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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Hn-ron, 
  an 
  applied 
  name, 
  is 
  usually 
  considered 
  French, 
  but 
  is 
  

   strongly 
  suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  frequent 
  Huron-Iroquois 
  word 
  ronon, 
  

   a 
  nation. 
  Charlevoix 
  derived 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  French 
  word 
  hures, 
  wild 
  

   boars, 
  with 
  a 
  fanciful 
  story, 
  but 
  the 
  Hnrons 
  were 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  

   French 
  by 
  this 
  name 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  

   only 
  after 
  visits 
  to 
  their 
  country, 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  

   origin. 
  

  

  Je-dan-da'-go, 
  a 
  landing 
  place 
  east 
  of 
  Jerondokat 
  in 
  1687. 
  

  

  On-ta'-ri-o, 
  great 
  or 
  beautiful 
  lake. 
  A 
  town 
  is 
  named 
  from 
  this. 
  

  

  Seneca 
  river 
  is 
  so 
  named 
  from 
  leading 
  to 
  the 
  Seneca 
  county. 
  

  

  Se-o-dose' 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  Sodus 
  bay. 
  Blind 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  

   is 
  farther 
  east, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  French 
  names 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  

   these 
  bays. 
  

  

  So-doms, 
  a 
  creek 
  in 
  the 
  Seneca 
  country 
  in 
  1726, 
  was 
  called 
  

   Sodons 
  in 
  1763, 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  identified 
  with 
  Sodus. 
  

  

  Squa-gon'-na 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  J. 
  V. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  for 
  the 
  Montezuma 
  

   marshes, 
  and 
  suggests 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  of 
  Squa-yen'-na, 
  a 
  great 
  

   zvay 
  up, 
  for 
  another 
  place. 
  This 
  would 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  tedious 
  passage 
  

   of 
  the 
  marshes. 
  It 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  word 
  

   neskwagaonta, 
  toad 
  or 
  frog. 
  

  

  Te-ga-hone'-sa-o'-ta, 
  child 
  in 
  baby 
  frame, 
  is 
  Morgan's 
  name 
  for 
  

   Sodus 
  bay 
  creek. 
  The 
  first 
  two 
  syllables 
  are 
  locative, 
  and 
  Sodus 
  

   may 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  Te-ger-hunk'-se-ro-de, 
  a 
  hill 
  east 
  cf 
  Sodus 
  bay 
  and 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   the 
  Cayugas 
  in 
  1758. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  Tegerhunckseroda 
  in 
  1726, 
  and 
  

   strongly 
  suggests 
  the 
  preceding 
  name. 
  The 
  name 
  was 
  also 
  applied 
  

   to 
  hills 
  still 
  farther 
  east, 
  and 
  thus 
  another 
  meaning 
  is 
  possible 
  — 
  

   even 
  probable. 
  

  

  Thi-o-he-ro, 
  river 
  of 
  rushes. 
  Though 
  the 
  name 
  is 
  appropriate 
  

   through 
  all 
  its 
  course, 
  this 
  name 
  of 
  Seneca 
  river 
  is 
  most 
  significant 
  

   at 
  the 
  great 
  marshes 
  here. 
  

  

  WLSTCHESTER 
  COUNTY 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  county 
  the 
  Indian 
  names 
  are 
  purely 
  Algonquin, 
  several 
  

   tribes 
  of 
  that 
  family 
  living 
  here. 
  

  

  Ac-qua-si-miuk 
  creek 
  was 
  by 
  the 
  tract 
  bought 
  in 
  1695, 
  and 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sachus 
  tract. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  agweshau, 
  wood- 
  

   chuck, 
  and 
  locative 
  terminal. 
  

  

  