Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1884 — Changes in Niagara’s Name. [ARTICLE]

Changes in Niagara’s Name.

A Buffalo paper says that the name Niagara has passed through many orthographical changes in the last 200 years. In 1687 it was written Oniagoragh. In 1686 Gov. Dongan appeared uncertain about it, and spelled it Ohniagero, Onyagara, and Onyagro. The French in 1688 to 1709 wrote it Niaguro, Onyagare, Onyagra, and Oneygra. Philip Livingston wrote it in 1720. to 1730 Octjagra, Jagera, and Yagerah, and Schuyler and Livingston, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, wrote it in 1720 Onjayerae, Ochiagara, etc. In 1721 it was written Onjagora, Oaiagara, and accidentally, probably, Niagara, as at present. Lieut. Lindsay wrote it Niagara in 1751. So did Capt. De Lancey (son of Gov. De Laneey), who was an officer in the English army that captured Fort Niagara from the French in 1759. Mb. Peteb Mallest, 212 W. Twentyfourth street, New York, says that he suffered six years with rheumatism and fonnd no relief until St. Jacobs Oil, the sovereign remedy, was applied, which cured him completely.