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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  ably 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  guidebooks 
  make 
  Whiteface 
  "Mountain 
  of 
  the 
  

   White 
  Star." 
  

  

  Somewhere 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  Indian 
  tradition 
  

   placed 
  the 
  haunts 
  of 
  the 
  Yagesho 
  or 
  Naked 
  Bear, 
  a 
  creature 
  long 
  

   a 
  scourge 
  to 
  the 
  red 
  men, 
  who 
  united 
  to 
  destroy 
  him. 
  According 
  

   to 
  Yates 
  and 
  Moulton 
  : 
  "At 
  or 
  near 
  a 
  lake 
  whence 
  the 
  water 
  flowed 
  

   two 
  ways 
  (or 
  has 
  two 
  different 
  outlets) 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  northerly 
  and 
  

   the 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  southerly 
  end, 
  this 
  beast 
  had 
  its 
  residence, 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  were 
  well 
  informed. 
  This 
  lake 
  they 
  call 
  Hoossink. 
  

   (Hoos 
  is 
  a 
  kettle; 
  Hoossink, 
  at 
  the 
  kettle/') 
  This 
  suggests 
  Paradox 
  

   lake, 
  but 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  exactly 
  describe 
  it. 
  The 
  name 
  and 
  other 
  re- 
  

   marks 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  authors 
  indicate 
  some 
  pond 
  much 
  farther 
  south. 
  

  

  FRANKLIN 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Al-gon'-quin, 
  an 
  old 
  name 
  of 
  recent 
  application 
  here, 
  is 
  a 
  con- 
  

   traction 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  people 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  Ottawa 
  river 
  in 
  

   Champlain's 
  time, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  noticed. 
  No 
  satisfactory 
  

   meaning 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  for 
  it, 
  and 
  few 
  attempts 
  at 
  definition 
  

   have 
  been 
  made. 
  Algonquin 
  Lodge 
  bears 
  the 
  name 
  here. 
  Major 
  

   Powell 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  Algomequin, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   river, 
  or 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  but 
  the 
  name 
  was 
  used 
  in 
  Canada, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Algoumequins 
  lived 
  on 
  the 
  Ottawa. 
  These 
  facts 
  destroy 
  this 
  inter- 
  

   pretation. 
  

  

  Ak-wis-sas'-ne, 
  where 
  the 
  partridges 
  drum, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  village 
  of 
  St 
  Regis. 
  Usually 
  the 
  natural 
  interpretation 
  is 
  

   accepted, 
  of 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  there, 
  but 
  some 
  have 
  

   found 
  another 
  reason 
  in 
  the 
  booming 
  of 
  the 
  ice 
  in 
  the 
  river. 
  The 
  

   simpler 
  meaning 
  is 
  to.be 
  preferred, 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  other 
  cases. 
  The 
  

   name 
  varies 
  in 
  spelling, 
  yet 
  but 
  little 
  in 
  sound. 
  It 
  was 
  written 
  

   Aghquessaine.in 
  1768; 
  Hough 
  wrote 
  it 
  Ah-qua-sus-ne, 
  and 
  Morgan 
  

   Ah-qua-sos'-ne. 
  Schoolcraft 
  gave 
  Oghkwesea 
  as 
  the 
  . 
  Mohawk 
  

   word 
  for 
  partridge, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  sometimes 
  used 
  as 
  a. 
  personal 
  name, 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  interpreter 
  for 
  Le 
  Moyne, 
  at 
  La 
  Famine 
  in 
  1684, 
  

   Lahontan 
  wrote 
  his 
  name 
  Akoesan, 
  and 
  Colden 
  Ohguesse, 
  or 
  the 
  

   partridge. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  bird 
  is 
  Noon-yeah-ki-e, 
  

   loud 
  or 
  noisy 
  step. 
  

  

  Chateaugay, 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  at 
  its 
  erection, 
  seems 
  

   French, 
  but 
  for 
  no 
  historic 
  reason. 
  A 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  therefore 
  

  

  