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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Sken-so-wa'-ne, 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  Fourth 
  lake. 
  With 
  the 
  change 
  of 
  one 
  

   letter 
  this 
  would 
  mean 
  great 
  peace. 
  

  

  Squash 
  pond 
  has 
  a 
  New 
  England 
  Indian 
  name, 
  whose 
  derivation 
  

   was 
  often 
  mentioned 
  by 
  early 
  writers. 
  Thus 
  Roger 
  Williams 
  spoke 
  

   of 
  the 
  " 
  Askuttasquash, 
  their 
  Vine 
  aples, 
  which 
  the 
  English 
  from 
  

   them 
  call 
  Squashes, 
  about 
  the 
  bignesse 
  of 
  Apples 
  of 
  severall 
  colours, 
  

   a 
  sweet, 
  light, 
  wholesome 
  refreshing." 
  Many 
  Indian 
  words 
  are 
  

   thus 
  now 
  in 
  common 
  use, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  rarely 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  Squaw 
  lake 
  has 
  the 
  Algonquin 
  name 
  of 
  woman. 
  The 
  New 
  Eng- 
  

   land 
  Indians 
  also 
  used 
  nunksquaw 
  for 
  girl, 
  and 
  sunksquaw 
  for 
  

   queen. 
  The 
  latter 
  often 
  occurs 
  in 
  early 
  chronicles. 
  

  

  Ta-la-que'-ga, 
  small 
  bushes, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  Little 
  Falls 
  by 
  

   Morgan. 
  

  

  Te-car'-hu-har-lo'-da, 
  visible 
  over 
  the 
  creek, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  East 
  

   Canada 
  creek, 
  being 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  Te-ga'-hi-ha-rough'-we 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  stream 
  on 
  George 
  

   Klock's 
  patent 
  of 
  1754, 
  and 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  creeks 
  are 
  often 
  

   much 
  alike, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  next. 
  

  

  Te-ga'-hu-ha-rough-wa'-e 
  is 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  last, 
  but 
  

   was 
  applied 
  to 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek 
  in 
  1786. 
  

  

  Te-ugh'-ta-ra'-row 
  suggests 
  a 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  

   stream 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  differently 
  denned 
  as 
  meaning 
  its 
  waters 
  are 
  

   discolored; 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  from 
  flowing 
  through 
  forests. 
  Hence 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  termed 
  Amber 
  creek. 
  

  

  Ti-o'-ga 
  creek 
  was 
  another 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  in 
  1768, 
  and 
  was 
  much 
  

   used 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  before 
  that 
  date, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  meaning 
  at 
  

   the 
  forks. 
  Te-a-ho'-ge 
  and 
  Te-uge'-ga 
  are 
  other 
  forms. 
  The 
  Mo- 
  

   ravian 
  missionaries 
  sometimes 
  wrote 
  it 
  Diaoga. 
  Morgan 
  applied 
  the 
  

   name 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  below 
  Herkimer, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  creek, 
  

   which 
  the 
  Senecas 
  considered 
  the 
  main 
  branch. 
  It 
  properly 
  be- 
  

   longed 
  to 
  Herkimer, 
  and 
  there 
  early 
  usage 
  placed 
  it. 
  

  

  Te-non-an-at'-che, 
  river 
  Homing 
  through 
  a 
  mountain, 
  is 
  School- 
  

   craft's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  He 
  derived 
  this 
  from 
  David 
  Cusick's 
  

   history, 
  who 
  said 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  river 
  " 
  named 
  Yenona- 
  

   natche, 
  i. 
  e. 
  going 
  round 
  a 
  mountain 
  (now 
  Mohawk)." 
  School- 
  

   craft's 
  spelling 
  may 
  be 
  preferred, 
  but 
  he 
  changed 
  the 
  sense 
  as 
  well. 
  

   Of 
  some 
  of 
  Cusick's 
  names 
  he 
  said: 
  "I 
  abbreviate 
  these 
  words 
  

  

  