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  Och-ni-on-da-ge 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  castle 
  in 
  1700, 
  being 
  

   the 
  variant 
  of 
  a 
  frequent 
  name. 
  The 
  first 
  Mohawk 
  church 
  was 
  

   built 
  there. 
  

  

  Ogh-rack-ie 
  was 
  Auries 
  creek, 
  and 
  French 
  said 
  the 
  latter 
  name 
  

   was 
  from 
  an 
  Indian 
  called 
  Adrian. 
  

  

  Og-sa-da-go, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek, 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  

   the 
  first 
  Mohawk 
  castle 
  in 
  1700. 
  It 
  had 
  many 
  names. 
  

  

  O-i-o-gue' 
  is 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  on 
  Sanson's 
  map 
  of 
  1656, 
  but 
  was 
  else- 
  

   where 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  As 
  it 
  means 
  simply 
  at 
  the 
  river, 
  it 
  

   could 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  any 
  large 
  stream. 
  

  

  O-na-we-dake, 
  a 
  great 
  flat 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  

  

  O-ne-ka-gonck-a 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  town 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Scho- 
  

   harie 
  creek 
  in 
  1634. 
  

  

  O-no-ger-re-ah 
  was 
  Flat 
  creek 
  at 
  Sprakers. 
  

  

  Os-qua-ge 
  or 
  Oh-qua-ge, 
  place 
  of 
  hulled 
  com 
  soup, 
  according 
  to 
  

   A. 
  Cusick, 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  castle 
  in 
  1634. 
  It 
  sug- 
  

   gests 
  the 
  latter 
  Oquaga. 
  

  

  Os-se-ru-e-non, 
  Osserrion, 
  Asserue 
  and 
  Oneugioure 
  were 
  early 
  

   names 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  castle. 
  The 
  first 
  three 
  are 
  synonymous. 
  

  

  Os-ta-gra-go 
  is 
  another 
  name 
  for 
  Etagrago, 
  and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  preferred. 
  

   It 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  rock 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Simms 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  Oswegatchie 
  is 
  a 
  local 
  name 
  in 
  the 
  easterly 
  

   part 
  of 
  .the 
  town 
  of 
  Palatine, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  where 
  the 
  brave 
  Colonel 
  

   Brown 
  fell, 
  in 
  Oct. 
  1780. 
  The 
  curve 
  in 
  the 
  hill 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  bend 
  in 
  

   the 
  Mohawk, 
  where 
  the 
  former 
  approaches 
  it 
  so 
  abruptly 
  at 
  the 
  

   Nose, 
  gives 
  the 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  name." 
  He 
  thought 
  this 
  meant 
  going 
  

   around 
  the 
  hill, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  error. 
  

  

  Ot-squa'-go 
  creeks 
  is 
  written 
  O-sqna'-go, 
  under 
  a 
  bridge, 
  by 
  Mor- 
  

   gan. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Minden, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  name 
  appears 
  

   above. 
  

  

  Ot-sque-ne 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  last, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1790. 
  

  

  Ot-stun'-go 
  is 
  another 
  tributary 
  in 
  Minden. 
  

  

  Ron-da-hacks 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Crum 
  creek 
  in 
  1754, 
  apparently 
  

   derived 
  from 
  Adirondacks, 
  but 
  possibly 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  kanadarauk, 
  

   bread. 
  

  

  Schan-a-tis-sa 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  Mohawk 
  castle 
  on 
  

   a 
  map 
  of 
  1655. 
  The 
  odd 
  interpretation 
  given 
  me 
  was 
  little 
  long 
  

  

  