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  CLINTON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Cher-u-bus-co 
  is 
  a 
  Mexican 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  Og-ha-ron'-de 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  Capt. 
  John 
  Schuyler's 
  journal 
  of 
  1690. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  considerably 
  north 
  of 
  Plattsburg, 
  and 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  

   some 
  notable 
  tree. 
  

  

  Pa-pa-qua-ne-tuck, 
  river 
  of 
  cranberries, 
  according 
  to 
  Sabattis, 
  

   an 
  Indian 
  hunter 
  and 
  guide, 
  is 
  Ausable 
  river. 
  Pakihm 
  is 
  Delaware 
  

   for 
  cranberries 
  and 
  po-po-kwa 
  the 
  Abenaki 
  form. 
  

  

  Pe-ru, 
  a 
  town 
  so 
  called 
  from 
  its 
  mountainous 
  character. 
  

  

  Sal-a-sa'-nac 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  Saranac 
  river 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map. 
  

  

  Sar'-a-nac 
  river, 
  town, 
  pond 
  and 
  falls. 
  No 
  meaning 
  has 
  ever 
  

   been 
  assigned 
  to 
  this, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  'but 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  

   name, 
  the 
  terminal 
  of 
  which, 
  saranne, 
  means 
  to 
  ascend. 
  The 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  might 
  be 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  or 
  the 
  gradual 
  rise 
  of 
  the 
  land. 
  

  

  R. 
  Serindac, 
  1755, 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  French 
  grants, 
  is 
  the 
  Saranac. 
  

  

  R. 
  Scomotion 
  and 
  cape 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  grants, 
  

   are 
  at 
  Cumberland 
  Head. 
  This 
  name 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  Squin-an-ton 
  or 
  Squeononton, 
  a 
  deer, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Cumber- 
  

   land 
  Head. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  Point 
  Squewonton 
  or 
  Squenonton 
  in 
  

   1756, 
  and 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  old 
  Mohawk 
  word 
  Oskennonton, 
  

   deer, 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Bruyas. 
  He 
  thought 
  this 
  came 
  from 
  Gaskennon- 
  

   ton, 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  souls, 
  " 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  timid 
  animal, 
  which 
  

   always 
  thinks 
  itself 
  dead." 
  Schoolcraft 
  has 
  oskoneantea 
  for 
  deer 
  

   in 
  Mohawk. 
  It 
  differed 
  in 
  other 
  dialects. 
  Cap 
  Scononton, 
  1748, 
  

   on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  French 
  grants, 
  is 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Sen-hah-lo-ne 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Plattsburg. 
  This 
  was 
  from 
  Sabat- 
  

   tis, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  source 
  might 
  be 
  considered 
  Algonquin, 
  though 
  it 
  

   has 
  every 
  indication 
  of 
  an 
  Oneida 
  word. 
  So 
  strong 
  is 
  this 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  that 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  interpreted 
  it, 
  he 
  is 
  still 
  building, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   Algonquin. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  no 
  Indian 
  towns 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  For 
  two 
  centuries 
  

   at 
  least 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  border 
  land, 
  traversed 
  mostly 
  by 
  hostile 
  parties. 
  

   Even 
  earlier 
  it 
  was 
  mainly 
  frequented 
  by 
  hunters 
  and 
  fishermen 
  

   It 
  may 
  be 
  remarked 
  that 
  though 
  Champlain 
  gave 
  his 
  own 
  name 
  to 
  

   the 
  lake, 
  the 
  country 
  east 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  known 
  as 
  Irocoisia 
  in 
  1616 
  

  

  