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  some 
  of 
  it." 
  Romer 
  did 
  not 
  go 
  beyond 
  Onondaga 
  lake, 
  and 
  made 
  

   no 
  report 
  of 
  this. 
  Galinee 
  was 
  there 
  in 
  1669 
  with 
  La 
  Salle, 
  and 
  

   said 
  : 
  " 
  It 
  forms 
  a 
  small 
  brook 
  as 
  it 
  issues 
  from 
  a 
  rather 
  high 
  rock. 
  

   The 
  water 
  is 
  very 
  clear, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  bad 
  odor, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  Paris 
  mud, 
  

   when 
  the 
  mud 
  at 
  tlie 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  stirred 
  with 
  the 
  foot. 
  

   He 
  put 
  a 
  torch 
  in 
  it 
  and 
  immediately 
  the 
  water 
  took 
  fire 
  as 
  brandy 
  

   does, 
  and 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  go 
  out 
  until 
  rain 
  comes. 
  This 
  flame 
  is, 
  amongst 
  

   the 
  Indians, 
  a 
  sign 
  of 
  abundance, 
  or 
  of 
  scarcity 
  when 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  

   opposite 
  qualities. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  appearance 
  of 
  sulphur 
  or 
  saltpeter, 
  

   or 
  any 
  other 
  combustible 
  matter. 
  The 
  water 
  has 
  no 
  taste 
  even." 
  

   This 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Bristol. 
  

  

  O-nagh'-e 
  or 
  On-na'-chee 
  was 
  a 
  Seneca 
  town. 
  In 
  1720 
  there 
  was 
  

   mentioned 
  " 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  furthermost 
  Castles 
  of 
  the 
  Ceneca's 
  called 
  

   Onahe, 
  within 
  a 
  Day's 
  Journey 
  of 
  Yagerah." 
  In 
  Cammerhofr's 
  

   journal 
  it 
  appears 
  as 
  " 
  old 
  Indian 
  settlement, 
  where 
  a 
  city 
  by 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Onnachee 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  stood, 
  but 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  unin- 
  

   habited." 
  This 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Hopewell. 
  This 
  journal 
  also 
  

   calls 
  Canandaigua 
  lake 
  Onnachee, 
  meaning 
  a 
  place 
  behind 
  some 
  

   other. 
  

  

  O-neh'-da, 
  hemlock, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Hemlock 
  lake. 
  The 
  

   Moravians 
  called 
  the 
  creek 
  and 
  lake 
  Noehnta. 
  

  

  On-ta'-ri-o 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  mentioned. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  lake, 
  but 
  in 
  its 
  full 
  form 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  a 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  and 
  was 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  prophet 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   Religion. 
  Schoolcraft 
  gave 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  characteristic 
  interpretations 
  

   of 
  this, 
  ignoring 
  the 
  principal 
  word, 
  lake. 
  His 
  analysis 
  was 
  on, 
  

   increment 
  for 
  hill, 
  tarac, 
  rocks 
  standing 
  in 
  the 
  water; 
  io, 
  how 
  beau- 
  

   tiful; 
  making 
  this 
  an 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  Thousand 
  islands. 
  

  

  O-toch-shia-co, 
  in 
  Cammerhofr's 
  journal, 
  was 
  a 
  place 
  and 
  creek 
  

   a 
  little 
  west 
  of 
  Onnachee. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  Fall 
  brook. 
  

  

  Seneca 
  lake 
  and 
  town. 
  In 
  the 
  Revolutionary 
  War 
  the 
  lake 
  some- 
  

   times 
  had 
  this 
  name, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  word 
  but 
  an 
  Algon- 
  

   quin 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  nation. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  treated 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

   Seneca 
  county. 
  

  

  • 
  In 
  Dr 
  Campfield's 
  journal 
  of 
  1779 
  he 
  spoke 
  of 
  Honeoye 
  lake, 
  and 
  

   said 
  it 
  was 
  " 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  lakes 
  called 
  Seheke 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  little 
  Seneke 
  river." 
  This 
  river 
  was 
  the 
  

   Genesee. 
  

  

  