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  lake 
  is 
  shut 
  in. 
  The 
  Father 
  named 
  it 
  the 
  lake 
  of 
  S. 
  Sacrement." 
  

   O'Callaghan 
  rendered 
  it 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  lake 
  contracts, 
  which 
  

   would 
  be 
  descriptive 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  south 
  of 
  Ticonderoga, 
  but 
  

   not 
  of 
  Lake 
  George, 
  to 
  which 
  Jogues 
  distinctly 
  applied 
  it. 
  There 
  

   are 
  variants 
  of 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  noticed. 
  

  

  Ca-ni-a-de-ri-oit 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Spafford 
  for 
  Lake 
  George 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  

   Indians 
  call 
  it 
  Canideri-oit, 
  or 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  lake," 
  a 
  name 
  more 
  

   applicable 
  to 
  the 
  contraction 
  south 
  of 
  Ticonderoga, 
  on 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain. 
  

  

  Ca-ni-a-de-ri-gua-run-te 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  In 
  T. 
  

   Pownall's 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  colonies 
  he 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Indians 
  call 
  it 
  

   Caniaderiguarunte, 
  the 
  lake 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  gate 
  of 
  the 
  country." 
  Mouth 
  

   would 
  be 
  more 
  exact, 
  but 
  the 
  meaning 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  

   entrance, 
  a 
  fact 
  apparent 
  in 
  military 
  operations. 
  Spafford 
  applied 
  

   the 
  name 
  to 
  Ticonderoga: 
  " 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Indians, 
  Cania- 
  

   deri-Guarunte, 
  signifying 
  the 
  mouth 
  or 
  door 
  of 
  the 
  country." 
  It 
  

   is 
  derived 
  from 
  kaniatare, 
  lake, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  jiraskaronte, 
  

   mouth. 
  

  

  Cay-wa'-not 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Lossing 
  as 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Isola 
  

   Bella 
  in 
  Schroon 
  lake. 
  The 
  interpretation 
  of 
  island 
  is 
  correct, 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  form 
  being 
  gawenot 
  and 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  kawenote. 
  

  

  Chi-non-de-ro'-ga 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Ticonderoga 
  in 
  1691. 
  Holden 
  

   quotes 
  Pownall 
  as 
  writing 
  this 
  as 
  Cheonderoga, 
  three 
  rivers, 
  but 
  I 
  

   do 
  not 
  find 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  text 
  of 
  that 
  writer. 
  The 
  meaning 
  undoubt- 
  

   edly 
  is 
  where 
  waters 
  meet, 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  a 
  river. 
  Sylvester 
  

   gives 
  it 
  as 
  Chenonderoga, 
  sounding 
  waters, 
  which 
  is 
  clearly 
  errone- 
  

   ous. 
  It 
  differs 
  from 
  some 
  forms 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  initial 
  letters, 
  as 
  will 
  

   be 
  seen 
  later. 
  

  

  Co-e'-sa 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Schoolcraft's 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  Kayaderosseras 
  

   mountains, 
  probably 
  originated 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  cous, 
  a 
  pine 
  tree, 
  an 
  

   Algonquin 
  word. 
  

  

  Couchsachraga, 
  the 
  country 
  about 
  Mt 
  Seward, 
  though 
  it 
  includes 
  

   a 
  large 
  region 
  farther 
  west. 
  Sylvester 
  thought 
  it 
  meant 
  beaver- 
  

   hunting 
  country 
  in 
  Iroquois. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  it 
  as 
  their 
  hunting 
  

   grounds, 
  and 
  it. 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  the 
  great 
  and 
  dismal 
  wilderness 
  

   The 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  Koghserage, 
  winter, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  cold: 
  

   climate 
  or 
  the 
  hunting 
  season 
  there. 
  Governor 
  Pownall 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  

  

  