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original of the preceding, and Sylvester applies it to the Batten kill 

 near Fort Miller. It was written Dionondehowe in 1709, and prop- 

 erly belongs to the creek. A. Cusick defined it, she opens the door 

 for them. 



Hoo-sick river is partly in this county. 



Spafford said of Whitehall : " The Northern Indians named this 

 place, Kah-cha-quah-na, the place where dip Ush, at the foot of the 

 falls, near the Village." This seems an Iroquois word, 



Ka-non-do-ro has been applied to the Narrows of Lake Cham- 

 plain, but Capt. John Schuyler called a place north of Crown Point 

 by this name in 1690. 



Kin-gi-a-qua-to-nec, a short portage between Fort Edward and 

 Wood creeks, in Kingsbury. 



Mag-kan-e-we-ick creek was mentioned in 1688, some Scaghti- 

 coke Indians being there. 



Met-to-wee or Pawlet river is in Granville. From meetwe, a 

 poplar, or metewis, hlack earth. 



On-da-wa was a name for White creek in the town of the same 

 name. A. Cusick defined this coming again. 



On-der-i-gue-gon, the drowned lands on Wood creek, near Fort 

 Ann. Holden quotes Pownall as defining this conflux of waters, 

 but this may be a misquotation. 



Pe-to-wah-co, Sabele's name for Lake Champlain, seems to mean 

 mountain lake. 



Pit-tow-ba-gonk, the name given by Sabattis, seems a corruption 

 of the last, but may be another word. Palmer has it Petawa- 

 bouque, defined as alternate land and water, and gives another form 

 as Petow-pargow or great water. Watson made it Petaonbough, 

 lake branching into two. Sabele's name seems from petau, enter- 

 ing, and wadchu, mountain, and is to be preferred. 



Po-dunk brook is in the town of Fort Ann, and the name is found 

 in New England and on Long Island. It may refer to a place 

 where something is brought, or be derived from petunk, to put 

 anything into a bag. Perhaps a better meaning would be clean 

 place. 



Pom-pa-nuck, a place for sports, is now Pumpkin Hook creek in 

 the town of White Creek. French observes that this is said to be a 



