374 INDIAN NAMES OF LOCALITIES 



Niagara, the best known form of the Indian name. Its Neuter 

 name was "Onguiaahra"; Seneca, "Nyah-gaah" or "Ne- 

 ah-ga; Tuscarora, "Oneacais"; Cayuga, "Oneaga" ; Oneida, 

 "Oneagale"; Mohawk, "Oneagara". 



Ondiara, on a map of 1665, at the mouth of the Niagara River, 

 is perhaps a variant of "Ongiara", or Niagara. 



PORTER. 



O-yon-wa-yea, O-non-wa-yea, mouth of Four Mile Creek. 

 O-yong-wong-yeh, Onondaga name for above. 



ROYALTON. 



O-ge-a-wa-te-ka-e, "place of the butternut", Royalton Center, 

 (Morgan). 



Te-ka-on-do-duk, "place with a signpost", Middleport. 



SOMERSET. 

 Hate-keh-neet-ga-on-da, Golden Hill Creek, (Morgan). 



WHEATFIELD. 



Gwa-u-gwah, "taking canoe out", Seneca village at the mouth 

 of Tonawanda Creek, (Morgan). 



Ni-ga-we-nah-a-ah, "small island", Tonawanda Island. 

 Lake Ontario, "Skanadario", "the beautiful lake". 



