<sod>The river was the highway of the native [[Mohawk people]]. the [[Mohawk language|Mohawk]] name for the river was ''Tenonanatche'', "A river flowing through a mountain"<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schoolcraft|first1=Henry Rowe|title=Notes on the Iroquois|date=1847|publisher=Erastus H. Pease & Company|location=Albany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkliAAAAcAAJ|accessdate=Oct 7, 2016}}</ref>{{rp|p.71}} (or ''Yenonanatche'', "going round a mountain"). <eod>
<sod>===Early exploration and settlement===<eod>