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  seems 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  line, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  meant 
  for 
  Conewango. 
  This 
  

   would 
  be 
  defined 
  differently. 
  

  

  Kau-quat'-kay, 
  principal 
  Erie 
  fort 
  according 
  to 
  D. 
  Cusick. 
  

  

  Ke-on-to-na 
  or 
  Ca-yon-to-na, 
  an 
  Indian 
  village 
  of 
  1789, 
  was 
  

   on 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Conewango 
  river. 
  From 
  this 
  comes 
  Kian- 
  

   tone. 
  

  

  Ko-sha-nu-a-de-a-go, 
  a 
  stream 
  flowing 
  south 
  across 
  the 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania, 
  seems 
  the 
  Kasanotiayogo 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  writers. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  postoffice. 
  This 
  introduced 
  name 
  is 
  used 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   New 
  York, 
  and 
  the 
  meaning 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  discussed. 
  Jonathan 
  

   Carver 
  heard 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  river 
  in 
  1766, 
  but 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  

   Oregon 
  dialects, 
  though 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  Okanagan 
  river 
  in 
  that 
  state. 
  

   The 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  Algonquin, 
  with 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  great 
  water, 
  

   but 
  is 
  more 
  probably 
  a 
  Dakota 
  word. 
  Carver 
  mentioned 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  

   great 
  river 
  flowing 
  into 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  and 
  called 
  it 
  " 
  Oregon, 
  or 
  the 
  

   river 
  of 
  the 
  West." 
  Bryant 
  first 
  used 
  it 
  after 
  Carver, 
  in 
  his 
  poem 
  

   of 
  Thanatopsis, 
  written 
  in 
  1817: 
  "Lose 
  thyself 
  in 
  the 
  continuous 
  

   woods 
  where 
  rolls 
  the 
  Oregon." 
  Some 
  have 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  Ori- 
  

   ganum, 
  an 
  herb, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  error. 
  Nor 
  does 
  it 
  come 
  from 
  

   the 
  Spanish 
  word, 
  huracan, 
  a 
  wind, 
  originally 
  from 
  the 
  Mexican 
  

   and 
  familiar 
  to 
  us 
  as 
  a 
  hurricane- 
  A 
  popular 
  interpretation 
  has 
  

   been 
  from 
  the 
  Spanish 
  word 
  ore 
  j 
  on, 
  a 
  pulling 
  of 
  the 
  ear, 
  or 
  lop 
  

   ears, 
  but 
  Carver 
  undoubtedly 
  had 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  this 
  

   source 
  should 
  be 
  accepted. 
  This 
  is 
  partly 
  Bancroft's 
  decision 
  in 
  

   the 
  full 
  discussion 
  in 
  his 
  Pacific 
  States, 
  and 
  his 
  words 
  may 
  be 
  

   quoted 
  : 
  

  

  Therefore 
  the 
  summing 
  of 
  the 
  evidence 
  would 
  read 
  Oregon, 
  in- 
  

   vented 
  by 
  Carver, 
  made 
  famous 
  by 
  Bryant, 
  and 
  fastened 
  upon 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  river 
  territory, 
  first 
  by 
  Kelley, 
  through 
  his 
  memorials 
  to 
  

   Congress 
  and 
  numerous 
  published 
  writings, 
  begun 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  181 
  7, 
  

   and 
  secondly, 
  by 
  other 
  English 
  and 
  American 
  authors, 
  who 
  adopted 
  

   it 
  from 
  the 
  three 
  sources 
  here 
  given. 
  

  

  Wan'-go 
  is 
  shortened 
  from 
  Conewango. 
  

  

  CHEMUNG 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Mount 
  Ach-sin'-ing, 
  standing 
  stones, 
  was 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Chemung 
  

   and 
  opposite 
  Sing 
  Sing 
  creek. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  Delaware 
  name. 
  

  

  Ach-sin-nes'-sink, 
  Assinissink, 
  Asinsan 
  or 
  Atsinsink, 
  place 
  of 
  

   small 
  stones, 
  was 
  a 
  Mousey 
  or 
  Delaware 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

  

  