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  PLACE 
  NAMES 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  appropriate 
  name. 
  Zeisberger 
  has 
  attona 
  for 
  stairs, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  word 
  still. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  early 
  Mohawk 
  

   word 
  atentonniaton, 
  to 
  cause 
  to 
  depart, 
  it 
  being 
  a 
  customary 
  cross- 
  

   ing 
  place, 
  from 
  which 
  roads 
  diverged. 
  It 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  map 
  of 
  

   1665, 
  as 
  given 
  here, 
  and 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Relation 
  of 
  1656: 
  "A 
  

   rock 
  opposite 
  Otondiata, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  passage 
  and 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   road 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  beaver 
  hunt." 
  In 
  1671 
  the 
  French 
  documents 
  

   speak 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  " 
  Otondiata, 
  near 
  Lake 
  Ontario," 
  which 
  was 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  begin 
  below 
  the 
  Thousand 
  islands 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  as 
  " 
  Otondiata, 
  

   quite 
  celebrated 
  in 
  this 
  country," 
  being 
  above 
  the 
  rapids. 
  The 
  eel 
  

   fishery 
  began 
  there. 
  It 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  Grenadier 
  island 
  in 
  1673, 
  

   and 
  was 
  long 
  a 
  prominent 
  place. 
  The 
  island 
  of 
  Otoniata 
  was 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  1687, 
  and 
  Charlevoix 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  an 
  island 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  leagues 
  

   from 
  La 
  Galette. 
  The 
  English 
  first 
  mentioned 
  it 
  in 
  1700, 
  as 
  three 
  

   days' 
  journey 
  from 
  Cadaraqui. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  syllable 
  is 
  often 
  dropped. 
  Hough 
  calls 
  it 
  Tioinata, 
  by 
  

   the 
  point, 
  and 
  oniata 
  is 
  a 
  point 
  of 
  land 
  in 
  an 
  early 
  vocabulary. 
  

   Charlevoix 
  said 
  of 
  this 
  place: 
  

  

  Five 
  or 
  six 
  leagues 
  from 
  La 
  Galette 
  is 
  an 
  island 
  called 
  Tonihata, 
  

   the 
  soil 
  of 
  which 
  appears 
  tolerably 
  fertile, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  y 
  2 
  

   league 
  long. 
  An 
  Iroquois 
  called 
  the 
  Quaker, 
  for 
  what 
  reason 
  I 
  

   know 
  not, 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  excellent 
  good 
  sense 
  and 
  much 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  

   French, 
  had 
  obtained 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  Compte 
  de 
  Fronte- 
  

   nac, 
  and 
  he 
  shows 
  his 
  patent 
  to 
  everybody 
  that 
  desires 
  to 
  see 
  it. 
  

   He 
  has, 
  however, 
  sold 
  his 
  lordship 
  for 
  four 
  pots 
  of 
  brandy 
  ; 
  but 
  he 
  

   has 
  reserved 
  the 
  usufruct 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  life, 
  and 
  has 
  got 
  together 
  

   on 
  it 
  18 
  or 
  20 
  families 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  nation. 
  

  

  O-tsi-kwa-ke, 
  where 
  the 
  ash 
  tree 
  grows 
  with 
  large 
  knots 
  for 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  clubs. 
  Indian 
  river 
  and 
  Black 
  lake. 
  This 
  name 
  suggests 
  that 
  

   of 
  Oswegatchie. 
  

  

  O-was'-ne, 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  of 
  Sheik's 
  island, 
  has 
  been 
  translated 
  

   feather 
  island. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  well 
  sustained. 
  

  

  Pas-kun-ge-meh 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Hoffman's 
  names 
  for 
  Tupper 
  lake, 
  

   equivalent 
  to 
  Paskongammuc, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Sabattis 
  for 
  the 
  Saranac 
  

   lakes. 
  Hough 
  defines 
  it 
  going 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Ta-na-wa'-deh, 
  swift 
  water, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  Raquette 
  

   river. 
  

  

  Te-wa-ten-e-ta-ren-ies, 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  gravel 
  settles 
  under 
  the 
  

  

  