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  speaker 
  of 
  their 
  language, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  written 
  Jah-dah-gwah, 
  the 
  

   first 
  two 
  vowels 
  long 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  short." 
  This 
  disposes 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   nunciation. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio 
  in 
  1749, 
  De 
  Celoron 
  vvrote 
  it 
  

   Chatacoin 
  and 
  Chatakouin, 
  and 
  in 
  Bonnecamps' 
  journal 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  expedition 
  it 
  is 
  Tjadakoin. 
  The 
  lead 
  plate 
  brought 
  to 
  Gov- 
  

   ernor 
  Clinton 
  had 
  Tchadakoin 
  on 
  it. 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  has 
  Schata- 
  

   coin. 
  R. 
  for 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  allowance 
  for 
  French 
  pro- 
  

   nunciation 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  all 
  these 
  forms. 
  A 
  place 
  on 
  Lake 
  Eric- 
  

   is 
  quite 
  as 
  often 
  indicated 
  as 
  Chautauqua 
  lake. 
  Thus, 
  in 
  an 
  account 
  

   of 
  Marin's 
  operations 
  in 
  1753, 
  the 
  French 
  first 
  arrived 
  at 
  Chadakoin 
  

   on 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  and 
  commenced 
  a 
  fort. 
  "The 
  river 
  of 
  Chadakoins" 
  

   was 
  found 
  too 
  shallow 
  for 
  vessels, 
  and 
  they 
  went 
  15 
  leagues 
  west. 
  

   Then 
  they 
  determined 
  to 
  build 
  " 
  two 
  forts 
  at 
  Chadakoin, 
  one 
  of 
  

   them 
  by 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  carrying 
  place 
  at 
  

   Lake 
  Chadakoin," 
  indicating 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  general 
  char- 
  

   acter. 
  D. 
  Cusick 
  wrote 
  it 
  Geattahgweah. 
  

  

  Co-ne-wan'-go 
  creek 
  and 
  river, 
  or 
  Ga'-no-wun-go, 
  in 
  the 
  rapids 
  

   These 
  are 
  sometimes 
  Conewango 
  river 
  and 
  Chautauqua 
  creek. 
  

   This 
  was 
  spelled 
  Kanaaiagon 
  on 
  De 
  Celoron's 
  lead 
  plate 
  buried 
  in 
  

   1749, 
  but 
  Chanougon 
  in 
  his 
  journal. 
  On 
  Bonnecamps' 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  

   Kananouangon. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  near 
  its 
  mouth 
  bearing 
  the 
  

   latter 
  name. 
  

  

  Con-non-dau-we-ge'-a, 
  a 
  creek 
  south 
  of 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek, 
  is 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  land 
  purchases 
  and 
  is 
  Canadaway. 
  

  

  Di-on-ta-ro'-go 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Attoniat. 
  

  

  Ga-a-nun-da'-ta, 
  a 
  mountain 
  leveled, 
  is 
  Silver 
  Creek. 
  

  

  Gen-tai-e'-ton 
  was 
  an 
  Erie 
  village 
  where 
  Catharine 
  Gandiak- 
  

   tena 
  was 
  born. 
  She 
  was 
  a 
  convert 
  at 
  Oneida, 
  where 
  she 
  was 
  

   married. 
  The 
  town 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  here 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  

   Erie 
  county. 
  

  

  Gus-da'-go, 
  under 
  the 
  rocks, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Cassadaga 
  

   lake 
  and 
  creek. 
  It 
  is 
  Cosdauga 
  on 
  Dwight's 
  map. 
  

  

  ( 
  Jus-ha'-wa-ga, 
  on 
  the 
  body, 
  was 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Erie, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  Jo-nas'-ky 
  or 
  Ka-sa-no-ti-a-yo-go, 
  a 
  carrying 
  place 
  where 
  the. 
  

   French 
  intended 
  building 
  a 
  fort 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  

  

  Ka-no-a-go'-a, 
  a 
  great 
  door, 
  is 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  map 
  of 
  1758, 
  but 
  

  

  