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  amongst 
  them 
  from 
  whence 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  call 
  both 
  the 
  Rock 
  and 
  

   the 
  Lake 
  Rogeo." 
  

  

  Peter 
  Winne, 
  of 
  Albany, 
  also 
  testified 
  about 
  the 
  route 
  to 
  Canada, 
  

   saying 
  " 
  that 
  rock 
  Rogeo 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  

   opposite 
  Corlear's 
  island 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  purchase 
  made 
  by 
  Godfrey 
  Del- 
  

   hus 
  extended 
  to 
  that 
  rock 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Indians, 
  in 
  passing, 
  call 
  out 
  

   Rogeo, 
  and 
  make 
  offerings 
  to 
  the 
  rock, 
  by 
  throwing 
  pipes, 
  tobacco, 
  

   etc., 
  into 
  the 
  lake." 
  The 
  Rev. 
  Henry 
  Barclay 
  said, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   time, 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  have 
  a 
  word 
  in 
  their 
  language 
  called 
  

   rotsio, 
  corruptly 
  pronounced 
  rogeo; 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  rock 
  in 
  

   Corlaer's 
  lake, 
  or 
  Lake 
  Champlain." 
  

  

  Rott-si-ich-ni, 
  coward 
  spirit, 
  a 
  recent 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  lake, 
  seems 
  

   also 
  derived 
  from 
  this. 
  The 
  story 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  evil 
  spirit 
  that 
  lived 
  and 
  

   died 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  islands. 
  This 
  would 
  derive 
  the 
  name 
  from 
  

   ratsio, 
  he 
  is 
  infirm 
  or 
  sick. 
  

  

  Rogh-qua-non-da-go, 
  child 
  of 
  the 
  mountain, 
  a 
  fanciful 
  name 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  formed 
  and 
  applied 
  to 
  Schroon 
  lake. 
  

  

  San-da-no'-na 
  was 
  Hoffman's 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  mountain 
  near 
  Lake 
  

   Henderson. 
  Some 
  have 
  thought 
  this 
  corrupted 
  from 
  St 
  Anthony, 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  likely 
  there. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  it 
  big 
  mountain. 
  

  

  Schroon 
  mountain 
  and 
  lake 
  have 
  had 
  many 
  interpretations 
  for 
  

   their 
  name, 
  and 
  a 
  French 
  origin 
  has 
  been 
  claimed 
  for 
  it. 
  Spafford 
  

   said 
  : 
  "A 
  northern 
  Indian, 
  a 
  tolerable 
  English 
  scholar, 
  says 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  Lake 
  is 
  Ska-ne-tah-ro-wah-na, 
  merely 
  ' 
  the 
  

   largest 
  lake/ 
  but 
  somebody 
  has 
  told 
  me 
  the 
  lake 
  was 
  named 
  in 
  

   honor 
  of 
  a 
  French 
  lady, 
  Madame 
  Skaron." 
  The 
  Indian 
  name 
  as 
  

   thus 
  given 
  is 
  correctly 
  defined 
  and 
  is 
  Iroquois. 
  Sknoo-na-pus 
  is 
  an 
  

   Algonquin 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Sabele. 
  In 
  this 
  the 
  first 
  syllable 
  seems 
  to 
  

   represent 
  the 
  present 
  name, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  a 
  pond 
  or 
  lake. 
  The 
  

   first 
  may 
  be 
  from 
  Sequnneau, 
  it 
  is 
  left 
  behind. 
  Thus 
  it 
  is 
  left 
  be- 
  

   hind 
  or 
  away 
  from 
  other 
  lakes. 
  The 
  derivation 
  is 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Skon-o-wah'-co 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  village, 
  but 
  

   refers 
  to 
  a 
  mountain. 
  

  

  She-gwi-en-daw'-kwe, 
  hanging 
  spear. 
  Falls 
  of 
  the 
  Opalescent 
  

   river. 
  

  

  Ta-ha'-wus, 
  he 
  splits 
  the 
  sky, 
  according 
  to 
  Hoffman. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  

   original 
  and 
  present 
  name 
  of 
  Mount 
  Marcy, 
  from 
  Twaweston, 
  to 
  

   pierce. 
  

  

  