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devotircr of villages, or it might refer to their reputation as eaters 

 of men. This word, however, belongs rather to the western than 

 the eastern Algonquins. Horatio Hale said that sinako meant stone 

 snakes in Delaware, and that Mr Squier was told that here it meant 

 mountain snakes. As the Delawares called all their enemies snakes, 

 in this case he thought they simply added this term to the proper 

 name of the Senecas. As a matter of fact the Delawares usually 

 gave them a different name. Of course, in this interpretation, it is 

 not intended that the snakes were of stone, but that they dwelt in 

 rocks and hills. There is really no proof that the Delawares meant 

 .the Senecas by Sinako. The name occurs but once, and then with 

 two others of uncertain locality. 



The derivation would be from achsin, stone, and ahgook, snake. 

 Another erroneous derivation is from cinnabar, the classic term for 

 vermilion^ in allusion to its use by them. The name is too old for 

 that, and they used paints no more than others. Mr Conover's 

 derivation seems most satisfactory, though Mr Hale's has a fair 

 foundation. 



Sha-se-ounse', rolling water, was a name of Seneca Falls. 



Shen-da-ra and Thendara were given for Kendaia in one journal 

 of 1779. They are mere errors in copying, as some soldiers took 

 much of their journals from those of their friends, often making 

 literal transcripts for days at a time. 



Skan-na-yu-te-na-te, on the other side of the lake, was a village 

 of 1779, on the west side of Cayuga lake and V^ mile northeast of 

 Canoga. Most Cayuga towns were on the east side for a long 

 time. 



Skoi'-yase, place of whortleberries, was Waterloo according to 

 Morgan, who differs from all others in this definition. In some 

 military journals of 1779 it is Schoyerre. In one it is Scawyace or 

 long falls, the accepted meaning. In another it is a " Kauyuga Set- 

 tlement Called Shaiyus or large falls." Sauyon and Scauwaga are 

 other forms. Spafford, however, said that Waterloo was called 

 Scauyz, Scawas and Scawyace, which he thought of German origin. 

 It has been defined rapids in the river, but long falls seems better, 

 though not essentially different. The name was used for a long time. 



Svvah-ya-wan-ah, place of large fruit, a Cayuga town near Ken- 

 daia in 1770. It \yas in the northeast corner of Romulus. 



