The terminal syllable, _aug_, seems to be a local particle, but carries also with its antecedent _ta_, the idea of life or existence, people or inhabitants. Onia is a stone. The meaning clearly is, People of the (or who have sprung from the) Place of the _Stone_. Adirondack, Jourdain, pronounces Lod-a-lon-dak, putting l’s for r’s and a’s. It means a people who eat trees—an expression ironically used for those who eat bark of trees. For Cherokees, he gives We-au-dah. For Delawares, Lu-na-to-gun. What a mass of fog philologists are fighting with, who mistake, as the eminent Vater and Adelung have, in some cases done, the different _names_ of the same tribes of American Indians for different _tribes_. * * * * * ANTIQUE CORN HILLS. Counted one hundred cortical layers in a black walnut—centre broke so as to prevent counting the whole number, but by measuring estimated one hundred and forty more. If so, the field was deserted in 1605. The present proprietor of the farm comprising the Oneida stone, spring, butternut grove, &c. is Job Francis. He first hired the land of Hendrick’s widow; afterwards he and Gregg were confirmed by the State. The white stone at the spring, a carbonate of lime, is not the _true_ Oneida stone. The Oneida stone is a _syenite_—a boulder. ONONDAGA CASTLE. Abraham Le Fort says, that Ondiaka was the great chronicler of his tribe. He had often heard him speak of the traditions of his father. On his last journey to Oneida he accompanied him. As they passed south by Jamesville and Pompey, Ondiaka told him that in ancient times, and before they fixed down at Onondaga, they lived at these spots. That it was before the Five Nations had confederated; but while they kept up a separate existence, and fought with each other. They kept fighting and moving their villages often. This reduced their numbers, and kept them poor and in fear. When they had experienced much sickness in a place, they thought it best to quit it and seek some new spot where it was hoped they should have better luck. At length they confederated, and then the fortifications were no longer necessary, and fell into disuse. This is the origin, he believes, of these old works, which are not of foreign origin. Ondiaka told Le Fort that the Onondagas were created by Ha-wä-ne-o, in the country where they lived. That he made this entire “island” HA-WHO-NAO, for the red race, and meant it for them alone. He did not allude to, or acknowledge any migrations from foreign lands.