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Ni-gen-tsi-a-go-a, a name for Salmon river, is the same as the 

 Mohawk word nikeanjiakowa, sturgeon. Literally it is from 

 Keantsiea, Ush, and gowa, great. 



Ni-ha-wa-na-te, noisy river. Raquette river. 



Ni-ion-en-hi-a-se-ko-wa-ne, hig stone. Barnhart's island. 



Ni-ken-tsi-a-ke, a name for Grass river, has been translated full 

 of great fishes. It is much like a. preceding name, and the idea of 

 greatness hardly seem,s included, it being literally place of fishes. 

 In 1754 Father Billiard, of St Regis, petitioned that the Mohawks 

 of the Sault might have land on the south side of St Lawrence river, 

 " at the entrance of Lake St Francis, between two rivers; one to 

 the northeast, called Nigentsiagoa (Salmon river) ; to the other 

 southwest, called Nigentsiagi (Grass river) ; being in front 6 

 leagues, comprising the two rivers, together with the islands that he 

 toward the shore." 



U-ie-ka-rout-ne, trout river, is the name of Deer river. 



O-je'-quack, nut river, is Morgan's name for Indian river. 



O-ra-co-nen'-ton or Oracotenton is Chimney island, the scene of 

 the last conflict between the French and English, in 1760. The 

 ruins of the fort may yet be seen, and the name refers to the 

 chimneys. 



O-sa-ken-ta'-ke, grass lake, accurately represents the present 

 name, and in it the name of Kentucky may be observed. 



0-swe-gatch*-ie is a name for Ogdensburg as well as the river, 

 and is locally pronounced Os-we-gotch'-ee. This was the site of 

 the French mission of La Presentation, founded in 1749. It ap- 

 peared as Soegasti in 1749, and Swegage in 1750. The English 

 wrote it Swegaachey and Swegatsky in 1753, and Sweegassie in 

 1754. Johnson called it Swegatchie in 1759. Morgan gives it as 

 O-swa-gatch. It is defined as black water, by the Onondagas, and 

 this will answer well with the addition of flowing out, or draining 

 a great region. Macauley told Mr Simms that the name meant 

 going around a hill, and many have followed this erroneous defini- 

 tion. The reference was to another name. Sabattis is said to have 

 defined it as slow or long, but he was an Algonquin and probably 

 spoke of its Algonquin name, not of this. 



O-ton-di-a-ta, one of the oldest Indian names on the St Law- 

 rence, was defined as stone stairs by A. Cusick, and this seems an 



