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  of 
  the 
  same 
  breadth, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  high 
  by 
  a 
  third 
  ; 
  and 
  V* 
  league 
  higher 
  

   still 
  a 
  third, 
  which 
  is 
  full 
  ioo 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  360 
  feet 
  broad." 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  was 
  written 
  Caskonchagon 
  in 
  1755 
  and 
  Kaskonchiagou 
  

   ill 
  1756. 
  Morgan 
  gave 
  Ga-sko-sa-go-wa 
  as 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  of 
  

   Rochester 
  but 
  this 
  means 
  great 
  falls. 
  George 
  T. 
  Harris 
  gave 
  an 
  

   interesting 
  summary, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Seneca 
  word 
  for 
  waterfall 
  is 
  Gah-sko-sa-deh. 
  It 
  has 
  several 
  

   forms 
  of 
  application. 
  Collectively 
  all 
  the 
  falls 
  in 
  Rochester 
  would 
  

   be 
  termed 
  Gah-sko-sa-deh-ne-o 
  , 
  or 
  many 
  falls. 
  If 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  say 
  

   " 
  at 
  the 
  falls," 
  the 
  form 
  would 
  be 
  Gaht-sko-sa-go. 
  Each 
  distinct 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  had 
  its 
  descriptive 
  title. 
  From 
  the 
  State 
  dam 
  

   in 
  Rochester 
  to 
  Court 
  street 
  it 
  was 
  Gah-na-wan-deh, 
  a 
  rough 
  stream 
  

   or 
  rapids. 
  The 
  upper 
  fall, 
  once 
  located 
  where 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  aque- 
  

   duct 
  now 
  crosses 
  the 
  river, 
  was 
  Gah-sko-so-ne-wah, 
  or 
  small 
  falls. 
  

   The 
  fall 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  Y. 
  C. 
  Railroad 
  bridge 
  was 
  Gah-sko-so-wa- 
  

   neh, 
  or 
  great 
  falls. 
  The 
  lower 
  fall 
  was 
  called 
  Gah-sko-sah-go, 
  under 
  

   or 
  below 
  the 
  falls. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  primitive 
  form 
  was 
  Gas-kon-cha-gon, 
  

   another 
  form 
  of 
  Gah-sko-sah-deh. 
  

  

  Ge-ne-see 
  river, 
  beautiful 
  valley. 
  

  

  Gi-ni-sa-ga, 
  in 
  the 
  valley, 
  is 
  Allen's 
  creek 
  near 
  Irondequoit 
  bay. 
  

  

  Gweh'-ta-a-ne-te-car-nun-do'-teh, 
  red 
  village, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  

   for 
  Brockport. 
  

  

  Ho-ne-o'-ye 
  falls 
  and 
  creek. 
  The 
  name 
  signifies 
  finger 
  lying, 
  but 
  

   properly 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  an 
  early 
  town 
  near 
  it. 
  The 
  falls 
  

   have 
  a 
  distinct 
  name 
  given 
  below. 
  

  

  I-ron'-de-quoit 
  has 
  many 
  forms, 
  applying 
  to 
  the 
  bay 
  but 
  not 
  to 
  the 
  

   creek, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  sense 
  of 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  bay. 
  Morgan 
  gave 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Neo-da-on-da-quat, 
  meaning 
  simply 
  a 
  bay, 
  which 
  comes 
  

   short 
  of 
  the 
  full 
  sense. 
  In 
  his 
  geographical 
  scheme 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   territory 
  the 
  word 
  differs 
  in 
  spelling 
  and 
  accent 
  from 
  that 
  in 
  his 
  list 
  

   of 
  names, 
  but 
  not 
  essentially. 
  Kaniatarontaquat, 
  used 
  in 
  1684, 
  is 
  

   quite 
  literal. 
  Charlevoix 
  described 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  beautiful 
  place 
  and 
  called 
  

   it 
  the 
  bay 
  of 
  the 
  Tsonnonthouans 
  or 
  Senecas. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  called 
  

   it 
  Cheorontok, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  journal 
  of 
  1759 
  it 
  appears 
  as 
  Nidenindequeat. 
  

   On 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  map 
  of 
  1665 
  it 
  is 
  Andiatarontawat, 
  sometimes 
  incor- 
  

   rectly 
  quoted 
  as 
  Andiatarontagot. 
  In 
  his 
  Gazetteer 
  of 
  1813 
  Spafford 
  

   has 
  a 
  brief 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  name, 
  saying: 
  "The 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  Bay 
  

   is 
  Teoronto 
  ; 
  which 
  signifies 
  in 
  the 
  dialect 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  almost 
  

   lake; 
  and 
  these 
  people 
  still 
  persist 
  in 
  that 
  name." 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  

  

  