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  68 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Toronto, 
  Gen. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Clark 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  from 
  Karonto, 
  a 
  log 
  in 
  the 
  

   zvater, 
  but 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  bay, 
  making 
  a 
  country 
  accessible, 
  as 
  by 
  a 
  door. 
  

   , 
  He 
  derives 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  syllables 
  of 
  kaniatare, 
  lake, 
  and 
  onto, 
  

   to 
  open, 
  illustrating 
  this 
  by 
  many 
  examples. 
  

  

  To-na-wan'-da 
  swamp 
  has 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  swift 
  water, 
  but 
  the 
  

   meaning 
  here 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  swamp 
  is 
  near 
  Tonawanda 
  creek. 
  

  

  All 
  Indian 
  names 
  here 
  are 
  Iroquois 
  except 
  as 
  noted, 
  their 
  original 
  

   territory 
  probably 
  including 
  Oak 
  Orchard 
  creek, 
  but 
  they 
  occupied 
  

   no 
  land 
  west 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river 
  during 
  the 
  Huron 
  war. 
  

  

  OS 
  AfEGO 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  this 
  country 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  territory 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  but 
  

   after 
  the 
  colonial 
  period 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  increased 
  their 
  claims. 
  The 
  

   eastern 
  part 
  originally 
  belonged 
  to 
  them 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  Ontario 
  lake 
  

   shore, 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  having 
  a 
  village 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Salmon 
  river 
  

   in 
  1654. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  the 
  names 
  are 
  thus 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  A-han-ha'-ge 
  or 
  Asanhage 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Salmon 
  river 
  in 
  1687. 
  

   This 
  name 
  varied 
  greatly 
  through 
  the 
  prefix 
  used, 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  

   another 
  name 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  A-ha-oue'-te' 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Oswego 
  Falls 
  in 
  the 
  Relation 
  for 
  

   1656. 
  It 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  journey 
  of 
  1655 
  and 
  

   occurs 
  nowhere 
  else. 
  

  

  Am-boy 
  has 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  is 
  derived 
  

   from 
  emboli, 
  a 
  place 
  resembling 
  a 
  bowl. 
  It 
  was 
  originally 
  applied 
  

   to 
  a 
  well 
  sheltered 
  bay. 
  

  

  Cad-ran-gan-hi-e 
  was 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1687 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  supposed 
  

   by 
  some 
  to 
  be 
  Sandy 
  creek 
  of 
  this 
  county, 
  but 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  stream 
  

   of 
  that 
  name 
  a 
  little 
  farther 
  north. 
  

  

  Ca-no-ha'-ge, 
  a 
  creek 
  or 
  river, 
  is 
  one 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  already 
  

   given 
  for 
  Salmon 
  river. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  Cajonhago 
  in 
  1687, 
  Cayon- 
  

   hage 
  in 
  1688, 
  and 
  Cay-hung-ha'-ge 
  in 
  1726, 
  and 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  

   Cuyahoga 
  in 
  Ohio. 
  By 
  the 
  French 
  it 
  was 
  long 
  termed 
  La 
  Famine 
  

   from 
  the 
  hunger 
  of 
  the 
  colonists 
  in 
  1656, 
  as 
  they 
  passed 
  the 
  place. 
  

   They 
  had 
  hoped 
  for 
  relief 
  there. 
  It 
  was 
  often 
  called 
  La 
  Grande 
  

   Famine 
  to 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  a 
  smaller 
  stream 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  

  

  Cas-son-ta-che'-go-na 
  was 
  river 
  of 
  great 
  bark 
  in 
  1757, 
  and 
  was 
  

   placed 
  a 
  little 
  east 
  of 
  Oswego. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  this 
  as 
  large 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  bark 
  lying 
  down, 
  ready 
  for 
  building. 
  Morgan 
  called 
  it 
  

  

  