Algonkin
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Mohican, mō-hē′kan, adj. and n. relating to the Mohicans, a tribe of North American Indians of the Algonkin stock.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The Algonkin tribes of Nova Scotia, Canada, and New England had a great many stories about a great hero named Glooskap.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
Had the whole Algonkin power aided the French, they would have had great chances of victory.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
In her quality of producer she occupies a position in Wintu mythology similar to that of the divine descendant of the earth and the sun in the Algonkin religious system.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
With the Blackfeet, they are the most western branch of the great Algonkin family.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.
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