[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] from a correct reading of the suffix _octe_ (_okte,_ Bruyas), meaning "end," or, in this connection, "Where the lake ends." _Caniade,_ a form of _Kaniatare,_ is an Iroquoian generic, meaning "lake." The lake never had a specific name. _Horicon,_ which some writers have endeavored to attach to it, does not belong to it. It is not Iroquoian, does not mean "north," nor does it mean "lake" or "silver water," [FN] The present name was conferred by Sir William Johnson, in honor of King George III, of England. * * * * * [FN] _Horikans_ was written by De Laet, in 1624, as the name of an Indian tribe living at the head waters of the Connecticut. On an ancient map _Horicans_ is written in Lat. 41, east of the Narragansetts on the coast of New England. In the same latitude _Moricans_ is written west of the Connecticut, and _Horikans_ on the upper Connecticut in latitude 42. _Morhicans_ is the form on Carte Figurative of 1614-16, and _Mahicans_ by the Dutch on the Hudson. The several forms indicate that the tribe was the _Moricans_ or _Mourigans_ of the French, the _Maikans_ or _Mahikans_ of the Dutch and the _Mohegans_ of the English. It is certain that that tribe held the headwaters of the Connecticut as well as of the Hudson.