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  devourer 
  of 
  villages, 
  or 
  it 
  might 
  refer 
  to 
  their 
  reputation 
  as 
  eaters 
  

   of 
  men. 
  This 
  word, 
  however, 
  belongs 
  rather 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  than 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  Algonquins. 
  Horatio 
  Hale 
  said 
  that 
  sinako 
  meant 
  stone 
  

   snakes 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  and 
  that 
  Mr 
  Squier 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  here 
  it 
  meant 
  

   mountain 
  snakes. 
  As 
  the 
  Delawares 
  called 
  all 
  their 
  enemies 
  snakes, 
  

   in 
  this 
  case 
  he 
  thought 
  they 
  simply 
  added 
  this 
  term 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact 
  the 
  Delawares 
  usually 
  

   gave 
  them 
  a 
  different 
  name. 
  Of 
  course, 
  in 
  this 
  interpretation, 
  it 
  is 
  

   not 
  intended 
  that 
  the 
  snakes 
  were 
  of 
  stone, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  dwelt 
  in 
  

   rocks 
  and 
  hills. 
  There 
  is 
  really 
  no 
  proof 
  that 
  the 
  Delawares 
  meant 
  

   the 
  Senecas 
  by 
  Sinako. 
  The 
  name 
  occurs 
  but 
  once, 
  and 
  then 
  with 
  

   two 
  others 
  of 
  uncertain 
  locality. 
  

  

  The 
  derivation 
  would 
  be 
  from 
  achsin, 
  stone, 
  and 
  ahgook, 
  snake. 
  

   Another 
  erroneous 
  derivation 
  is 
  from 
  cinnabar, 
  the 
  classic 
  term 
  for 
  

   vermilion, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  its 
  use 
  by 
  them. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  too 
  old 
  for 
  

   that, 
  and 
  they 
  used 
  paints 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  others. 
  Mr 
  Conover's 
  

   derivation 
  seems 
  most 
  satisfactory, 
  though 
  Mr 
  Hale's 
  has 
  a 
  fair 
  

   foundation. 
  

  

  Sha-se-ounse', 
  rolling 
  water, 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  of 
  Seneca 
  Falls. 
  

  

  Shen-da-ra 
  and 
  Thendara 
  were 
  given 
  for 
  Kendaia 
  in 
  one 
  journal 
  

   of 
  1779. 
  They 
  are 
  mere 
  errors 
  in 
  copying, 
  as 
  some 
  soldiers 
  took 
  

   much 
  of 
  their 
  journals 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  their 
  friends, 
  often 
  making 
  

   literal 
  transcripts 
  for 
  days 
  at 
  a 
  time/ 
  

  

  Skan-na-yu-te-na-te, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  was 
  a 
  village 
  

   of 
  1779, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake 
  and 
  V* 
  mile 
  northeast 
  of 
  

   Canoga. 
  Most 
  Cayuga 
  towns 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  

   time. 
  

  

  Skoi'-yase, 
  place 
  of 
  whortleberries, 
  was 
  Waterloo 
  according 
  to 
  

   Morgan, 
  who 
  differs 
  from 
  all 
  others 
  in 
  this 
  definition. 
  In 
  some 
  

   military 
  journals 
  of 
  1779 
  it 
  is 
  Schoyerre. 
  In 
  one 
  it 
  is 
  Scawyace 
  or 
  

   long 
  falls, 
  the 
  accepted 
  meaning. 
  In 
  another 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  " 
  Kauyuga 
  Set- 
  

   tlement 
  Called 
  Shaiyus 
  or 
  large 
  falls." 
  Sauyon 
  and 
  Scauwaga 
  are 
  

   other 
  forms. 
  Spafford, 
  however, 
  said 
  that 
  Waterloo 
  was 
  called 
  

   Scauyz, 
  Scawas 
  and 
  Scawyace, 
  which 
  he 
  thought 
  of 
  German 
  origin. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  defined 
  rapids 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  but 
  long 
  falls 
  seems 
  better, 
  

   though 
  not 
  essentially 
  different. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time. 
  

  

  Swah-ya-wan-ah, 
  place 
  of 
  large 
  fruit, 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  town 
  near 
  Ken- 
  

   daia 
  in 
  1770. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  northeast 
  corner 
  of 
  Romulus. 
  

  

  