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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  vast 
  Tract 
  of 
  Land, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  Antient 
  Couchsachrage, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  Four 
  Beaver 
  Hunting 
  Grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  

   surveyed." 
  

  

  Da-yoh-je-ga-go, 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  storm 
  clouds 
  meet 
  in 
  battle 
  

   zmth 
  the 
  great 
  serpents, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Sylvester's 
  names 
  for 
  Indian 
  

   Pass, 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  extreme 
  in 
  interpretation. 
  The 
  word 
  seems 
  

   a 
  form 
  of 
  Tioga, 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  paths 
  by 
  land 
  or 
  water, 
  and 
  but 
  little 
  

   changed 
  from 
  Tejothahogen, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  roads 
  forking, 
  as 
  

   given 
  by 
  Bruyas. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  appropriate 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  mountain 
  

   pass. 
  The 
  conflicts 
  of 
  the 
  thunders 
  and 
  serpents 
  are 
  favorite 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  tales, 
  but 
  this 
  name 
  does 
  not 
  suggest 
  them. 
  

  

  Di-on-on-do-ro-ge 
  closely 
  resembles 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  applied 
  to 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  Chinonderoga, 
  and 
  in 
  

   its 
  original 
  form 
  probably 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  waters 
  at 
  

   Ticonderoga 
  with 
  an 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  hills. 
  In 
  1691 
  the 
  provincial 
  

   commander 
  in 
  chief 
  was 
  asked 
  to 
  " 
  get 
  the 
  Indians 
  to 
  goe 
  as 
  far 
  

   as 
  Dionondoroge, 
  4 
  miles 
  on 
  this 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  point 
  which 
  is 
  

   the 
  beginning 
  of 
  Corlaer's 
  Lake." 
  

  

  Ga-nos'-gwah, 
  giants 
  clothed 
  with 
  stone, 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Sylvester 
  

   as 
  one 
  name 
  for 
  Indian 
  Pass. 
  Ga-nos'-gwah 
  or 
  Ga-nyus'-gwah 
  is 
  

   the 
  well 
  known 
  Seneca 
  word 
  for 
  stonish 
  giant. 
  The 
  Mohawk 
  name 
  

   for 
  the 
  Stone 
  Giants 
  was 
  Ot-ne-yar-heh, 
  and 
  the 
  pass 
  was 
  in 
  their 
  

   territory. 
  The 
  Oneidas 
  retained 
  the 
  same 
  name, 
  while 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  call 
  them 
  Oot-ne-yah-hah, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  same. 
  The 
  word 
  given 
  

   may 
  mean 
  to 
  lie 
  down, 
  as 
  if 
  to 
  rest, 
  the 
  way 
  being 
  hard. 
  

  

  Ga-nu-da'-yu, 
  handsome 
  lake, 
  % 
  is 
  a 
  Seneca 
  name 
  recently 
  applied 
  

   to 
  Lake 
  Henderson. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  titular 
  chief 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  founder 
  

   of 
  the 
  new 
  religion, 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  list. 
  

  

  Ga-wis-da-ga'-o 
  is 
  Smith's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  x\usable 
  ponds, 
  defined 
  

   by 
  him 
  as 
  two 
  goblets 
  set 
  side 
  by 
  side. 
  There 
  seems 
  no 
  good 
  rea- 
  

   son 
  for 
  so 
  unlikely 
  a 
  meaning, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  of 
  recent 
  applica- 
  

   tion. 
  It 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  gawisa, 
  ice. 
  

  

  Gwi-en-dau'-qua, 
  hanging 
  spear, 
  is 
  the 
  shortened 
  form 
  of 
  She- 
  

   gwi-en-daw-kwe, 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  Opalescent 
  river. 
  Lossing 
  gives 
  the 
  

   latter. 
  

  

  He-no-da-wa-da, 
  pass 
  of 
  the 
  thunders, 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Sylvester 
  as 
  

   a 
  name 
  for 
  Indian 
  Pass. 
  This 
  name 
  is 
  of 
  recent 
  formation, 
  and 
  is 
  

  

  