond or lake. The 

 first may be from Sequnneau, it is left behind. Thus it is left be- 

 hind or away from other lakes. The derivation is uncertain. 



Skon-o-wah'-co has also been given for the river and village, but 

 refers to a mountain. 



She-gwi-en-daw'-kwe, hanging spear. Falls of the Opalescent 

 river. 



Ta-ha'-wus, he splits the sky, according to Hoffman, This is the 

 original and present name of Mount Marcy, from Twaweston, to 

 pierce. 



