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  lake 
  shuts 
  itself 
  in; 
  Niagara, 
  place 
  of 
  falling 
  waters. 
  These 
  are 
  not 
  

   good 
  definitions. 
  Dr 
  Hough 
  had 
  another 
  derivation 
  from 
  a 
  Caugh- 
  

   nawaga 
  Indian, 
  that 
  of 
  Sar-a-ta-ke, 
  where 
  the 
  prints 
  of 
  heels 
  may 
  

   be 
  seen, 
  from 
  impressions 
  in 
  the 
  rocks 
  at 
  the 
  springs. 
  This 
  might 
  

   be 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  word 
  eratage, 
  heel, 
  but 
  the 
  error 
  is 
  

   in 
  referring 
  the 
  original 
  name 
  to 
  its 
  present 
  locality. 
  As 
  we 
  have 
  

   seen, 
  the 
  first 
  mention 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  tract 
  was 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  name 
  

   of 
  Ochseratonque, 
  in 
  1683, 
  and 
  by 
  dropping 
  the 
  first 
  syllable 
  we 
  

   have 
  essentially 
  the 
  present 
  name, 
  not 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  but 
  of 
  a 
  

   large 
  tract. 
  When 
  thus 
  considered 
  no 
  suggested 
  definition 
  has 
  

   proved 
  fully 
  satisfactory. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  Saraghtoge 
  or 
  Saragtoge 
  in 
  1687, 
  and 
  in 
  1698 
  was 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  as 
  Cheragtoge 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  28 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Half 
  

   Moon. 
  The 
  French 
  usually 
  called 
  it 
  Sarastau, 
  with 
  slight 
  variations, 
  

   and 
  in 
  1754 
  it 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  Hudson's 
  river, 
  called 
  

   Saraghtogo, 
  about 
  36 
  miles 
  above 
  Albany." 
  The 
  contested 
  Dellius 
  

   claim 
  was 
  " 
  from 
  Saraghtoga 
  along 
  Hudson's 
  river," 
  etc. 
  In 
  defin- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  word 
  it 
  is 
  thus 
  evident 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  

   springs, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  persistent 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  letter 
  t 
  that 
  no 
  solution 
  

   eliminating 
  this 
  can 
  be 
  fairly 
  considered. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  old 
  

   Mohawk 
  words 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  name 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  derived, 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  root 
  in 
  asara, 
  the 
  handle 
  of 
  the 
  kettle, 
  asare, 
  a 
  knife, 
  and 
  

   asera, 
  an 
  ax. 
  From 
  the 
  latter 
  comes 
  Aseroutagouan, 
  to 
  make 
  satis- 
  

   faction 
  for 
  the 
  blozu 
  of 
  an 
  ax, 
  perhaps 
  locally 
  referring 
  to* 
  some 
  

   warlike 
  encounter 
  or 
  peaceful 
  atonement. 
  This 
  differs 
  but 
  little 
  

   from 
  Ochseratonque, 
  the 
  first 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  

   English. 
  As 
  a 
  place 
  for 
  burying 
  the 
  political 
  hatchet 
  at 
  great 
  con- 
  

   ventions 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  inappropriate 
  now. 
  

  

  Sco-wa-rock-a 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  Simms 
  for 
  the 
  north 
  part 
  of 
  

   Maxon 
  hill 
  in 
  Greenfield. 
  

  

  She-non-de-ho-wa 
  or 
  Chouendahowa, 
  a 
  great 
  plain, 
  is 
  Clifton 
  

   Park. 
  Shanandhoi 
  is 
  another 
  form, 
  and 
  Shanandhot 
  a 
  copyist's 
  

   error. 
  

  

  Ta-nen-da-ho-wa, 
  great 
  point, 
  is 
  Sylvester's 
  name 
  for 
  Anthony's 
  

   kill 
  near 
  Mechanicville, 
  and 
  he 
  also 
  applies 
  it 
  to 
  Round 
  lake. 
  

  

  Ti-ogh-sah'-ron-de, 
  place 
  where 
  streams 
  empty 
  themselves, 
  or 
  

   Tiosaronda, 
  meeting 
  of 
  waters, 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  Sacondaga 
  and 
  Hudson. 
  

   The 
  proper 
  meaning- 
  is 
  as 
  well 
  expressed 
  by 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  a 
  river. 
  

   Ojeenrudde 
  seems 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  as 
  applied 
  to 
  Ticonderoga. 
  

  

  