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  carora 
  Indian 
  village. 
  It 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  Kienuka, 
  the 
  common 
  

   form, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  different 
  definition. 
  

  

  Ga-sko-sa-da, 
  falls 
  (of 
  a 
  river), 
  is 
  also 
  applied 
  to 
  Niagara 
  Falls 
  

   and 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  Ga-o'-wah-go-waah, 
  big 
  canoe 
  island, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  Navy 
  

   island 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  shipbuilding 
  there, 
  according 
  to 
  Marshall. 
  

  

  Gau-strau-yea, 
  bark 
  laid 
  dozvn, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  original 
  

   name 
  for 
  the 
  Fort 
  Kienuka. 
  The 
  Tuscarora 
  historian, 
  Elias 
  John- 
  

   son, 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  has 
  a 
  metaphorical 
  meaning, 
  in 
  the 
  similitude 
  of 
  

   a 
  freshly 
  peeled 
  slippery 
  elm 
  bark, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  fort 
  and 
  laid 
  at 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  as 
  a 
  flooring, 
  so 
  that 
  if 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  go 
  in 
  

   they 
  must 
  be 
  circumspect 
  and 
  act 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  fort, 
  

   or 
  else 
  they 
  will 
  slip 
  and 
  fall 
  down 
  to 
  their 
  own 
  destruction." 
  He 
  

   adds 
  the 
  legend 
  of 
  the 
  Neutral 
  queen. 
  

  

  Marshall 
  said 
  that 
  Niagara 
  river, 
  above 
  the 
  falls, 
  had 
  sometimes 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  name 
  of 
  " 
  Gai-gwaah-geh, 
  — 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  names 
  for 
  Lake 
  

   Erie." 
  A 
  variant 
  of 
  this 
  has 
  been 
  given. 
  

  

  Ga-we'-not, 
  Great 
  island, 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Grand 
  island. 
  The 
  

   adjective 
  does 
  not 
  appear. 
  

  

  Gwa-u'-gweh, 
  taking 
  canoe 
  out, 
  was 
  a 
  carrying 
  place 
  and 
  Seneca 
  

   village 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Tonawanda 
  creek, 
  according 
  to 
  Morgan. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  Cayuga 
  creek. 
  

  

  Hate-keh'-neet-ga-on-da 
  is 
  Marshall's 
  name 
  for 
  Golden 
  Hill 
  creek, 
  

   in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Somerset. 
  

  

  Hickory 
  Corners 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  tree. 
  

  

  Kas-sko-so-wah-nah, 
  great 
  falls, 
  for 
  Niagara 
  Falls. 
  Of 
  all 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  names 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  falls 
  this 
  alone 
  expresses 
  greatness. 
  

  

  Ki-en-u-ka, 
  fort 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  view, 
  according 
  to 
  Turner. 
  Kah-ha- 
  

   neu-ka 
  was 
  interpreted 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  where 
  the 
  cannon 
  point 
  dozvn. 
  

   but 
  in 
  his 
  fanciful 
  chronology 
  D. 
  Cusick 
  said 
  the 
  fort 
  had 
  this 
  name 
  

   about 
  800 
  years 
  ago. 
  Elias 
  Johnson 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  term 
  Kienuka 
  

   means 
  the 
  strong 
  hold 
  or 
  fort," 
  and 
  he 
  gave 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  this 
  place 
  

   at 
  length. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  word 
  for 
  fort 
  is 
  Kah-en-ha'-yen, 
  having 
  

   a 
  fence 
  around. 
  According 
  to 
  Johnson 
  a 
  fort 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  built 
  as 
  a 
  

   place 
  of 
  refuge 
  and 
  placed 
  under 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  woman 
  

   selected 
  from 
  the 
  Squawkihows, 
  " 
  a 
  remote 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   nation." 
  She 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  peacemaker 
  with 
  the 
  official 
  name 
  of 
  Ga- 
  

   keah-saw-sa. 
  No 
  blood 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  shed 
  there, 
  nor 
  could 
  war 
  be 
  

  

  