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east side of Canada, or St Lawrence river, bounded eastward by 

 Saragtoga and the drowned lands ; northward by a line from 

 Regiochne point (on Lake Champlain, or, as the Indians call it, 

 Caniaderignarunte, the lake that is the gate of the country) through 

 the Cloven Rock, on the same lake, to Oswegatchie, or la Galette ; 

 southwestward by the dwelling lands of the Mohawks, Oneidas and 

 Tuscaroras." The second hunting ground was the Ohio country- 

 " Thirdly, Tieucksouckrondtie, all that tract of country lying be- 

 tween the Lakes Erie and O'illinois. Fourthly, ' Scaniaderiada, or 

 the country beyond the lake; all that tract of country lying on the 

 north of Lake Erie, and northwest of Lake Ontario, and between 

 the lakes Ontario and Huron." 



" Inca-pah'-co (anglice, Lindermere) is so called by the Indians 

 from its forests of basswood, or American linden. It is better 

 known, perhaps, by the insipid name of Long lake." Thus Hoff- 

 man commented on the scene of his story. I do not elsewhere find 

 this name for the tree. 



Ju-to-west'-hah, hunting place, is the present Onondaga name for 

 the whole wilderness. 



Kag-ga-is is now the name for a small lake. 

 Kil'-lo-quaw. Hoffman gave this as a Mohawk name, meaning 

 rayed like the sun, and called it Ragged lake, but from his account 

 it was evidently Racket or Raquette lake. This is corrupted from 

 Karaghqua, the sun, and the guidebooks translate it lake of the great 

 star- Kelau-quaw is Gallatin's word for the sun, and Hofifman 

 followed him. 



Mi-a'-mi creek. A western name has been applied to this stream, 

 which is said to mean mother in the Ottawa dialect. This seems 

 doubtful. 



Mo-ha'-gan pond, near Raquette lake has a name corrupted from 

 Mohegan. 



Ne-ha-sa'-ne lake and park, crossing on a stick of timber. This 

 name has been introduced from Lewis county, where Morgan 

 assigns it to Beaver river. It is singularly inappropriate here, but 

 there are many such names for hotels, camps and lodges, as Neodak, 

 Neoskaleeta, etc. 



Nes'-singh, a sluggish stream mentioned by Hoffman, and appar- 



