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Barre's council on this spot. Hough placed the name at the mouth 

 of Black river, but this is a mistake. 



Port Ontario is now at the mouth of Salmon river. 



Seneca Hill is a postoffice near Oswego river. 



In 1687 the Five Nations advised the English to have a fort " at 

 Sowego, a place a dayes journey from Onondage." Apparently this 

 was Oswego, differing little from some early forms. 



Se-ii'-ka is the name of Oneida lake, fully considered already. 



Se-u'-ka Kah'-wha-nah'-kee has also been explained. Though 

 near the Onondaga shore Frenchman's island belongs to the town 

 of Constantia. It was the Seven Mile island of the Revolution. 



Se-u'-ka Keh-hu'-wha-tah'-dea is the name of Oneida river and 

 refers to its connection with the lake. 



Ten-ca-re Ne-go-ni, he zmll scatter his people everywhere, accord- 

 ing to A. Cusick. This was R. de la Planche, now Sandy creek. 



Te-qua-no-ta-go'-wa, big marsh, is a name for Bay creek. 



Texas is an introduced name, once belonging to a small tribe in 

 Louisiana and now to a great state. 



OTSEGO COUNTY 



This county belonged to the Oneidas and Mohawks and its names 

 are all Iroquois except that of the Susquehanna river. 



A-di-ga creek, on a map of 1790, is Atege creek on one of 1826. 

 It flows through Otego township, the name being the same. Ategen 

 is to have Hre there. 



Ca-ni-a-da-ra'-ga, on the lake, was the early name of Schuyler's 

 lake, and thus it appears on Sauthier's map and that of the New 

 Hampshire grants. It has been revived as Canadarago and Canda- 

 jarago. The last syllable alone indicates locality. 



Ka-un-seh-wa-tau'-yea was David Cusick's name for the Susque- 

 hanna, probably from a village of that name, but it might mean 

 river in the forest. The Iroquois called the Potomac by this name. 



Co-ni-hun'-to or Gunnegunter was burned in 1779, about 14 miles 

 below Unadilla, the name suggesting the last. Halsey placed this 

 on an island near Afton, and the name may be from its location 

 on this. 



De-u-na-dil'-lo and Unadilla are two forms of an Oneida word, 

 signifying place of meeting, as at the forks of the river. The 



