﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
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  The 
  Antouhonorons 
  are 
  15 
  villages, 
  built 
  in 
  strong 
  positions; 
  

   enemies 
  of 
  all 
  others 
  except 
  the 
  Neutral 
  nation 
  ; 
  their 
  country- 
  

   is 
  fine 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  climate 
  near 
  the 
  River 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  the 
  

   passage 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  block 
  to 
  all 
  other 
  nations. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  

   Yroquois 
  and 
  the 
  Antouhonorons 
  make 
  war 
  together 
  against 
  all 
  

   the 
  other 
  nations 
  except 
  the 
  Neutral 
  nation. 
  Carantouanis 
  is 
  a 
  

   nation 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Antouhonorons 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  from 
  whom 
  

   they 
  are 
  only 
  three 
  days 
  distant. 
  

  

  Here 
  are 
  several 
  particulars. 
  The 
  Antouhonorons 
  were 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  from 
  but 
  allied 
  with 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  They 
  were 
  south 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario, 
  but 
  commanded 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence. 
  They 
  were 
  at 
  

   peace 
  with 
  the 
  Neutrals. 
  The 
  Carantouanis 
  lay 
  three 
  days 
  south 
  

   of 
  them, 
  and 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  near 
  Waverly 
  N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  

   were 
  also 
  but 
  three 
  days 
  from 
  the 
  fort 
  in 
  Madison 
  county. 
  The 
  

   inference 
  is 
  that 
  Champlain 
  meant 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  when 
  he 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  included 
  the 
  other 
  

   four 
  nations 
  as 
  the 
  Antouhonorons. 
  

  

  The 
  French 
  called 
  the 
  Seneca 
  country 
  Sonnontouan, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Seneca 
  people 
  Sonnontouehronons 
  or 
  Tsonnontouans, 
  which 
  is 
  

   very 
  near 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  in 
  meaning, 
  implying 
  

   dwellers 
  on 
  or 
  among 
  the 
  great 
  hills. 
  Their 
  common 
  name 
  is 
  

   Algonquin, 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Dutch 
  from 
  the 
  Indians 
  near 
  the 
  

   coast. 
  Hon. 
  George 
  S. 
  Conover 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  common 
  

   word 
  sinni, 
  to 
  eat, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  cannibal 
  tastes, 
  or 
  their 
  being 
  

   devourers 
  of 
  men 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  warlike 
  sense. 
  Horatio 
  Hale, 
  on 
  

   the 
  authority 
  of 
  Mr 
  E. 
  G. 
  Squier, 
  gave 
  Sinako 
  as 
  the 
  Delaware 
  

   name 
  for 
  stone 
  snakes, 
  or 
  as 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas 
  for 
  mountain 
  

   snakes. 
  This 
  word 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  Zeisberger's 
  Delaware 
  

   vocabulary; 
  and 
  Mr 
  Hale 
  spoke 
  doubtfully 
  of 
  it. 
  In 
  fact, 
  

   Heckewelder 
  gave 
  the 
  Delaware 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas 
  as 
  

   Maechachtinni, 
  Mountaineers, 
  and 
  he 
  is 
  good 
  authority. 
  Their 
  

   council 
  name 
  is 
  Ho-neen-ho-hone-tah 
  in 
  Onondaga, 
  Possessing 
  

   a 
  Door. 
  David 
  Cusick 
  gave 
  it 
  as 
  Te-how-nea-nyo-hent, 
  with 
  

   the 
  same 
  meaning. 
  

  

  The 
  Tuscaroras 
  were 
  added 
  in 
  1714, 
  their 
  name 
  signifying 
  the 
  

   Shirt-wearing 
  People, 
  and 
  the 
  confederacy 
  has 
  since 
  commonly 
  

   been 
  termed 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  Their 
  position 
  is 
  not 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  