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  Tehoseroron, 
  etc., 
  which 
  are 
  variants 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  word. 
  Mr 
  

   Ketchum 
  said 
  that 
  Te-osah-way 
  was 
  the 
  Seneca 
  and 
  Te-hos-o- 
  

   ra-ron 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  word. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  

   Morgan 
  defined 
  Do'-sho-weh, 
  splitting 
  the 
  fork, 
  which 
  is 
  clearly 
  

   erroneous. 
  

  

  Dyo-e'-oh-gwes, 
  tall 
  grass 
  or 
  Hag 
  island. 
  Rattlesnake 
  island. 
  

  

  Dyos'-hoh, 
  the 
  sulphur 
  spring, 
  is 
  Marshall's 
  name 
  for 
  one 
  near 
  

   Buffalo. 
  

  

  Dyo-nah'-da-eeh, 
  hemlock 
  elevation. 
  Upper 
  Ebenezer 
  village 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  Jack 
  Berrytown. 
  

  

  Dyos-daah'-ga-eh, 
  rocky 
  bank, 
  Black 
  Rock. 
  Morgan 
  gives 
  it 
  a 
  

   little 
  differently 
  : 
  De-o'-steh-ga-a, 
  rocky 
  shore. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  out- 
  

   crop 
  of 
  limestone 
  there. 
  

  

  Dyu'-ne-ga-nooh', 
  cold 
  water- 
  Cold 
  Spring. 
  

  

  Dyos-da'-o-doh, 
  rocky 
  island. 
  Bird 
  island. 
  The 
  stone 
  of 
  which 
  

   it 
  was 
  composed 
  has 
  been 
  removed 
  and 
  utilized. 
  

  

  Dyo'-ge-oh-ja-eh, 
  wet 
  grass. 
  Red 
  Bridge. 
  

  

  E-rie, 
  a 
  cat, 
  was 
  formerly 
  E-ri-eh', 
  a 
  nation 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  in 
  1654. 
  Charlevoix 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  it 
  bears 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  nation 
  of 
  the 
  Huron 
  lan- 
  

   guage, 
  which 
  was 
  formerly 
  seated 
  on 
  its 
  banks, 
  and 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  

   entirely 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Erie 
  in 
  that 
  language 
  signifies 
  

   cat, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  accounts 
  this 
  nation 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  Cat 
  nation. 
  This 
  

   name 
  comes 
  probably 
  from 
  the 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  these 
  animals 
  

   formerly 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  Some 
  French 
  maps 
  have 
  given 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Conti, 
  but 
  

   with 
  no 
  better 
  success 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  Conde, 
  Tracy 
  and 
  Orleans, 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  lakes 
  farther 
  west. 
  It 
  has 
  several 
  Indian 
  names, 
  

   as 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  expected. 
  

  

  Ga-an-na-da-dah, 
  creek 
  that 
  has 
  slate 
  stone 
  bottom, 
  is 
  the 
  east 
  

   branch 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  creek, 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  old 
  Onondaga 
  village. 
  

   The 
  name 
  suggests 
  that 
  people. 
  Marshall 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Senecas, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  kindred 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  Cayugas, 
  on 
  

   their 
  arrival 
  here, 
  in 
  1780, 
  established 
  themselves 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  

   the 
  Buffalo 
  creek. 
  The 
  former 
  chose 
  the 
  south 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  level 
  

   bottoms 
  beyond 
  the 
  present 
  iron 
  bridge, 
  east 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  

   as 
  Martin's 
  corners. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  went 
  higher 
  up, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

   elevated 
  table-land, 
  near 
  where 
  the 
  southern 
  Ebenezer 
  village 
  was 
  

   subsequently 
  located. 
  The 
  Cayugas 
  settled 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

  

  