Algonkin
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Among the Algonkin and Iroquois tribes broad belts or bands of wampum were neatly woven.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
Nor must I omit Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull, whose Algonkin studies are marked by the truest scientific spirit, and the works on special dialects of Dr. Washington Matthews, the Abbé Cuoq, and others.
From American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
The hero of the Algonkin myth must go, he cannot stay; he must vanish in the ruddy glow of evening because he is the warm dancing air of the daytime.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
Algonkin tribes occupied the Atlantic seacoast from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick south to Virginia, and stretched west as far, at places, as the Rocky Mountains.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
The Algonkin force of America was on the French side, but the Iroquois held all water communication between Lake Erie and Ontario, the greatest strategic position on the continent at that period.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
Dirtier and coarser than any other Algonkins, the Nascopi hunts and fishes for his livelihood exclusively; depending most upon the autumnal migrations of the reindeer; and, next to that, upon his net.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
The Indians who supplied the Pilgrims with corn in that first dreadful winter were Algonkins; so were Powhatan and Pocahontas, King Philip and Massasoit.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
But the Algonkins and Iroquois were mortal enemies; the Algonkins were friendly to the French, the Iroquois to the English.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
Of the Algonkins of Canada there are sixteen hundred, today; there are no Adirondacks, under that name.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
A singular example of the last is presented by the tribes to whom I have already referred as occupying this area,—the Algonkins.
From American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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