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of the same breadth, but not so high by a third ; and V2 league higher 

 still a third, which is full 100 feet high, and 360 feet broad." 



The name was written Caskonchagon in 1755 and Kaskonchiagou 

 in 1756. Morgan gave Ga-sko-sa-go-wa as the Onondaga name of 

 Rochester but this means great falls. George T. Harris gave an 

 interesting summary, as follows : 



The Seneca word for waterfall is Gah-sko-sa-deh. It has several 

 forms of application. Collectively all the falls in Rochester would 

 be termed Gah-sko-sa~deh-ne-o, or many falls. If we wish to say 

 " at the falls," the form would be Gaht-sko-sa-go. Each distinct 

 section of the river had its descriptive title. From the State dam 

 in Rochester to Court street it was Gah-na-wan-deh, a rough stream 

 or rapids. The upper fall, once located where the Erie canal aque- 

 duct now crosses the river, was Gah-sko-so-ne-zuah, or small falls. 

 The fall north of the N. Y. C. Railroad bridge was Gah-sko-so-wa- 

 neh, or great falls. The lower fall was called Gah-sko-sah-go, under 

 or below the falls. . . The primitive form was Gas-kon-cha-gon, 

 another form of Gah-sko-sah-deh. 



Ge-ne-see river, beautiful valley. 



Gi-ni-sa-ga, in the valley, is Allen's creek near Irondequoit bay. 



Gweh'-ta-a-ne-te-car-nun-do'-teh, red village, is Morgan's name 

 for Brockport. 



Ho-ne-o'-ye falls and creek. The name signifies finger lying, but 

 properl}^ belongs to the lake and an early town near it. The falls 

 have a distinct name given below. 



I-ron'-de-quoit has many forms, applying to the bay but not to the 

 creek, except in the sense of being at the bay. Morgan gave the 

 name of Neo-da-on-da-quat, meaning simply a hay, which comes 

 short of the full sense. In his geographical scheme of the Iroquois 

 territory the word differs in spelling and accent from that in his list 

 of names, but not essentially. Kaniatarontaquat, used in 1684, is 

 quite literal. Charlevoix described it as a beautiful place and called 

 it the bay of the Tsonnonthouans or Senecas. The Onondagas called 

 it Cheorontok, and in a journal of 1759 it appears as Nidenindequeat. 

 On the Jesuit map of 1665 it is Andiatarontawat, sometimes incor- 

 rectly quoted as Andiataroiitagot. In his Gazetteer of 181 3 Spafford 

 has a brief note on the name, saying: "The Indian name of this Bay 

 is Teoronto ; which signifies in the dialect of the Onondagas almost 

 lake; and these people still persist in that name." This is a good 



