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literally, barks in the water or a place where barks are placed after 

 being peeled in spring, that they may not curl in summer, and 

 thereby become unfit for covering their cabins for winter, or that 

 they may always be in readiness foi" use." I had precisely the 

 same account from the Indians. The town of Onondaga, burned 

 in 1696, was on the east side of the creek, near the present reservoir. 



Gis'-twe-ah-na, little 111011, an Indian village near the present 

 village of Onondaga Valley, according to Morgan. This location 

 of a village seems an error, the nearest town being on Webster's 

 Mile Square, quite a distance south. The allusion, however, is to 

 the ravines west of Onondaga Valley, where the Indians say the 

 friendly but unseen pigmies, or little men, lived and frolicked. 



Goi-en-ho, a crossing place, was a name for Oneida lake in 1655. 

 It has been mentioned and probably belonged to Brewerton. 



Ha-nan'-to, small hemlock limhs in the water, is Morgan's name 

 for Skaneateles creek and Jordan. An old map has the same name. 

 Clark said : 'Tt is called Hanauttoo — water running through thick 

 hemlocks, or hemlock creek " ; an appropriate name. Elias Johnson 

 said the Tuscaroras had a settlement there, called Kan-ha-to, limbs 

 in the water, but there was no such village. 



Kach-na-wa-ra'-ge, red or bloody place, was a ledge on Chit- 

 tenango creek, below Butternut in 1700. Kaquewagrage and 

 Kachnawaacharege were the same. Clark erroneously placed the 

 name at Oswego Fa!ils and ascribed it to Le Mercier. It will be 

 found on Romer's map and in the account of his journey. 



Kah-che -qua-ne-ung'-ta is Clark's name for Onondaga West Hill, 

 and he added : "On Mitchell's map of the British and French do- 

 minions in America, this range of hills is called ' Tegerhunkserode 

 mountains,' and in an ancient Dutch map they are called the ' Table 

 mountains.' " According to the trust deed of 1726, however, 

 Tegerhunckseroda was a hill of the Cayugas. On a map of 1839 

 Onondaga Hill appears as West Hills. Morgan gives the full prefix 

 to the name first mentioned, making it Te-ga-che'-qua-n^-on-ta, 

 h.ammer hanging. The allusion is now forgotten. 



Kah-ya-hoo'-neh, where the ditch full of water goes through, -is 

 one of Clark's names for Syracuse. 



Kah-yah-tak-ne-t'ke-tah'-keh, where the mosquito lies, is A. 

 Cusick's name for Cicero swamp near Centerville. I received a 



