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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  der. 
  This 
  is 
  Hough's 
  name 
  for 
  Moira, 
  and 
  several 
  are 
  from 
  his 
  

   history 
  of 
  Franklin 
  county, 
  mostly 
  contributed 
  by 
  Rev. 
  F. 
  X. 
  Mar- 
  

   coux. 
  

  

  Sar'-a-nac 
  lakes. 
  No 
  meaning 
  has 
  been 
  definitely 
  assigned 
  this 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Sin-ha-lo-nen-ne-pus, 
  large 
  and 
  beautiful 
  lake, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  as- 
  

   signed 
  by 
  Sabattis 
  to 
  Upper 
  Saranac. 
  This 
  seems 
  a 
  very 
  doubtful 
  

   interpretation, 
  though 
  nepus 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  lake 
  or 
  water 
  at 
  rest. 
  Ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  Indian 
  Senhahlone 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Platts- 
  

   burg, 
  making 
  this 
  interpretation 
  yet 
  more 
  doubtful. 
  The 
  guide- 
  

   books 
  say 
  the 
  Indians 
  called 
  Upper 
  Saranac 
  lake 
  " 
  The 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  

   Silver 
  Sky." 
  What 
  an 
  improvement 
  on 
  sky 
  of 
  brass. 
  Unluckily 
  

   the 
  Indian 
  word 
  is 
  not 
  given. 
  The 
  same 
  authority 
  says 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   call 
  the 
  Spectacle 
  lakes, 
  not 
  far 
  off, 
  Wampum 
  waters. 
  Ote-ko-a, 
  for 
  

   wampum, 
  would 
  make 
  a 
  pretty 
  name, 
  but 
  the 
  application 
  may 
  be 
  

   doubted, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  wampum 
  here. 
  

  

  Ta-na-wa'-deh, 
  swift 
  water, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Raquette 
  river. 
  

  

  Te-ka-no-ta-ron'-we, 
  village 
  crossing 
  a 
  river, 
  that 
  is, 
  lying 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides 
  of 
  it, 
  is 
  Hough's 
  name 
  for 
  Malone. 
  

  

  Te-ka-swen-ka-ro-rens, 
  where 
  they 
  saw 
  boards, 
  is 
  Hogansburg. 
  

  

  Tsi-tri-as-ten-ron-we, 
  natural 
  dam. 
  Lower 
  falls 
  of 
  Raquette 
  river. 
  

  

  Wah-pole 
  Sin-e-ga-hu 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Sabattis 
  for 
  the 
  por- 
  

   tage 
  from 
  Saranac 
  lake 
  to 
  Raquette 
  river. 
  Dr 
  Hough 
  said 
  the 
  

   latter 
  name, 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  snowshoe, 
  was 
  first 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  by 
  

   the 
  French, 
  from 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  meadow 
  at 
  its 
  mouth. 
  

  

  Wau-ke-sha 
  village 
  on 
  Big 
  Tupper 
  lake 
  has 
  a 
  western 
  name. 
  

  

  Waw-beek 
  Lodge 
  and 
  postoffice 
  on 
  Upper 
  Saranac 
  lake 
  have 
  an 
  

   Ojibwa 
  name, 
  to 
  which 
  an 
  adjective 
  is 
  often 
  prefixed. 
  It 
  means 
  a 
  

   rock. 
  

  

  Win-ne-ba'-go 
  pond 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  western 
  name, 
  usually 
  translated 
  

   stinking 
  water, 
  but 
  meaning 
  water 
  which 
  has 
  an 
  odor 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  

   offensive 
  or 
  the 
  reverse. 
  The 
  Relation 
  of 
  1648 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  nation 
  

   so 
  named 
  : 
  " 
  These 
  peoples 
  are 
  so 
  called 
  Puants, 
  not 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  

   any 
  bad 
  odor 
  which 
  is 
  particularly 
  theirs, 
  but 
  because 
  they 
  , 
  report 
  

   themselves 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  a 
  sea 
  very 
  far 
  away, 
  

   toward 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  which 
  being 
  salt, 
  they 
  named 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  stinking 
  water." 
  The 
  eastern 
  Indians 
  used 
  no 
  

   salt 
  till 
  taught 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  by 
  Europeans, 
  thinking 
  it 
  an 
  evil 
  substance. 
  

  

  