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incorporation. Indian name, Ga-na-jo-hi-e, said to signify ' a kettle- 

 shaped hole in the rock,' or ' the pot that washes itself,' and refers 

 to a deep hole worn in the rock at the foot of the falls." 



Perhaps the best early account is that of Professor Dvvight, writ- 

 ten about a century since : 



We all visited the Canajoliaroo, (so the word is spelt by Mr 

 Kirkland), or great boiling pot, as it is called by the Six Nations. 

 This pot is a vast cavity in a mass of limestone, forming the bed 

 of the mill stream to which it gives its name. . . When the 

 water is high, it pours furiously dovvii the ledge of the same rock, 

 crossing the stream just above, into the Canajoliaroo, and causing 

 it to boil with a singular violence, and to exhibit the appearance 

 of a caldron, foaming with vehement agitation over its brim. 



Whatever the origin or connection there is no doubt as to the 

 general correctness of the interpretation. In his early list of Mo- 

 hawk words Bruyas had Gannatsiohare, to zmsh the kettle. The 

 Canajorha of 1677, on the north side of the Mohawk, suggests this 

 name. In 1700 the middle castle had the name, but it eventually 

 belonged to the most western of all, and to the lands around. It 

 was written Canaedsishore or Canijoharie in 1700, and Connat- 

 chocari by the French in 1757. 



Ca-na-jor-ha was a village on the north side of the river in 

 1677. 



Ca-ni-yeu-ke or Teyeondarago was the lowest Mohawk castle in 

 1756. The first word may be a corruption of the national name. 



In 1810 Dr Samuel Mitchill said he was informed by John 

 Bleecker, the Indian interpreter, an Oneida chief and others, that 

 Canneoganaka lonita'de was their name for the Mohawk river. A. 

 Cusick defined this small continuing sky. This might refer to the 

 small but continuous reflection of the sky in the water through the 

 trees. The first part of this name also suggests the national name 

 of Canniengas or Mohawks. 



Can-ni-un-gaes, possessors of the Hint, was a name for the Mo- 

 hawks. 



Ca-no-ho-go was a name for the third Mohawk castle in 1700, 

 being an abbreviation of Decanohoge. 



Ca-no-wa-ro-de was a small village west of the first castle in 

 1634, and on the south side of the river, as all villages of that date 

 were. 



Caugh-na-wa'-ga is written Ga-na-wa'-da, on the rapids, by Mor- 



