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Ga-nun-ta-sko'-na, large bark^ and applied it to Salmon creek. He 

 should have written it Gasuntaskona, as it appears on his map. It 

 has also been given as Gassonta Chegonar. On the map of Charle- 

 voix Salmon creek is R. de la Grosse Ecorce. 



Ca-ta-ra'-qui or Cadaraqui lake, is Ga-dai-o'-que, fort in the 

 water, in Morgan's list and is applied to Kingston. This was the 

 Onondaga name for Fort Frontenac, and thence for Lake Ontario. 

 At one time the English used this name exclusively. 



Caugh-de-noy', eel lying dozmi, is Quaquendena on Sauthier's 

 map, and has been already noticed. 



De-non-ta'-che is either Oswego or Salmon river on an early map, 

 probably the former. D. Gusick applied nearly the same name to 

 the Mohawk, calling it " Yenonanatche, i. e., going round a moun- 

 tain." It is probable that the first letter in this should be T. 



En-tou-ho-no'-rons or Antouhonorons was Champlain's name for 

 Lake Ontario, as he entered Oswego county in 161 5. It is from 

 the name of the Seneca nation, with whom the Onondagas were 

 sometimes classed. 



Ga-hen-wa'-ga, a creek, is Morgan's name for Salmon river and 

 Pulaski, being a variant of a name already given and like the next. 



Ga-in-hou-a'-gue was a French form of the same name in 1687, 

 applied to the mouth of the river. In 1684 it was also called 

 " Kaionhouague, where the council was held " between De la Barre 

 and the Onondagas. Some have erroneously placed this farther 

 north. 



Gal-kon-thi-a'-ge was one form of the name of Oswego Falls in 

 1686, but is slightly erroneous in spelling. 



A French journal of 1708 said: "At the lower end of the river 

 of Onnontagu^, 5 leagues from its mouth, is a place called Gascon- 

 chiage," now known as Oswego Falls. In 1726 the French again 

 mentioned the " Fall of Gastonchiague, 6 leagues from the lake," 

 and on Oswego river. The resemblance to the name of Genesee 

 Falls has occasioned some confusion. Thus when Gaskonchagon 

 was in question in 1741, O'Callaghan's note refers the name to 

 Genesee river, whereas it was the Onondagas in this case who 

 thought of selling, not the Senecas. Gasquochsage was the Mora- 

 vian form of the name. Bruyas has Gaskonsage, at the sault, 

 among his Mohawk words, and said it was thus called from gas- 



