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  definition 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  forms, 
  and 
  the 
  word 
  may 
  be 
  compared 
  

   with 
  Cheorontok. 
  Mr 
  Spafford, 
  however, 
  was 
  not 
  satisfied 
  with 
  

   this, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  later 
  edition 
  he 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Teoronto 
  bay, 
  on 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  merits 
  more 
  particular 
  

   notice, 
  if 
  for 
  no 
  other 
  reason 
  than 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  Gerundegut, 
  Ironde- 
  

   quoit, 
  and 
  Irondequot, 
  names 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  also 
  known. 
  The 
  

   Indians 
  call 
  it 
  Teoronto, 
  a 
  sonorous 
  and 
  purely 
  Indian 
  name, 
  too 
  

   good 
  to 
  be 
  supplanted 
  by 
  such 
  vulgarisms 
  as 
  Gerundegut, 
  or 
  Iron- 
  

   dequot. 
  . 
  . 
  Teoronto, 
  or 
  Tche-o-ron-tok, 
  perhaps 
  rather 
  nearer 
  

   the. 
  Indian 
  pronunciation, 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  waves 
  breathe 
  and 
  

   die, 
  or 
  gasp 
  and 
  expire. 
  Let 
  a 
  person 
  of 
  as 
  much 
  discernment 
  as 
  

   these 
  " 
  savages," 
  watch 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  in 
  this 
  bay, 
  facing 
  

   the 
  n., 
  after 
  a 
  storm 
  on 
  the 
  lake, 
  or 
  a 
  vigorous 
  gale, 
  and 
  he 
  will 
  

   admire 
  the 
  aptitude 
  of 
  the 
  name. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  ingenious 
  and 
  delightful, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  early 
  

   and 
  present 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  bay. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  Toronto 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  

   in 
  Orleans 
  county, 
  but 
  none 
  here, 
  and 
  Harris 
  says 
  Spafford 
  had 
  his 
  

   information 
  from 
  Mississaga 
  Indians. 
  

  

  Marshall 
  said 
  Irondequoit 
  was 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  Seneca 
  name, 
  

   and 
  that 
  it 
  meant 
  a 
  jam 
  of 
  floodwood. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  sustain 
  this 
  

   meaning. 
  He 
  added 
  : 
  "The 
  Seneca 
  name 
  is 
  O-'nyiu'-da-on'-da-gwat, 
  

   and 
  means 
  a 
  bay 
  or 
  cove; 
  literally 
  a 
  turning 
  out 
  or 
  going 
  aside 
  of 
  

   the 
  lake 
  ; 
  composed 
  of 
  Ga-nyiu-daeh, 
  lake, 
  and 
  O-da-gwah, 
  it 
  turns 
  

   out 
  or 
  goes 
  aside. 
  The 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  De 
  Nonville 
  (Ganniataron- 
  

   tagouat) 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  dialect." 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  sound 
  state- 
  

   ment. 
  A 
  few 
  early 
  forms 
  may 
  be 
  added, 
  as 
  Irondegatt 
  and 
  Jeron- 
  

   dokat 
  in 
  1687, 
  Oniadarondaquat 
  in 
  1701, 
  Jerondoquitt, 
  Ierondoquet 
  

   and 
  Thereondequat 
  in 
  1720, 
  and 
  Rundigut 
  in 
  1799. 
  

  

  Notice 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  taken 
  of 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Toronto, 
  by 
  Gen. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Clark, 
  in 
  the 
  archeological 
  report 
  of 
  Ontario, 
  

   Canada, 
  for 
  1899. 
  He 
  derives 
  this 
  from 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Irondequoit 
  

   bay, 
  as 
  signifying 
  a 
  bay, 
  door, 
  or 
  entrance 
  into 
  a 
  country, 
  showing 
  

   that 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Toronto 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  this 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  De 
  Lam- 
  

   berville 
  in 
  1684. 
  To 
  show 
  this 
  more 
  clearly 
  he 
  retains 
  the 
  spelling 
  

   but 
  divides 
  the 
  word 
  into 
  Kania-Taronto-Gouat. 
  This 
  will 
  appear 
  

   in 
  other 
  forms. 
  He 
  quotes 
  with 
  approval 
  O'Callaghan's 
  definition 
  : 
  

   "Literally 
  an 
  opening 
  into 
  or 
  from 
  a 
  lake 
  ; 
  an 
  inlet 
  or 
  bay 
  ; 
  from 
  

   Kaniatare, 
  a 
  lake, 
  and 
  Hotontogouan, 
  to 
  open." 
  The 
  references 
  to 
  

  

  