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  Schroon, 
  from 
  Ska-ne-tagh-ro-wah-na, 
  largest 
  lake, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Gordon. 
  The 
  definition 
  is 
  good 
  but 
  the 
  derivation 
  may 
  be 
  doubted, 
  

   and 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  given. 
  

  

  Se-non-ge-wok, 
  hill 
  like 
  an 
  inverted 
  kettle, 
  according 
  to 
  Hoffman. 
  

   This 
  is 
  east 
  of 
  Hudson 
  river 
  and 
  4 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Luzerne. 
  It 
  is 
  

   also 
  called 
  Segongenon 
  or 
  Mount 
  Kettle-bottom. 
  

  

  Skmo-wah-co 
  is 
  Sabele's 
  name 
  for 
  Schroon 
  river, 
  though 
  the 
  

   name 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  Schroon 
  mountain, 
  wadchu 
  meaning 
  mountain. 
  

  

  Sknoo-na-pus 
  is 
  his 
  name 
  for 
  Schroon 
  lake, 
  nippis 
  being 
  a 
  lake. 
  

   Sohke-num-nippe 
  means 
  he 
  pours 
  out 
  water. 
  

  

  Te-kagh-we-an-ga-ra-negh-ton 
  was 
  a 
  mountain 
  west 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   George 
  in 
  1755. 
  Tekagh 
  is 
  locative 
  in 
  this. 
  

  

  Waw-kwa-onk 
  is 
  Sabele's 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Lake 
  George, 
  

   meaning 
  place 
  at 
  the 
  end. 
  

  

  WASHINGTON 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  An-a-quas-sa-cook 
  was 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  a 
  patent 
  issued 
  in. 
  1762, 
  and 
  a 
  

   village 
  in 
  Jackson 
  retains 
  the 
  name. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  

   anaqushauog, 
  they 
  trade, 
  with 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  early 
  transactions. 
  

  

  Ca-nagh-si-o-ne 
  is 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Two 
  Rocks, 
  10 
  miles 
  below 
  

   Whitehall, 
  but 
  the 
  meaning 
  has 
  no 
  reference 
  to 
  these. 
  It 
  is 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  from 
  Konosioni, 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  land 
  there 
  was 
  really 
  in 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  country. 
  

  

  In 
  1766 
  Governor 
  Pownall 
  spoke 
  of 
  " 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  or, 
  as 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  call 
  it, 
  Caniaderiguarunte, 
  the 
  lake 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  gate 
  of 
  the 
  

   country." 
  This 
  more 
  properly 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  lake 
  north 
  of 
  Ticon- 
  

   deroga, 
  but 
  might 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  whole. 
  Gallatin 
  gives 
  

   kunnookorloonteh 
  as 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  word 
  for 
  do 
  or. 
  

  

  Caniaderi 
  Oit, 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  several 
  for 
  Lake 
  Cham- 
  

   plain 
  and 
  applies 
  to 
  its 
  long 
  and 
  narrow 
  southern 
  end. 
  

  

  Cos-sa-yu-na, 
  lake 
  at 
  our 
  pines, 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  lake, 
  creek 
  and 
  

   mountains, 
  and 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  coos 
  or 
  cowhass, 
  white 
  pine. 
  The 
  

   full 
  definition 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  some 
  St 
  Francis 
  Indians 
  to 
  Dr 
  Fitch, 
  

   who 
  restored 
  this 
  name 
  to 
  the 
  lake 
  in 
  Argyle. 
  

  

  Di-on-o-en-do-ge-ha, 
  a 
  creek 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  in 
  1683, 
  at 
  the 
  

   northeast 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  Saratoga 
  tract. 
  

  

  Di-on-on-dah-o-wa 
  Falls. 
  Lower 
  falls 
  on 
  the 
  Batten 
  kill, 
  near 
  

   and 
  above 
  the 
  Devil's 
  Caldron, 
  Galesville. 
  This 
  name 
  seems 
  the 
  

  

  