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  early 
  name 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  as 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  French. 
  It 
  refers 
  to 
  

   something 
  white, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  treated 
  later. 
  

  

  Ti-ach-soch-ra-to-ta, 
  place 
  of 
  white 
  cedars, 
  was 
  a 
  Tuscarora 
  town 
  

   in 
  1752, 
  east 
  of 
  Canaseraga. 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  suggests 
  Cana- 
  

   stota. 
  

  

  Ti-och-run'-gwe, 
  a 
  valley, 
  was 
  a 
  Tuscarora 
  village 
  of 
  1752. 
  

  

  Ti-ough-ni-o-ga 
  river 
  had 
  a 
  branch 
  here. 
  

  

  In 
  1767 
  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson 
  wrote: 
  "I 
  met 
  the 
  Indians 
  at 
  Tus- 
  

   carora 
  creek, 
  in 
  Oneida 
  lake." 
  This 
  was 
  Chittenango 
  creek. 
  

  

  MONROE 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  A-o-we-gwa, 
  a 
  river 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Hennepin, 
  about 
  80 
  miles 
  east 
  

   of 
  Niagara, 
  seems 
  the 
  Genesee, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  Owego, 
  

   with 
  the 
  same 
  meaning, 
  where 
  the 
  valley 
  widens, 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  at 
  Mount 
  

   Morris. 
  

  

  Chi-li, 
  an 
  introduced 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  town, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  Peruvian 
  

   word 
  meaning 
  land 
  of 
  snow. 
  An 
  English 
  pun 
  might 
  be 
  suspected, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  thus 
  given 
  in 
  Webster's 
  dictionary. 
  

  

  Ga'-doke-na, 
  place 
  of 
  minnows, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Salmon 
  

   creek 
  in 
  Parma. 
  

  

  Gan-da-chi-o-ra-gon 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Relation 
  of 
  1672, 
  and 
  

   is 
  placed 
  at 
  Lima, 
  being 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  Keinthe. 
  Tanochioragon 
  is 
  La 
  

   Salle's 
  name 
  for 
  this. 
  Gan-nou-na-ta 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  

  

  Ga-nye'-o-dat-ha, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  up 
  Irondequoit 
  creek, 
  was 
  

   De 
  Nonville's 
  landing 
  place 
  according 
  to 
  Marshall. 
  

  

  Ga'-sko-sa-ga, 
  at 
  the 
  falls, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Rochester. 
  Gas- 
  

   konchiagon 
  or 
  Gaskonchiagou 
  was 
  a 
  frequent 
  early 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Seneca 
  or 
  Genesee 
  river, 
  alluding 
  to 
  the 
  falls. 
  

   It 
  was 
  also 
  one 
  frequent 
  name 
  of 
  Oswego 
  Falls 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   elsewhere. 
  From 
  this 
  came 
  Tsinontchiouagon 
  for 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   the 
  Genesee 
  on 
  early 
  maps. 
  Charlevoix 
  described 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  1721, 
  regretting 
  that 
  he 
  knew 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  falls 
  

   till 
  he 
  had 
  passed 
  the 
  place. 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  river 
  is 
  call 
  Cascon- 
  

   chiagon, 
  and' 
  is 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  shallow 
  at 
  its 
  discharge 
  into 
  the 
  

   lake. 
  A 
  little 
  higher 
  it 
  is 
  240 
  feet 
  in 
  breadth, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  affirmed 
  that 
  

   there 
  is 
  water 
  enough 
  to 
  float 
  the 
  largest 
  ships. 
  Two 
  leagues 
  from 
  

   its 
  mouth 
  you 
  are 
  stopped 
  by 
  a 
  fall, 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  60 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  and 
  240 
  feet 
  broad 
  ; 
  a 
  musket 
  shot 
  above 
  this 
  you 
  find 
  a 
  second 
  

  

  