Algonkins
- plural of Algonkin.
Example Sentences
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“The Algonkins say that birds always make the winds, that they create the waterspouts, and that the clouds are the spreading and agitation of their wings.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
The Iroquois are in advance of the Algonkins; their creator-hero has no touch of the animal in him.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
However, the case of the Algonkins and the Hurons was growing very desperate.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
These expatiate upon the difference between members of the same class, so as to separate, not only Caribs from Algonkins, or Peruvians from Athabaskans, but Peruvians from Caribs, and Patagonians from Brazilians.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Similar disguises are adopted by the sorcerers among the Algonkins for similar purposes.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
