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7. KaJuiedogonah, "among the pines." Name of Lieutenant- Colonel R. L. Nelles as honorary chief. The name has reference to the bearer's tallness (Chadwick, p. 100).

8. Kajijonhawe, or Katijonhawe, name given to Mrs. Chadwick, wife of Major E. M. Chadwick, as oyaner of the Iroquois, also as ordinary name to Mrs. K. F. Kerby. The word signifies "bouquet carrier" (Chadwick, pp. 102, 103).

9. Kanoronhkwa, " one who loves." Name of Mrs. Merritt, wife of Captain W. H. Merritt (Chadwick, p. 102).

10. Karakondye, "flying sun."- Name of H. R. H. Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught), as honorary chief of Iroquois (Chadwick, p. 98).

11. Kariwiyo, "good news; satisfactory business," — from kari "new, speech, affair, matter, business," and wiyo, good, beautiful, satisfactory." Name of Mr. Allen Cleghorn, of Brantford, Ontario, as honorary chief of the Iroquois. He is sometimes called also kariJwwane, "great good news" (Chadwick, p. 98).

12. Ka-tci' -tcis-ia 'kwast, "the beautiful flower." According to S. L. Lee (J. A. F.-L. v. 337), the name given to Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith, "the first white woman adopted by a tribe of the Six Nations, having been formally adopted by the Tuscaroras in 1880, as sister to their chief."

13. Konwahendeks, "a leader." Name of Mrs. M. P. Cameron, as oyaner of the Iroquois (Chadwick, p. 102).

14. Kora. This word, which with the Iroquois of the Lake of the Two Mountains now signifies " governor, superior officer," has a very interesting history. According to Ferland and Cuoq (" Lex. Iroq." p. 167), it is merely the Indian pronunciation of the name of Corlaer, the celebrated Dutch governor. From the Dutch governors of Orange and New Amsterdam the name was extended to the Eng- lish governors of Albany and New York, to the governors of New England, the governor-general of Canada, and the Queen of Eng- land, the last two also receiving the epithet kowa, "great." See Onontiio.

15. Onontiio. The history of this word, whose present meaning is "king," is a little different from that of kora. Cuoq tells us ("Lex. Iroq." p. 176) that this name was first applied to C. H. de Montmagny, the successor of Champlain in the government of Can- ada, and that the missionaries were responsible for it, "the Indians not suspecting at all that the Iroquois word onontiio was intended to translate Montmagny (" the great mountain "). The translation is rather free, however, as Cuoq points out, for in Iroquois onontiio signifies "beautiful mountain," not "great mountain," which would be onontowaneti. From Montmagny, the name came to be applied

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