The Iroquois had the habit of occupying both banks of a river or lake, hence they did not utilise these as boundaries, but ran straight lines, marked here and there by some well-known object. “On the boundary line between the Onondagas and Oneidas,” says Morgan,[364] “the most prominent point was the Deep Spring (Deosongwa) near Manlius, in the county of Onondaga. This spring not only marked the limital line between them, but it was a well-known stopping-place on the great central trail or highway of the Iroquois.... From Deep Spring the line ran due south into Pennsylvania, crossing the Susquehanna near its confluence with the Chenango. North of this spring the line was deflected to the west, leaving in the Oneida territory the whole circuit of the lake. Crossing the She-u-ka or Oneida outlet, a few miles below the lake, the line inclined again to the east, until it reached the meridian of the Deep Spring. From thence it ran due north, crossing Black River, at the site of Watertown, and the St. Lawrence to the eastward of the Thousand Islands.” This line separated territories belonging to two tribes of the celebrated league, and was not a boundary between hostile or different tribes. The Iroquois were exact about their internal boundary lines, because it served to keep each member of the confederacy distinct and independent, and enabled the idea of home rule to be properly carried out. They always knew just whose ground they were on, just as we know to-day which county or State we are in. It was another mark of the wisdom with which the confederacy was planned.