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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  here. 
  That 
  people 
  not 
  only 
  owned 
  but 
  occupied 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   lake. 
  

  

  " 
  Connadaga 
  or 
  Sineca 
  Lake 
  " 
  appears 
  in 
  one 
  journal 
  of 
  1779, 
  

   for 
  Connadasaga. 
  

  

  Ga-na-zi-o-ha, 
  now 
  Kendig's 
  creek, 
  was 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Cammer- 
  

   hoflf 
  in 
  1750, 
  probably 
  meaning 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  sand. 
  He 
  found 
  few 
  

   streams 
  in 
  crossing 
  this 
  county, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  frequent 
  in 
  going 
  

   from 
  north 
  to 
  south. 
  

  

  Ken-dai'-a, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  shore 
  of 
  Seneca 
  lake, 
  was 
  variously 
  given 
  

   in 
  the 
  journals 
  of 
  1779. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Romulus, 
  and 
  by 
  some 
  

   was 
  called 
  Appletown. 
  Kendoa, 
  Kondar, 
  Candaia, 
  Kanadia, 
  Con- 
  

   day 
  are 
  forms 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  The 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  is 
  interesting. 
  

   Ken-daw-ya 
  is 
  Gallatin's 
  word 
  for 
  prairie, 
  implying 
  a 
  clearing. 
  

  

  Nu-qui-age 
  was 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  village 
  near 
  Seneca 
  lake 
  and 
  its 
  outlet 
  

   in 
  1750. 
  From 
  this 
  Seneca 
  lake 
  had 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  many 
  names. 
  

  

  Oe-yen-de-hit 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake 
  on 
  Pouchot's 
  

   map. 
  A. 
  Cusick 
  defined 
  this 
  there 
  are 
  favorable 
  signs. 
  When 
  trav- 
  

   elers 
  reached 
  the 
  west 
  shore, 
  going 
  east, 
  they 
  often 
  had 
  to 
  signal 
  

   for 
  a 
  canoe 
  to 
  carry 
  them 
  over. 
  Thus 
  when 
  CammerhofI 
  arrived 
  

   there 
  in 
  1750, 
  he 
  said: 
  "There 
  was 
  no 
  canoe 
  on 
  this 
  side. 
  We 
  at 
  

   once 
  built 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  fire, 
  hoping 
  that 
  the 
  smoke 
  might 
  be 
  seen 
  

   on 
  the 
  opposite 
  shore, 
  and 
  fired 
  several 
  loud 
  shots." 
  

  

  On-da-cho'-e 
  was 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  shore 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  

   lake 
  in 
  1750, 
  southwest 
  of 
  Union 
  Springs. 
  When 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  place, 
  CammerhofI 
  said 
  he 
  saw 
  

   " 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  a 
  town 
  called 
  Ondachoe, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  larger 
  than 
  Ga- 
  

   juka, 
  about 
  15 
  miles 
  from 
  us." 
  From 
  the 
  distance, 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   always 
  safe 
  to 
  reduce, 
  General 
  Clark 
  placed 
  this 
  at 
  Sheldrake 
  Point, 
  

   which 
  would 
  be 
  due 
  south 
  and 
  not 
  west. 
  West 
  of 
  them 
  lay 
  the 
  

   present 
  town 
  of 
  Varick 
  or 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  Fayette. 
  

  

  Sen-e-ca 
  or 
  Sin-ne-ke, 
  an 
  early 
  Algonquin 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  upper 
  

   Iroquois, 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  Dutch 
  maps 
  of 
  1614 
  and 
  1616 
  as 
  Sen- 
  

   necas, 
  and 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  ^Mohawks 
  were 
  long 
  termed 
  Senecas 
  by 
  the 
  

   Dutch. 
  Some 
  have 
  identified 
  this 
  with 
  the 
  Sickenanes, 
  which 
  is 
  

   clearly 
  erroneous, 
  this 
  being 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  New 
  England 
  tribe. 
  

   Gen. 
  J. 
  S* 
  Clark 
  and 
  Hon. 
  George 
  S. 
  Conover 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  

   Algonquin 
  sinne, 
  to 
  eat; 
  as 
  in 
  we-sin-ne, 
  we 
  eat. 
  The 
  reference 
  

   might 
  be 
  figurative, 
  as 
  when 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  called 
  Washington 
  the 
  

  

  