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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Ouar-o-ro-non, 
  the 
  most 
  easterly 
  town 
  of 
  the 
  Neutrals 
  in 
  1626, 
  

   and 
  a 
  day's 
  journey 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  This 
  should 
  be 
  under- 
  

   stood 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  territory 
  and 
  not 
  of 
  their 
  towns. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  

   had 
  been 
  withdrawn 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  war. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  denned 
  this 
  a 
  separated 
  people, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  Wenrohronons, 
  who 
  left 
  the 
  place 
  

   because 
  of 
  its 
  exposed 
  condition 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  day, 
  taking 
  refuge 
  with 
  

   the 
  Hurons. 
  Their 
  isolation 
  gave 
  this 
  name 
  to 
  their 
  town 
  and 
  

   themselves. 
  

  

  Ou-non-tis-as-ton 
  was 
  De 
  la 
  Roche's 
  residence 
  in 
  1626. 
  A. 
  Cu- 
  

   sick 
  defined 
  this 
  the 
  thing 
  which 
  made 
  the 
  hill 
  high, 
  and 
  the 
  village 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  on 
  the 
  ridge 
  overlooking 
  the 
  lake, 
  if 
  indeed 
  in 
  New 
  

   York. 
  

  

  O-yon-wa-yea 
  or 
  O-non-wa-yea 
  is 
  mentioned 
  as 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  John- 
  

   son's 
  landing 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  1789, 
  4 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Niagara 
  

   river. 
  In 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  1795 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  O-yong-wong-yeh, 
  which 
  

   is 
  the 
  present 
  Onondaga 
  name. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  thought 
  this 
  might 
  

   mean 
  something 
  sunk 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  a 
  possible 
  incident 
  of 
  the 
  siege 
  

   of 
  Niagara 
  in 
  1759. 
  This 
  is 
  now 
  Fourmile 
  creek, 
  and 
  should 
  not 
  

   be 
  confounded 
  with 
  Johnson's 
  creek, 
  much 
  farther 
  east. 
  

  

  Shaw-nee, 
  the 
  south 
  or 
  southern 
  people, 
  once 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  

   Iroquois. 
  A 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  hamlet 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Wheatfield. 
  

  

  Ska-no'-da-ri-o, 
  beautiful 
  lake. 
  Morgan 
  gives 
  this 
  as 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawk 
  word 
  from 
  which 
  Ontario 
  is 
  derived. 
  It 
  varies 
  with 
  the 
  

   dialect. 
  The 
  next 
  four 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  writer. 
  

  

  Ta-ga'-ote 
  is 
  Lockport, 
  and 
  probably 
  means 
  at 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  Ta'-na-wun-da, 
  swift 
  water, 
  is 
  Tonawanda 
  creek. 
  Marshall 
  

   slightly 
  differs 
  from 
  this, 
  making 
  it 
  Ta-no'-wan-deh, 
  rough 
  stream. 
  

   It 
  is 
  inappropriately 
  given 
  to 
  several 
  places, 
  unless 
  understood 
  as 
  

   being 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  this 
  creek. 
  

  

  Te-car'-na-ga-ge, 
  black 
  creek, 
  is 
  the 
  east 
  branch 
  of 
  Tuscarora 
  

   creek. 
  

  

  Te-ka'-on-do-duk, 
  place 
  with 
  a 
  signpost. 
  Micldleport. 
  

  

  Tus-ca-ro-ra 
  Reservation 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  shirt-wearing 
  people 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  creek 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  call 
  this 
  people 
  Tus- 
  

   ki-e-a, 
  and 
  they 
  term 
  themselves 
  Skau-ro-ra, 
  wearing 
  a 
  shirt. 
  In 
  

   councils 
  they 
  are 
  sometimes 
  called 
  Tu-hah-te-ehn-yah-wah-kou, 
  

  

  