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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  there 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  and 
  the 
  lake 
  abounded 
  with 
  fish 
  and 
  the 
  shores 
  

   with 
  game. 
  

  

  O-na-wy-ta, 
  spring 
  of 
  water, 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  I 
  furnished 
  for 
  Hatch's 
  

   lake 
  near 
  West 
  Eaton. 
  

  

  "The 
  village 
  of 
  Ohiokea, 
  situated 
  west 
  of 
  Oneida 
  creek," 
  was 
  

   mentioned 
  by 
  David 
  Cusick. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  place 
  of 
  fruit.. 
  

  

  On-ei-da 
  lake, 
  valley 
  and 
  creek. 
  This 
  county 
  was 
  the 
  early 
  home 
  

   of 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  or 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  stone, 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  signifies. 
  A 
  few 
  

   linger 
  there 
  yet. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  written 
  Ononjote 
  in 
  1645, 
  and 
  has 
  

   many 
  and 
  great 
  variations. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  fully 
  considered 
  under 
  

   Qneida 
  county, 
  though 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  Oneida 
  stones 
  were 
  

   here. 
  

  

  O-ris'-ka-ny 
  is 
  often 
  Orisca 
  in 
  treaties 
  and 
  will 
  appear 
  more 
  at 
  

   length 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county. 
  It 
  means 
  nettles. 
  

  

  Ot'-se-lic 
  river 
  rises 
  in 
  this 
  county, 
  where 
  French 
  translates 
  it 
  

   a 
  capful. 
  

  

  O-vir-ka, 
  in 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  181 
  1, 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  mistake 
  for 
  Oriska. 
  

  

  O-wah-ge'-nah 
  is 
  one 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Cazenovia 
  lake. 
  

  

  S'ganatees, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  Tuscarora 
  town 
  in 
  1752, 
  was 
  contracted 
  

   from 
  Ganatisgoa. 
  

  

  Sca-ni-a-do-ris, 
  long 
  lake, 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Madison 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  

   land 
  sale 
  of 
  181 
  1. 
  This 
  line 
  began 
  "at 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Scania- 
  

   doris 
  or 
  the 
  Long 
  lake, 
  which 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  

   of 
  Ovirka 
  creek." 
  David 
  Cusick 
  told 
  a 
  story 
  of 
  this 
  spot, 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  which 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  confused 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  elsewhere. 
  A 
  

   party 
  from 
  Ohiokea 
  "encamped 
  near 
  the 
  lake 
  Skonyatales 
  ; 
  one 
  

   morning 
  while 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  camp 
  a 
  noise 
  broke 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  ; 
  

   a 
  man 
  was 
  sent 
  immediately 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  tumult 
  ; 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  great 
  bear 
  

   on 
  the 
  bank 
  rolling 
  down 
  stones 
  and 
  logs 
  ; 
  the 
  monster 
  appeared 
  

   to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  rage 
  ; 
  a 
  lion 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  suddenly 
  fell 
  

   upon 
  the 
  bear, 
  a 
  severe 
  contest 
  ensued, 
  in 
  the 
  meantime 
  the 
  bear 
  was 
  

   beaten 
  and 
  was 
  compelled 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  bank, 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  the 
  men 
  

   went 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  the 
  bear 
  ; 
  they 
  found 
  the 
  bear 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  legs 
  

   was 
  so 
  heavy 
  that 
  two 
  men 
  could 
  not 
  lift 
  but 
  a 
  hands 
  high." 
  

  

  Ska-wais'-la, 
  a 
  point 
  made 
  by 
  bushes, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Lenox. 
  

  

  Te-tliir'-o-quen, 
  Te-chir-o-quen 
  and 
  Tsi-ro-qui 
  are 
  variants 
  of 
  an 
  

  

  