Abnaki
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Maine and Quebec
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
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In 1666 Father Gabriel Druillettes, 'the patriarch' of the Abnaki mission, who had already borne the Cross to the Crees of the north, began his labours among the Algonquins of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior.
From The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness by Marquis, Thomas Guthrie
New England States, contrasted with New France, 15, 130-4; and the Iroquois, 89-90, 104-5, 151-2; at war with New France, 123-30, 138, 151-152; and the Abnaki raids, 147-8.
From The Fighting Governor A Chronicle of Frontenac by Colby, Charles W. (Charles William)
Râle gives this as the name of one of the Abnaki villages on or near the river 'Aghenibekki.'
From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
In 1651 again sent to the Abnaki to form an alliance with the New England colonies against the Iroquois, but in this was unsuccessful.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
In 1646 went on an expedition to the Abnaki tribes of Maine, who had become interested in Christianity through converts of the Sillery mission.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Since writing the foregoing paragraph, I have read The Abnakis, by Rev. Eugene Vetromile.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Material collected by Father Vetromile while missionary among the Abnakis during the years 1855 to 1873.
From Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) by Pilling, James Constantine
Listen to the dream of Wangewaha, the great war chief of the Abnakis.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn
The expedition was commanded by a well-known guerilla leader, Hertel de Rouville, and consisted of about fifty Canadians and two hundred Abnakis and Caughnawagas.
From Pathfinders of the Great Plains A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons by Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)
When the French came, and for long after, this country was the hunting ground of tribes of the Algonquin race—Micmacs, Malecites, and Abnakis or Abenakis.
From The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline by Doughty, Arthur G. (Arthur George), Sir
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