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  as 
  leading 
  to 
  that 
  nation. 
  This 
  must 
  be 
  understood 
  of 
  the 
  upward 
  

   course. 
  Downward 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  Oswego. 
  

   Clark 
  said 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Onondagas 
  call 
  it 
  Se-ugh-ka, 
  i. 
  e., 
  striped 
  with 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  

   lines, 
  separating 
  and 
  coming 
  together 
  again. 
  In 
  order 
  fully 
  to 
  com- 
  

   prehend 
  this 
  interpretation 
  and 
  signification, 
  the 
  person 
  should 
  

   occupy 
  some 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  grounds 
  of 
  Manlius 
  or 
  Pompey, 
  where 
  

   the 
  whole 
  extent 
  of 
  this 
  lake 
  may 
  be 
  distinctly 
  seen 
  some 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  

   miles 
  distant. 
  At 
  particular 
  times 
  the 
  surface 
  presents 
  white 
  and 
  

   blue 
  lines 
  distinctly 
  traceable 
  from 
  its 
  head 
  to 
  its 
  outlet. 
  At 
  such 
  

   times 
  it 
  is 
  strikingly 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  its 
  Indian 
  name 
  peculiarly 
  sig- 
  

   nificant. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  to 
  be 
  comprised 
  in 
  one 
  small 
  word, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   much 
  like 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  definition 
  given 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick: 
  Se-u-ka, 
  

   string 
  divided 
  in 
  tzvo 
  (by 
  islands) 
  and 
  uniting 
  again. 
  The 
  name 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  by 
  Hiawatha 
  as 
  he 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  

   lake. 
  The 
  following 
  two 
  are 
  derived 
  from 
  this. 
  

  

  Se-u-ka, 
  Kah'-wha-nah'-kee, 
  the 
  island 
  in 
  Senka 
  (Oneida) 
  lake. 
  

   This 
  is 
  Frenchman's 
  island 
  according 
  to 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  but 
  might 
  be 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  In 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  dialect 
  kahwhanoo 
  is 
  

   island. 
  

  

  Se-u-ka, 
  Keh-hu'-wha-tah'-dea, 
  the 
  river 
  Homing 
  from 
  Seuka 
  

   lake, 
  i. 
  e. 
  Oneida 
  river. 
  This 
  name 
  differs 
  from 
  Clark's, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  

   same 
  meaning 
  and 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick. 
  The 
  last 
  word 
  means 
  

   river, 
  with 
  its 
  current. 
  

  

  Skan-e-at'-e-les, 
  long 
  lake, 
  is 
  one 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  frequent 
  name. 
  

   Morgan 
  gives 
  this 
  as 
  Ska-ne-o'-dice 
  in 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Seneca, 
  

   Ska-ne-a'-dice 
  in 
  Cayuga, 
  Skon-yat-e'-les 
  in 
  Tuscarora, 
  Ska'-ne-o- 
  

   da'-lis 
  in 
  Oneida, 
  and 
  Ska'-ne-a'-da-lis 
  in 
  Mohawk, 
  the 
  last 
  being- 
  

   nearest 
  the 
  usual 
  local 
  pronunciation. 
  The 
  Moravians 
  wrote 
  it 
  Sga- 
  

   niatarees 
  in 
  1750, 
  having 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  guide. 
  Clark 
  gave 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  

   form 
  as 
  Skehneahties, 
  or 
  very 
  long 
  lake, 
  and 
  I 
  received 
  it 
  as 
  Skan- 
  

   eaties. 
  It 
  is 
  Lac 
  Scaniatores 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  Charlevoix. 
  Spafford 
  

   made 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  this 
  name: 
  "Skaneateles, 
  in 
  the 
  dialect 
  of 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  Indians, 
  signifies 
  long, 
  and 
  the 
  lake 
  has 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  them 
  

   . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  inhabitants 
  say 
  I 
  must 
  write 
  this 
  Skaneateles, 
  but 
  why 
  

   they 
  do 
  not 
  tell 
  me." 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  present 
  name 
  has 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  form. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  groundless 
  but 
  persistent 
  belief 
  that 
  this 
  

  

  