The channel of the stream was very deep and on the subsidence of the ice sheet, which spread over the northern part of the continent, became filled vath drift. The opening in the ridge and the formation of the valley of the Mohawk as now known are studies in the work of creation. The settlements known as the German Flats were on both sides of the river. The one that was on the north side was burned by the French in the war of 1756-7. It was then composed of sixty houses. The one on the south side was known as Fort Kouari and later as F'ort Herkimer. The district shared largely in the historic events in the Mohawk Valley during the Revolution. There are very few districts of country in the nation in which so many subjects for consideration are centered.

On the Delaware.

Keht-hanne, Heckewelder -- Kittan, Zeisberger -- "The principal or greatest stream," i. e. of the country through which it passes, was the generic name of the Delaware River, and Lcnapezvihittnck, "The river or stream of the Lenape," its specific name, more especially referring to the stream where its waters are affected by tidal currents. In the Minisink country it was known as MiiiisUiks River, or "River of the Minisinks." At the Lehigh junction the main stream was called the East Branch and the Lehigh the West Branch (Sauthier's map), but above that point the main stream was known as the West Branch to its head in Utsyantha^ Lake, on the north-