- woods", or Eghquhous,
meaning "the bad woods". The name is
spelled as
Eghquaons in the deed to
Lubbertus van
Dincklage for the
purchase of
Staten Island...
-
States Island,
which to the Lenape, was
known as Aquehonga, Manacknong, or
Eghquaons (Jackson, 1995).
Named for the
governing body of the 17th-century United...
- place. To the Lenape, the
island was
known as Aquehonga,
Manacknong and
Eghquaons (Jackson, 1995).
Named by
colonists for the
governing body of the 17th...
