Skonowe is followed on Van der Donck's map of 1656, by the Dutch legend Schoon Vlaack Land, literally, "Fine, flat land," and for all these 3'ears the name has been accepted as meaning, "Great meadow," or "Great plain." The late Horatio Hale wrote : "The name is readily accounted for by the word Kahenta (or Kahenda), meaning 'plain' -- frequently abridged to Ken fa (or Kenda) -- with the nominal prefix 5" and the augmentative suffix ozva (or owana)." "The great flat or plain in Pennsylvania was called, in the Minsi dialect, 'M'chezvoniink, at (or on) the great plain.' From this word we have the modern name Wyoming. The Iroquois word for this flat was Skahentowane, 'Great meadow (or plain),' a term which was applied also to extensive meadows in other localities and became corrupted to Shenandoah." (Gerard.) Quaquarionu, of record. Calendar Land Papers, p. 6: "Bounds of a tract of land above Schenectady purchased of the Mohawk Indians, extending from Schenectady three miles westward, along both sides of the river, ending at Quaquarionu, ivhere the last Mohawk castle stands." The deed of same date (1672) reads: "The lands lying near the town of Schenhectady within three Dutch miles in compass on both sides of the river westward, which ends at Kinaquariones, where the last battle was between the Mohawks and the North Indians." (Col. Hist. N. Y., xiii, 465.) Canaqnarioeny is the orthography in another deed. In Pearson's History of Schenectady: "Lands lying near tihe town of Schonn'hectade within three Dutch miles [about twelve English miles] on both sides of the river westward, which ends at Hinquariones [Towareoune], where the last battle was between the Mohoax and North Indians." The last battle in that section of country explains the text. Father Pierron, in 1669, located the batde "In a place that was precipitous, * * about eight leagues [French] east of Gandauague" (Caughnawaga),