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  in 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  language, 
  Skanadario, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  very 
  pretty 
  

   lake" 
  Also, 
  " 
  The 
  great 
  river 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  

   mentioned, 
  runs 
  through 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  country, 
  and 
  

   makes 
  a 
  great 
  lake 
  there, 
  which 
  they 
  call 
  Ontario, 
  viz 
  : 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   lake." 
  It 
  had 
  other 
  names 
  noted 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  the 
  Senecas 
  some- 
  

   times 
  called 
  it 
  Ohudeara. 
  They 
  were 
  mostly 
  living 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  

   when 
  Champlain 
  called 
  it 
  after 
  them 
  in 
  1615, 
  mentioning 
  the 
  lake 
  of 
  

   the 
  Entouhonorons, 
  who 
  were 
  living 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  He 
  after- 
  

   ward 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Antouhonorons 
  are 
  15 
  villages 
  built 
  in 
  strong 
  po- 
  

   sitions 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  Yroquois 
  and 
  the 
  Antouhonorons 
  make 
  war 
  

   together 
  against 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  nations, 
  except 
  the 
  Neutral 
  nation." 
  

   This 
  was 
  the 
  customary 
  later 
  distinction 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  of 
  Lower 
  

   and 
  Upper 
  Iroquois, 
  classed 
  by 
  the 
  Dutch 
  as 
  Maquas 
  and 
  Senecas. 
  

  

  Ah-ta'-gweh-da-ga 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Flint 
  creek, 
  usually 
  

   translated 
  Hint 
  stone. 
  Schoolcraft 
  has 
  atrakwenda 
  for 
  flint 
  in 
  the 
  

   Cayuga 
  dialect, 
  and 
  ahtehgwendah 
  in 
  the 
  Seneca. 
  

  

  An-ya-ye, 
  Anyayea, 
  Anaquayaen, 
  and 
  Anagaugoam 
  are 
  among 
  

   the 
  variants 
  of 
  Honeoye 
  in 
  the 
  journals 
  of 
  Sullivan's 
  campaign. 
  

  

  Ax-o-quen'-ta 
  is 
  also 
  Flint 
  creek. 
  In 
  the 
  Cammerhoff 
  journal 
  of 
  

   1750 
  it 
  is 
  said: 
  "We 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  creek 
  that 
  is 
  called 
  Axoquenta, 
  or 
  

   Firestone 
  creek." 
  

  

  Ca-na-da-gua 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  Skaneatice 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  Jenkins 
  

   journal 
  of 
  1779. 
  It 
  suggests 
  Canandaigua, 
  but 
  he 
  had 
  already 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  that. 
  

  

  Ca'-na-dice 
  or 
  Ska'-ne-a-dice 
  is 
  long 
  lake, 
  the 
  former 
  name 
  being 
  

   that 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  sometimes 
  to 
  the 
  lake. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  

   more 
  commonly 
  termed 
  Skaneatice. 
  It 
  had 
  other 
  names 
  and 
  a 
  

   variation 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Grant's 
  journal 
  of 
  Sullivan's 
  campaign, 
  

   where 
  he 
  speaks 
  of 
  "Aionyedice, 
  otherwise 
  Long-narrow 
  Lake." 
  

   In 
  another 
  journal 
  of 
  that 
  year 
  it 
  is 
  mentioned 
  as 
  a 
  " 
  small 
  lake 
  

   called 
  Konyouyhyough 
  (Narrow 
  gut)." 
  On 
  Lodge's 
  map 
  it 
  is 
  

   ? 
  Conyeadice 
  Lake 
  ; 
  English, 
  the 
  Long 
  Narrow 
  Lake." 
  Marshall 
  

   said, 
  of 
  another 
  time, 
  that 
  Sga'-nyiu-da-is, 
  Long 
  lake, 
  was 
  then 
  

   called 
  Scanitice. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  Skaneateles 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  Ca-na-go'-ra 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  town 
  of 
  1677 
  an 
  d 
  had 
  other 
  names. 
  

  

  Ca-nan-dai'-gua 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Morgan 
  as 
  Ga'-nun-da-gwa, 
  place 
  

   selected 
  for 
  a 
  settlement. 
  Spaflord 
  said 
  of 
  this: 
  " 
  Pure 
  Indian. 
  

   Canandaigua 
  being 
  a 
  town 
  set 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  dialect 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  In- 
  

  

  