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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  feet 
  in 
  dragging 
  the 
  canoe. 
  Potsdam. 
  This 
  and 
  the 
  seven 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  are 
  from 
  Hough. 
  

  

  Ti-o-hi-on-ho-ken, 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  river 
  divides 
  or 
  forks. 
  Brash- 
  

   er's 
  Falls. 
  

  

  Tsi-ia-ko-on-tie-ta, 
  where 
  they 
  leave 
  the 
  canoe. 
  Raymondville. 
  

  

  Tsi-ia-ko-ten-nit-ser-ron-ti-et-ha, 
  where 
  the 
  canoe 
  must 
  be 
  pushed 
  

   up 
  stream 
  with 
  poles. 
  Gallop 
  rapid. 
  

  

  Tsi-hon-wi-ne-tha, 
  where 
  the 
  canoe 
  is 
  towed 
  with 
  a 
  rope. 
  Isle 
  

   au 
  Rapid 
  Plat, 
  opposite 
  Waddington. 
  

  

  Tsi-io-wen-o-kwa-ra-te, 
  high 
  island. 
  Upper 
  Long 
  Sault 
  island. 
  

  

  Tsi-kan-i-a-ta-res-ka, 
  big 
  or 
  largest 
  lake. 
  Tupper 
  lake. 
  

  

  Tsi-kan-i-on-wa-res-ko-wa, 
  given 
  as 
  long 
  pond, 
  but 
  it 
  hardly 
  

   differs 
  from 
  the 
  last. 
  It 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  smaller 
  lake 
  below 
  the 
  last, 
  

   apparently 
  Raquette, 
  just 
  over 
  the 
  line 
  in 
  Franklin 
  county. 
  In 
  both 
  

   cases 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  implies 
  a 
  long 
  lake, 
  adding 
  kowa 
  to 
  

   show 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  also 
  large. 
  

  

  We-gat-chie, 
  a 
  postoffice 
  in 
  Rossie, 
  has 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  Oswe- 
  

   gatchie. 
  

  

  Wa-na-ke-na 
  is 
  a 
  recently 
  applied 
  name, 
  meaning 
  good 
  or 
  pleas- 
  

   ant 
  place. 
  

  

  SARATOGA 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  A-mis-so-ha-en-di-ek, 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Mahicans 
  for 
  the 
  tract 
  called 
  

   Saratoga, 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  deed 
  of 
  1683. 
  

  

  In 
  Holden's 
  History 
  of 
  Queensbury, 
  page 
  25, 
  there 
  is 
  given 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  "Aontagilban. 
  A 
  creek 
  which 
  empties 
  into 
  Fish 
  creek, 
  

   Saratoga 
  county. 
  Taken 
  from 
  ' 
  map 
  no. 
  221, 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Fish 
  Creek 
  

   reservation 
  in 
  1706.' 
  — 
  Sec. 
  of 
  State's 
  office." 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  ascribed 
  

   to 
  Fish 
  creek 
  in 
  Oneida 
  county, 
  where 
  some 
  comments 
  will 
  be 
  

   found. 
  

  

  A-ta-te-a, 
  a 
  river, 
  is 
  Hoffman's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  upper 
  Hudson, 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  an 
  abbreviation 
  of 
  the 
  full 
  word. 
  

  

  Ca-ho-ha-ta-te-a 
  was 
  thus 
  applied 
  by 
  Dr 
  Mitchill, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  

   same 
  meaning. 
  Geihuhatatie 
  is 
  Zeisberger's 
  word 
  for 
  river, 
  which 
  

   is 
  almost 
  identical, 
  though 
  called 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  word 
  by 
  him. 
  The 
  

   Mohawk 
  word 
  differs. 
  Sylvester 
  erred 
  in 
  making 
  it 
  an 
  Algonquin 
  

   name. 
  

  

  Ca-nagh-si-o-ne 
  was 
  twice 
  mentioned 
  in 
  1690 
  as 
  a 
  place 
  above 
  

  

  