Niagara, From 1805 to 1875 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Niagara, From 1805 to 1875 The name Niagara is derived from the Indian, first written Onguiaahra and Ongiara. It is of Iroquois origin, and was pronounced Niàgarah. It is used by Hennepin in its present form. The meaning is doubtful, probably nothing more than high or great fall. No Indian name is known to have been given to Goat Island. The first historical notice of the Cataract is found in 1535. Cartier, the distinguished French navigator and discoverer, in that year first entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and ascended the river to the Indian village of Hochelaga, the site of the present city of Montreal. To him the Indians gave information of the existence of the great lakes, and of a wonderful waterfall between them. The position of the cataract is correctly indicated on Champlain´s map of 1632. A long period intervened before French enterprise advanced in this direction, and our local history may be said to date from the expedition of La Salle in 1678. The first description given and the first view presented of the Cataract were by Hennepin in 1679. The height of the fall is greatly exaggerated, but the view indicates no greater changes than might reasonably be expected, from a cause so constant and powerful, in a period of nearly two hundred years. These reminiscences relate chiefly to the origin and growth of the town situated in the immediate vicinity of the Falls, with a brief historical sketch of the Niagara River and the surrounding country, viewed in relation to discovery and conquest in the interior of America. The broad region bordering on the St. Lawrence and the lakes has been the theatre of great events, from the early commencement of French colonization to the close of our last war with England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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