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  NAMES 
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  Ga-nu-as'-ke, 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  village 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  

   near 
  the 
  River 
  Trent, 
  was 
  called 
  Ganeraske 
  in 
  1673. 
  

  

  Hah-wen-da-ger-ha 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  

   Hurons 
  after 
  their 
  overthrow, 
  because 
  they 
  sought 
  refuge 
  on 
  islands. 
  

   This 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  gahwendo, 
  an 
  island. 
  

  

  Hoch-e-la'-ga, 
  the 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  Cartier 
  designated 
  a 
  town 
  on 
  

   the 
  island 
  of 
  Montreal. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  word, 
  and 
  Hough 
  sug- 
  

   gested 
  its 
  derivation 
  from 
  Oserake, 
  a 
  beaver 
  dam. 
  Atsaroguan, 
  the 
  

   noise 
  of 
  many 
  who 
  are 
  talking, 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  near 
  as 
  this, 
  and 
  might 
  

   refer 
  to 
  the 
  voice 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  or 
  the 
  roar 
  of 
  the 
  rapids, 
  but 
  both 
  

   words 
  are 
  conjectural. 
  

  

  Iroquois 
  or 
  Richelieu 
  river 
  had 
  the 
  first 
  name 
  because 
  the 
  Mo- 
  

   hawks 
  invaded 
  Canada 
  by 
  this 
  stream. 
  

  

  Ka-nack-ta-neng 
  is 
  a 
  book 
  imprint 
  for 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Two 
  

   Mountains 
  near 
  Montreal. 
  

  

  Ka-na-ti-och-ta-ge, 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  some 
  Dowaganhaes 
  settled 
  in 
  

   1700, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  near 
  the 
  Senecas. 
  

  

  Kat-si-da-gweh-ni-yoh, 
  principal 
  council 
  fire. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  Cana- 
  

   dian 
  Onondaga 
  name 
  for 
  Ottawa 
  city. 
  

  

  Ke-be-nong 
  is 
  the 
  imprint 
  for 
  Quebec 
  in 
  Chippewa. 
  

  

  Ken-te 
  or 
  Quinte' 
  was 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  town 
  of 
  1673, 
  12 
  leagues 
  from 
  

   Ganeraske, 
  and 
  probably 
  on 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Nappane. 
  

  

  Mis-si-sau'-ga. 
  De 
  la 
  Potherie 
  derived 
  this 
  from 
  missi, 
  several, 
  

   and 
  sakis, 
  months 
  of 
  rivers, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  correct. 
  Others 
  make 
  

   it 
  from 
  missi, 
  great, 
  and 
  sakiegun, 
  lake. 
  

  

  Mo-ni-ang 
  is 
  the 
  imprint 
  for 
  Montreal 
  in 
  the 
  Nipissing 
  dialect. 
  

  

  O-dish-kua-gu-ma, 
  people 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  is 
  the 
  Ojibwa 
  

   name 
  for 
  the 
  Algonquins 
  at 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Two 
  Mountains, 
  near 
  

   Montreal. 
  

  

  Oh-ron-wa-gonh, 
  in 
  the 
  valley, 
  is 
  Hamilton. 
  As 
  an 
  imprint 
  it 
  

   appears 
  as 
  Oghroewakouh 
  and 
  Oghronwakon. 
  

  

  O-non-di-o 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  French 
  governor, 
  and 
  from 
  

   this 
  Onontioke 
  appears 
  as 
  an 
  imprint 
  for 
  Paris. 
  

  

  O-pish-ti-ko-i-ats 
  is 
  the 
  imprint 
  for 
  Quebec 
  in 
  Montagnais. 
  

  

  O-tin-a-o-wat-wa 
  was 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  village 
  near 
  Burlington 
  bay, 
  

   visited 
  by 
  La 
  Salle 
  in 
  1669, 
  but 
  Gallinee's 
  journal 
  places 
  it 
  at 
  

   Grand 
  river. 
  -, 
  

  

  