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  of 
  the 
  first 
  castle 
  in 
  1756, 
  near 
  Fort 
  Hunter. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  

   that 
  site 
  when 
  first 
  known, 
  but 
  had 
  many 
  names, 
  some 
  coming 
  from 
  

   slight 
  changes 
  in 
  location 
  and 
  referring 
  to 
  a 
  hill. 
  A 
  few 
  variants 
  of 
  

   this 
  name 
  follow. 
  It 
  was 
  written 
  Tionondoroge 
  in 
  1691, 
  Trenon- 
  

   droge 
  in 
  1693, 
  Tiononderoga 
  in 
  1733, 
  and 
  Ticonderoga 
  and 
  Tin- 
  

   nandora 
  in 
  1768. 
  That 
  this 
  name 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  historic 
  Ticon- 
  

   deroga 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  origin 
  hardly 
  admits 
  of 
  a 
  doubt. 
  At 
  first 
  it 
  

   referred 
  to 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  waters, 
  sometimes 
  near 
  a 
  hill. 
  

  

  Tha-yen-dak-hi-ke, 
  a 
  cliff 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  by 
  a 
  stream 
  near 
  the 
  

   Nose. 
  

  

  Tingh-ta-nan'-da, 
  a 
  creek 
  near 
  Amsterdam, 
  is 
  the 
  Chucten,unda 
  

   on 
  Sauthier's 
  map, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  derived. 
  

  

  "-Tin-nan-dro-gi-se's 
  Great 
  Flatt," 
  of 
  1756, 
  was 
  at 
  Fort 
  Hunter. 
  

  

  Ti-on-on-do-gue 
  in 
  1677, 
  Thenondiogo 
  in 
  1644, 
  Tionontoguen 
  in 
  

   1670, 
  and 
  Tionondoge 
  in 
  1693, 
  are 
  variants 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  

   castle, 
  much 
  resembling 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  first. 
  Though 
  once 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  it 
  was 
  removed 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  bank, 
  and 
  

   the 
  name 
  was 
  appropriate 
  to 
  its 
  situation 
  on 
  .a 
  hill. 
  

  

  Tu-a-yon-ha-ron-wa 
  falls 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  1790, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Canajoharie. 
  It 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  valley. 
  

  

  Tu-ech-to-na, 
  a 
  creek 
  south 
  of 
  Amsterdam, 
  seems 
  the 
  Chucte- 
  

   nunda, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  intended 
  for 
  that 
  word, 
  but 
  shortened. 
  

  

  Tu-ech-ta-non-da 
  creek 
  is 
  on 
  Sauthier's 
  map, 
  and 
  is 
  the. 
  South 
  

   Chuctenunda, 
  the 
  name 
  being 
  less 
  changed 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  

  

  Twa-da-a-la-ha'-la, 
  fort 
  on 
  a 
  hill, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Fort 
  Plain. 
  

  

  Ut-lo-go-wan-ke 
  was 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Flat 
  creek, 
  at 
  Sprakers. 
  

  

  Was-cont-ha 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  grants, 
  and 
  

   was 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  of 
  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson's 
  house. 
  It 
  has 
  

   some 
  reference 
  to. 
  a 
  bridge. 
  

  

  Wet-da-shet 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Van 
  Curler's 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  castle. 
  

   This 
  had 
  no 
  palisades 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  and 
  he 
  saw 
  little 
  except 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  graves. 
  There 
  were 
  but 
  16 
  houses 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  

   largest 
  size. 
  This 
  castle 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  lists. 
  For 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  

   there 
  were 
  three 
  and 
  then 
  but 
  two 
  castles. 
  In 
  the 
  French 
  act 
  of 
  

   possession 
  in 
  1666, 
  however, 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  Andaraque 
  and 
  

   four 
  other 
  forts. 
  These 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  merely 
  villages 
  and 
  

   are 
  unnamed. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  journal 
  which 
  Mr 
  Wilson 
  attributed 
  to 
  Van 
  Curler 
  there 
  

  

  