I found this while researching that name http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/history/ The annals of Newtown, in Queens county, New-York: containing its history ... By James Riker http://books.google.com/books?id=I5Q-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=quandoequareous&source=bl&ots=1FJwE6uk-9&sig=zxCIhAlY9cqJ6sPbdaMRUe6Hv_4&hl=en&ei=DKu6TvLaG4TegQfG1rGzCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=quandoequareous&f=false or tiny url *http://tinyurl.com/bqmeczp* On 11/9/2011 03:00, [email protected] wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 06:48:14 -0600 > From: "JAH"<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Indian villages, paths, ponds, and places in > Kings County > To:<[email protected]>,<[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thanks for this, Walter. Great info., and I've always wondered which > nations were where, in Brooklyn, before/during Dutch and English settlement. > > > Can anyone make out the word that is written between the "s" and "h" in > Bushwick, that begins with Quan...? I tried to google what it looked like > to me, but came up empty in all cases. > > Such a great part of the early history of our 'places'. A few years ago, > with the generous help of a Mdewakanton Band historian, I was able to > determine that my house in Minnesota sits on what used to be the border > between the Dakota and Ojibwe nations, and was the site of many battles > over the years. > > I was only able to access written histories authored by the Scandinavian, > German and Irish immigrants to the area where I live, as the indigenous > people's records were oral. Leonard helped me to discover and understand > the history from their perspective, rounding out my knowledge of what is now > my home. > > Best Wishes, > Judy H > > > > > -- "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion" ~Unknown