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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Ni-gen-tsi-a-go-a, 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Salmon 
  river, 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  word 
  nikeanjiakowa, 
  sturgeon. 
  Literally 
  it 
  is 
  from 
  

   Keantsiea, 
  fish, 
  and 
  gowa, 
  great. 
  

  

  Ni-ha-wa-na-te, 
  noisy 
  river. 
  Raquette 
  river. 
  

  

  Ni-ion-en-hi-a-se-ko-wa-ne, 
  big 
  stone. 
  Barnhart's 
  island. 
  

  

  Ni-ken-tsi-a-ke, 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Grass 
  river, 
  has 
  been 
  translated 
  full 
  

   of 
  great 
  fishes. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  preceding 
  name, 
  and 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  

   greatness 
  hardly 
  seems 
  included, 
  it 
  being 
  literally 
  place 
  of 
  fishes. 
  

   In 
  1754 
  Father 
  Billiard, 
  of 
  St 
  Regis, 
  petitioned 
  that 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sault 
  might 
  have 
  land 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river, 
  

   " 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  Lake 
  St 
  Francis, 
  between 
  two 
  rivers 
  ; 
  one 
  to 
  

   the 
  northeast, 
  called 
  Nigentsiagoa 
  (Salmon 
  river) 
  ; 
  to 
  Jhe 
  other 
  

   southwest, 
  called 
  Nigentsiagi 
  (Grass 
  river) 
  ; 
  being 
  in 
  front 
  6 
  

   leagues, 
  comprising 
  the 
  two 
  rivers, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  islands 
  that 
  he 
  

   toward 
  the 
  shore." 
  

  

  O-ie-ka-rout-ne, 
  trout 
  river, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Deer 
  river. 
  

  

  O-je'-quack, 
  nut 
  river, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Indian 
  river. 
  

  

  O-ra-co-nen'-ton 
  or 
  Oracotenton 
  is 
  Chimney 
  island, 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  

   the 
  last 
  conflict 
  between 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  English, 
  in 
  1760. 
  The 
  

   ruins 
  of 
  the 
  fort 
  may 
  yet 
  be 
  seen, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  

   chimneys. 
  

  

  O-sa-ken-ta'-ke, 
  grass 
  lake, 
  accurately 
  represents 
  the 
  present 
  

   name, 
  and 
  in 
  it 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Kentucky 
  may 
  be 
  observed. 
  

  

  O-swe-gatch'-ie 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Ogdensburg 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  river, 
  

   and 
  is 
  locally 
  pronounced 
  Os-we-gotch'-ee. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  

   the 
  French 
  mission 
  of 
  La 
  Presentation, 
  founded 
  in 
  1749. 
  It 
  ap- 
  

   peared 
  as 
  Soegasti 
  in 
  1749, 
  and 
  Swegage 
  in 
  1750. 
  The 
  English 
  

   wrote 
  it 
  Swegaachey 
  and 
  Swegatsky 
  in 
  1753, 
  and 
  Sweegassie 
  in 
  

   1754. 
  Johnson 
  called 
  it 
  Swegatchie 
  in 
  1759. 
  Morgan 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  

   O-swa-gatch. 
  It 
  is 
  defined 
  as 
  black 
  water, 
  by 
  the 
  Onondagas, 
  and 
  

   this 
  will 
  answer 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  ftozuing 
  out, 
  or 
  draining 
  

   a 
  great 
  region. 
  Macauley 
  told 
  Mr 
  Simms 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  meant 
  

   going 
  around 
  a 
  hill, 
  and 
  many 
  have 
  followed 
  this 
  erroneous 
  defini- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  reference 
  was 
  to 
  another 
  name. 
  Sabattis 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   defined 
  it 
  as 
  slow 
  or 
  long, 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  and 
  probably 
  

   spoke 
  of 
  its 
  Algonquin 
  name, 
  not 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  O-ton-di-a-ta, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  oldest 
  Indian 
  names 
  on 
  the 
  St 
  Law- 
  

   rence, 
  was 
  defined 
  as 
  stone 
  stairs 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick, 
  and 
  this 
  seems 
  an 
  

  

  