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  dried 
  away" 
  ; 
  perhaps 
  from 
  an 
  idea 
  that 
  the 
  lake 
  was 
  once 
  much 
  

   larger. 
  The 
  derivation 
  is 
  reasonable. 
  Zeisberger 
  has 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  work 
  ostick, 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  low; 
  in 
  the 
  perfect 
  tense, 
  ostiqua, 
  

   the 
  zvater 
  has 
  been 
  low. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  come 
  from 
  Us-te-ka, 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  its 
  outlet, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  less 
  resemblance 
  in 
  this, 
  and 
  orig- 
  

   inally 
  the 
  lake 
  had 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  subsidence. 
  

  

  O-ya-ye'-han, 
  apples 
  split 
  open, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Camillus. 
  

  

  Qua-quen-de'-na, 
  red 
  place, 
  according 
  to 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  is 
  on 
  Sau- 
  

   thier's 
  map, 
  and 
  apparently 
  at 
  Caughdenoy. 
  

  

  Qui-e'-hook, 
  was 
  defined 
  as 
  zve 
  spoke 
  there, 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  and 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  consultation 
  there 
  about 
  a 
  fort. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  creek 
  flowing 
  

   into, 
  not 
  out 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  in 
  1700. 
  Its 
  correct 
  location 
  appears 
  

   on 
  Romer's 
  map 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  Chittenango 
  

   creek 
  below 
  Butternut. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  called 
  Quohock, 
  and 
  was 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  as 
  "Quiehook 
  by 
  the 
  Ledge 
  called 
  Kagnewagrage 
  about 
  i 
  x 
  A 
  

   Dutch 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  Oneyda." 
  Clark 
  erred 
  in 
  saying 
  "An 
  

   Indian 
  village, 
  at 
  Oswego 
  falls, 
  was 
  called 
  by 
  Mercier, 
  ' 
  Quiehook,' 
  

   and 
  the 
  ledge 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  falls, 
  he 
  calls 
  'Kagnewagrage.' 
  ' 
  

   Both 
  names 
  belong 
  to 
  Chittenango 
  creek 
  and 
  a 
  much 
  later 
  day. 
  

  

  Ra-rag-hen'-he, 
  place 
  where 
  he 
  considered, 
  as 
  defined 
  by 
  A. 
  

   Cusick, 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  Oneida 
  river 
  in 
  1788. 
  

  

  Sa-gogh-sa-an-a-gech-they-ky, 
  bearing 
  the 
  names, 
  is 
  the 
  council 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  and 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  their 
  town 
  in 
  a 
  council 
  

   held 
  there 
  in 
  1743. 
  This 
  name 
  was 
  often 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  principal 
  

   chief 
  or 
  speaker, 
  as 
  representing 
  the 
  nation, 
  and 
  then 
  was 
  some- 
  

   times 
  shortened 
  in 
  common 
  usage, 
  as 
  when 
  we 
  say 
  Tom 
  for 
  Thomas. 
  

   Another 
  instance 
  of 
  naming 
  this 
  town 
  after 
  this 
  principal 
  chief 
  or 
  

   council 
  name 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Moravian 
  journal 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  29, 
  1752: 
  "Next 
  we 
  called 
  on 
  the 
  chief 
  Gachsanagechti, 
  who 
  

   is 
  the 
  principal 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  after 
  whom 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  named 
  

   Tagachsanagechti." 
  

  

  Sah'-eh, 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Clark 
  to 
  Oneida 
  river, 
  seems 
  a 
  con- 
  

   traction 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  he 
  assigned 
  to 
  Brewerton. 
  

   Otherwise 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  o-sa'-a, 
  muddy, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  

   lowlands 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  river 
  flows. 
  

  

  Seneca 
  river 
  has 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  word 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  later. 
  In 
  early 
  days 
  it 
  was 
  known 
  as 
  Onondaga 
  river 
  from 
  

   its 
  mouth 
  to 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  that 
  lake. 
  Above 
  this 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  Cayuga, 
  

  

  