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  Ou-lus'-ka 
  pass 
  has 
  been 
  interpreted 
  place 
  of 
  shadows, 
  probably 
  

   derived 
  from 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  word 
  Yokoraskha, 
  evening. 
  The 
  mean- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  given 
  me 
  was 
  marching 
  through 
  burs 
  and 
  grass. 
  This 
  might 
  

   come 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  word 
  ole-hisk, 
  meaning 
  nettles 
  or 
  any 
  large 
  

   weed. 
  This 
  pass 
  is 
  placed 
  between 
  Mt 
  Seward 
  and 
  Ragged 
  moun- 
  

   tain 
  by 
  Sylvester. 
  

  

  Pas-kon-gam-muck, 
  pleasant 
  or 
  beautiful 
  lakes, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  

   interpretation 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Saranac 
  lakes 
  as 
  a 
  group 
  by 
  Sabattis. 
  

   The 
  derivation 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  clear, 
  but 
  if 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  were 
  

   pachgeen, 
  to 
  turn 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  road, 
  an 
  appropriate 
  meaning 
  would 
  

   appear. 
  The 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  lakes 
  are 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   one 
  occupying 
  a 
  space 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  these. 
  As 
  a 
  group 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  Pachgeengamuck 
  would 
  express 
  lakes 
  which 
  turn 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   road, 
  or 
  direct 
  course. 
  Hough 
  gives 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  to 
  Tupper's 
  

   lake, 
  defining 
  it 
  a 
  lake 
  going 
  out 
  from 
  a 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  Indian 
  guide 
  was 
  the 
  authority 
  for 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   Middle 
  Saranac 
  lake, 
  calling 
  this 
  Pat-tou-gam-muck, 
  but 
  without 
  

   defining 
  it. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  seems 
  from 
  Petuhki, 
  it 
  is 
  round, 
  and 
  

   the 
  appropriate 
  meaning 
  would 
  be 
  round 
  lake, 
  in 
  contrast 
  with 
  the 
  

   others. 
  

  

  Que-bec' 
  pond 
  is 
  a 
  recently 
  applied 
  name, 
  very 
  much 
  out 
  of 
  place. 
  

   Various 
  origins 
  and 
  meanings 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  this. 
  Webster's 
  

   dictionary 
  properly 
  makes 
  it 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  word, 
  but 
  defines 
  it 
  

   take 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  rock. 
  Charlevoix 
  spoke 
  of 
  the 
  sudden 
  narrowing 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  above 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Orleans, 
  " 
  from 
  which 
  circum- 
  

   stance 
  this 
  place 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  Quebeio 
  or 
  Quebec, 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  

   Algonquin 
  language 
  signifies 
  a 
  strait 
  or 
  narrowing. 
  The 
  Abena- 
  

   quis, 
  whose 
  language 
  is 
  a 
  dialect 
  of 
  the 
  Algonquin, 
  call 
  it 
  Quelibec, 
  

   that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  shut 
  up, 
  because 
  as 
  they 
  came 
  Point 
  Levi 
  cut 
  off 
  a 
  

   view 
  of 
  one 
  channel 
  and 
  the 
  river 
  seemed 
  a 
  great 
  bay." 
  School- 
  

   craft 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Is 
  not 
  the 
  Quebec 
  a 
  derivative 
  from 
  the 
  Algonquin 
  

   phrase 
  Kebic 
  — 
  a 
  term 
  uttered 
  in 
  passing 
  by 
  a 
  dangerous 
  and 
  rocky 
  

   coast?" 
  That 
  place 
  had 
  other 
  Indian 
  names. 
  Bruyas 
  gave 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  as 
  Tegiatontaragon, 
  two 
  rivers 
  which 
  reunite. 
  The 
  Cayu- 
  

   gas 
  called 
  it 
  Tiochtidge 
  in 
  talking 
  with 
  the 
  Moravians, 
  but 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  meant 
  Montreal 
  by 
  this. 
  The 
  Ojibwa 
  name 
  was 
  Kebekong, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Montagnais 
  termed 
  it 
  Opistikoiats. 
  

  

  Sa-ko-ron-ta-keh-tas, 
  where 
  small 
  trees 
  are 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  shoul- 
  

  

  