Osquage, Ohquage, Otsquage, etc., was written by Van Curler as the name of a village of nine houses situated east of what has been known since 1635 as Osquage or Otsquage Creek. The chief of the village was called "Ognoho, that is Wolf." Megapolensis wrote the same term Okwaho; Van Curler later wrote it Ohquage, and in vocabulary "Okivahohage, wolves," accessorily, "Place of wolves." From the form Osquage we no doubt have Otsquage or Okquage. Cawaoge, a village so called by Van Curler, was described by him as on a "very high hill" west of Osquage. On his return trip he wrote the name Nazmoga; on old maps it is Canawadoga, of which Cazvaoge is a compression, apparently from Gannazvake. For centuries the name has been preserved in Nozvadaga as that of Fort Plain Creek.

Tenotoge and Tenotehage, Van Curler; t' Jonoutego, Van der Donck; Te-onont-ogcu, Jogues ; Thenoudigo, Megapolensis -- called by Van Curler the "Fourth Castle" and known later as the castle of the Wolf tribe, and as the "Upper Mohawk Castle," was described byVan Curler as composed of fifty-five houses "surrounded by three rows of palisades." It stood in a valley evidently, as Van Curler wrote that the stream called the Osquaga "ran past this castle." On the opposite (east) side of the stream he saw "a

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good many houses filled with corn and beans," and extensive flat lands. It was undoubtedly strongly palisaded to defend the western door of the nation as was Onekagoncka on the east. Te-onont-ogen, which is probably the most corredt fomi of the name, means "Between two mountains," an intervale or space between, from Te, "two" ; -ononte, "mountain," and -ogen, "between." The same name is met later at the mouth of Schohare Creek. General John S. Clark located this castle at Spraker's Basin, thirteen miles (railroad) ivest of Auriesville and three miles east of Nowedaga Creek, The correctness of this location must be determined by the topographical features stated by Van Curler and not otherwise.