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  incorporation. 
  Indian 
  name, 
  Ga-na-jo-hi-e, 
  said 
  to 
  signify 
  ' 
  a 
  kettle- 
  

   shaped 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  rock,' 
  or 
  ' 
  the 
  pot 
  that 
  washes 
  itself/ 
  and 
  refers 
  

   to 
  a 
  deep 
  hole 
  worn 
  in 
  the 
  rock 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  falls." 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  early 
  account 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Professor 
  Dwight, 
  writ- 
  

   ten 
  about 
  a 
  century 
  since 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  all 
  visited 
  the 
  Canajoharoo, 
  (so 
  the 
  word 
  is 
  spelt 
  by 
  Mr 
  

   Kirkland), 
  or 
  great 
  boiling 
  pot, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  

   This 
  pot 
  is 
  a 
  vast 
  cavity 
  in 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  limestone, 
  forming 
  the 
  bed 
  

   of 
  the 
  mill 
  stream 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  gives 
  its 
  name. 
  . 
  . 
  When 
  the 
  

   water 
  is 
  high, 
  it 
  pours 
  furiously 
  down 
  the 
  ledge 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  rock, 
  

   crossing 
  the 
  stream 
  just 
  above, 
  into 
  the 
  Canajoharoo, 
  and 
  causing 
  

   it 
  to 
  boil 
  with 
  a 
  singular 
  violence, 
  and 
  to 
  exhibit 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  a 
  caldron, 
  foaming 
  with 
  vehement 
  agitation 
  over 
  its 
  brim. 
  

  

  Whatever 
  the 
  origin 
  or 
  connection 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   general 
  correctness 
  of 
  the 
  interpretation. 
  In 
  his 
  early 
  list 
  of 
  Mo- 
  

   hawk 
  words 
  Bruyas 
  had 
  Gannatsiohare, 
  to 
  wash 
  the 
  kettle. 
  The 
  

   Canajorha 
  of 
  1677, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  suggests 
  this 
  

   name. 
  In 
  1700 
  the 
  middle 
  castle 
  had 
  the 
  name, 
  but 
  it 
  eventually 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  western 
  of 
  all, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  lands 
  around. 
  It 
  

   was 
  written 
  Canaedsishore 
  or 
  Canijoharie 
  in 
  1700, 
  and 
  Connat- 
  

   chocari 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  in 
  1757. 
  

  

  Ca-na-jor-ha 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  

   1677. 
  

  

  Ca-ni-yeu-ke 
  or 
  Teyeondarago 
  was 
  the 
  lowest 
  Mohawk 
  castle 
  in 
  

   1756. 
  The 
  first 
  word 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  national 
  name. 
  

  

  In 
  1810 
  Dr 
  Samuel 
  Mitchill 
  said 
  he 
  was 
  informed 
  by 
  John 
  

   Bleecker, 
  the 
  Indian 
  interpreter, 
  an 
  Oneida 
  chief 
  and 
  others, 
  that 
  

   Canneoganaka 
  lonita'de 
  was 
  their 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river. 
  A. 
  

   Cusick 
  defined 
  this 
  small 
  continuing 
  sky. 
  This 
  might 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  

   small 
  but 
  continuous 
  reflection 
  of 
  the 
  sky 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  through 
  the 
  

   trees. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  also 
  suggests 
  the 
  national 
  name 
  

   of 
  Canniengas 
  or 
  Mohawks. 
  

  

  Can-ni-un-gaes, 
  possessors 
  of 
  the 
  flint, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks. 
  

  

  Ca-no-ho-go 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  Mohawk 
  castle 
  in 
  1700, 
  

   being 
  an 
  abbreviation 
  of 
  Decanohoge. 
  

  

  Ca-no-wa-ro-de 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  village 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  castle 
  in 
  

   1634, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  as 
  all 
  villages 
  of 
  that 
  date 
  

   were. 
  

  

  Caugh-na-wa'-ga 
  is 
  written 
  Ga-na-wa'-da, 
  on 
  the 
  rapids, 
  by 
  Mor- 
  

  

  