[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1906)] The novelist, Cooper, gave life to De Laet's orthography in his "Last of the Mohegans." Ticonderoga, familiar as the name of the historic fortress at Lake George, was written by Sir William Johnson, in 1756, _Tionderogue_ and _Ticonderoro,_ and in grant of lands in 1760, "near the fort at _Ticonderoga._" Gov. Golden wrote _Ticontarogen,_ and an Iroquoian sachem is credited with _Decariaderoga._ Interpretations are almost as numerous as orthographies. The most generally quoted is from Spofford's Gazetteer: "_Ticonderoga,_ from _Tsindrosie_, or _Cheonderoga,_ signifying 'brawling water,' and the French name, _Carillon,_ signifying 'a chime of bells,' were both suggested by the rapids upon the outlet of Lake George." The French name may have been so suggested, but neither _Tsindrosie_ or _Cheonderoga_ means "brawling water." The latter is probably an orthography of _Teonderoga._ Ticonderoga as now written, is from _Te_ or _Ti,_ "dual," two; _Kaniatare,_ "lake," and _-ogen,_ "intervallum, divisionem" (Bruyas), the combination meaning, literally, "Between two lakes." Horatio Hale wrote me of one of the forms: "_Dekariaderage,_ in modern orthography, _Tekaniataroken,_ from which