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  nack-taa-da, 
  signifying 
  beyond 
  the 
  pine 
  plains/' 
  In 
  the 
  edition 
  of 
  

   1813 
  he 
  made 
  it 
  "over 
  the 
  pines',' 
  and 
  said, 
  " 
  The 
  country 
  between 
  

   these 
  two 
  places 
  is 
  a 
  sandy 
  plain, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pine 
  trees." 
  

   In 
  1667 
  it 
  was 
  mentioned 
  as 
  Schoneistade. 
  Among 
  Mohawk 
  words 
  

   Bruyas 
  gives 
  skannatati, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  deriving 
  it 
  from 
  askati, 
  

   on 
  one 
  side. 
  The 
  name 
  therefore 
  does 
  not 
  necessarily 
  include 
  pines 
  

   or 
  plains, 
  but 
  merely 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  anything 
  of 
  a 
  

   notable 
  character. 
  In 
  this 
  particular 
  case 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   popularly 
  associated 
  with 
  local 
  features. 
  

  

  Scho-ha-rie 
  creek 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  for 
  

   a 
  short 
  distance. 
  

  

  Scho-no-we 
  is 
  usually 
  defined 
  great 
  Hat, 
  but 
  the 
  adjective 
  is 
  not 
  

   expressed, 
  as 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  where 
  comparative 
  greatness 
  is 
  promi- 
  

   nent. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Schenectady 
  when 
  bought 
  by 
  Van 
  Curler 
  

   in 
  1661. 
  The 
  French 
  called 
  it 
  Corlar 
  after 
  him, 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   gave 
  his 
  name 
  to 
  the 
  colonial 
  governors. 
  

  

  Te-quat-se-ra 
  was 
  translated 
  wooden 
  spoon 
  by 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  and 
  was 
  

   Verf 
  kill. 
  Bruyas 
  gives 
  atogouat 
  simply 
  as 
  spoon, 
  and 
  the 
  saint 
  

   word 
  as 
  atogouatsera 
  in 
  composition. 
  

  

  Tou-ar-e-u-ne 
  hills, 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  line 
  of 
  

   this 
  county 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  French 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Those 
  on 
  both 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  above 
  the 
  city 
  were 
  called 
  Tou-ar-e-u-ne," 
  a 
  name 
  

   used 
  in 
  a 
  briefer 
  form 
  by 
  Hoffman 
  elsewhere. 
  Clark 
  called 
  them 
  

   Towereoune, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  name 
  is 
  essentially 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  To-war- 
  jo-en-ny 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  Lewis 
  creek. 
  Tower 
  joene 
  appears 
  

   as 
  the 
  west 
  boundary 
  of 
  Schenectady 
  in 
  1729, 
  and 
  was 
  Tower 
  joine 
  

   in 
  1734. 
  

  

  Vy-o-ge, 
  at 
  the 
  river, 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  near 
  Schenectady 
  

   where 
  Van 
  Curler 
  reached 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  in 
  1634. 
  His 
  words 
  are 
  

   " 
  We 
  slept 
  for 
  the 
  night 
  near 
  the 
  stream 
  that 
  runs 
  into 
  their 
  land 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Vyoge." 
  Bruyas 
  gives 
  ohioge, 
  at 
  the 
  river. 
  

   Curler 
  defined 
  oyoghi 
  as 
  small 
  river. 
  

  

  Wach-kee-sho-ka, 
  the 
  fourth 
  flat 
  near 
  Schenectady, 
  was 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  as 
  Viele's 
  land 
  in 
  1683, 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  written 
  Wach- 
  

   keerhoha. 
  

  

  Wat-ha-jax 
  was 
  a 
  rapid 
  at 
  Castigione. 
  

  

  Yan-ta-puch-a-berg 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  French 
  as 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  " 
  mixed 
  

   Indian 
  and 
  Dutch, 
  signifying 
  'John 
  ear 
  of 
  corn 
  hill,' 
  ,: 
  

  

  