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of game." This is an enlarged idea^ great swamp being the actual 

 definition. 



Ka-ne-en'-da, at the inlet of Onondaga lake, was frequently men- 

 tioned about the year 1700, as a port for Onondaga, then some miles 

 away on Butternut creek. It was the English form 'of Ganentaa, 

 and was sometimes applied to the lake.^ Colonel Romer wrote it 

 Canainda. 



Ka-no-a-lo-ka is the name for Oneida lake on Thurber's map, 

 meaning head on a pole, and derived from the name of Oneida 

 Castle. 



Ka-no-wa'-ya, skull on a shelf, is Morgan's name for Elbridge, 

 but it scarcely differs from his name for Cicero swamp, and I 

 strongly suspect it should apply to the many swamps in the north 

 part of the town. 



Ken-tue-ho'-ne, a river which has been made, is Cusick's name 

 for Syracuse, differing somewhat from that of Clark. The Onon- 

 dagas call the city Sy-kuse. 



Ke-quan-de-ra'-ge was said to be the only rapid on the Oneida 

 river in 1792, which is not literally true, but it is now Caughdenoy. 

 A. Cusick defiried this as the red place. 



Ki-ech-i-o-i-ah-te was Butternut creek on Romer's map. 



Kot-cha-ka-too, lake surrounded by salt springs, is Clark's name 

 for Onondaga lake, but lake is not implied. A. Cusick applied 

 Ka-chik-ha -too, place of salt, to the salt springs and works. 

 Morgan has also the name of Te-ga-jik-ha'-do, place of salt, for 

 Salina. It will be observed that in many words the initial syllable 

 is dropped in common use. As the Indians used no salt in early 

 days their name for it meant something sour or disagreeable. 



Ku-na'-tah, where the hemlocks grow, is a local name on the 

 Onondaga Reservation, near A." Cusick's. 



Kun-da'-qua, the creek, for Onondaga creek, is contracted from 

 a name already given. Mr Clark had this from a map made by Mr 

 Thurber of Utica, which is in the library of the New York His- 

 torical Society. 



Ku-ste'-ha, to the stony place, is another place on the reservation. 



Nan-ta-sa'-sis, going partly round a hill, is Morgan's name for a 

 village on the west side of the valley, 3 miles south of the present 

 Onondaga Castle. The location is clearly erroneous. 



