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  wage 
  as 
  David 
  Cusick 
  wrote 
  it. 
  There 
  he 
  placed 
  the 
  Eagwehoewe, 
  

   (Ongwehonwe), 
  the 
  first 
  created 
  people. 
  

  

  Ga-ron-ouy, 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  Sault 
  in 
  1673, 
  seems 
  to 
  mean 
  

   a 
  confused 
  voice, 
  or 
  where 
  one 
  speaks 
  with 
  a 
  loud 
  voice, 
  referring 
  

   to 
  the 
  roar 
  of 
  the 
  rapids. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  " 
  Garonkoui, 
  or 
  the 
  Long 
  

   Sault," 
  in 
  1698. 
  

  

  Point 
  aux 
  Iroquois 
  is 
  in 
  Waddington. 
  Charlevoix 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  

   name 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  is 
  purely 
  French, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  formed 
  from 
  the 
  

   term 
  hiro, 
  ' 
  I 
  have 
  spoken,' 
  a 
  word 
  by 
  which 
  these 
  Indians 
  close 
  all 
  

   their 
  speeches, 
  and 
  Koue, 
  which, 
  when 
  long 
  drawn 
  out, 
  is 
  a 
  cry 
  of 
  

   sorrow, 
  and 
  when 
  briskly 
  uttered 
  is 
  an 
  exclamation 
  of 
  joy." 
  This 
  

   makes 
  it 
  an 
  Indian 
  word 
  compounded 
  by 
  the 
  French, 
  but 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   planation 
  is 
  not 
  satisfactory. 
  The 
  French 
  found 
  it 
  already 
  in 
  use 
  

   in 
  Canada, 
  long 
  before 
  they 
  met 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  could 
  

   have 
  known 
  nothing 
  of 
  their 
  customs. 
  From 
  this 
  fact 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  

   considered 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  word. 
  Horatio 
  Hale 
  properly 
  cited 
  this 
  

   early 
  use 
  and 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  Irocoisen 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  1616, 
  but 
  

   did 
  not 
  observe 
  its 
  necessarily 
  Algonquin 
  origin. 
  Thus 
  his 
  deriva- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  from 
  Iroquois 
  words, 
  as 
  ieroka, 
  to 
  smoke, 
  or 
  okwai, 
  

   bear. 
  No 
  suggested 
  meaning 
  has 
  yet 
  proved 
  satisfactory, 
  but 
  the 
  

   termination 
  plainly 
  refers 
  to 
  a 
  tribe 
  or 
  people, 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  sense. 
  

  

  Ka-na-swa-stak-e-ras, 
  where 
  the 
  mud 
  smells 
  bad. 
  Messena 
  

   Springs. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  form 
  of 
  Cattar- 
  

   augus. 
  The 
  Iroquois 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  unpleasantly 
  affected 
  by 
  

   most 
  mineral 
  springs. 
  

  

  Ka-na-ta-ra-ken, 
  wet 
  village, 
  below 
  the 
  Ogden 
  rapids, 
  or 
  at 
  Wad- 
  

   dington. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Hough's 
  names, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  last. 
  He 
  sup- 
  

   plied 
  a 
  number 
  in 
  his 
  histories, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  is 
  his 
  also. 
  See 
  

   Ganataragoin 
  for 
  comparison. 
  

  

  Ka-na-ta-se-ke, 
  new 
  village, 
  is 
  Norfolk. 
  

  

  Ka-ron-kwi, 
  lower 
  Long 
  Sault 
  island, 
  has 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  

   Sault 
  and 
  a 
  variant 
  appears 
  above. 
  

  

  Kat-sen-e-kwar, 
  lake 
  covered 
  with 
  yellow 
  lilies. 
  Yellow 
  lake. 
  

  

  Ka-wen-ko-wa-nen-ne, 
  big 
  island. 
  Cornwall 
  island. 
  The 
  sylla- 
  

   ble 
  nen 
  is 
  superfluous. 
  

  

  Ko-ko-mo, 
  a 
  name 
  introduced 
  from 
  Indiana. 
  Boyd 
  says 
  it 
  means 
  

   young 
  grandmother. 
  

  

  Mas-sa-we-pie 
  lake, 
  large 
  water. 
  

  

  