Nipissings
- plural of Nipissing.
Example Sentences
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"Nicolas," demanded Tessouat, "did you say that you had been to the Nipissings?"
From Pioneers of France in the New World by Parkman, Francis
This relates to those Nipissings who had accompanied Champlain on the expedition against the Iroquois, and who were passing the winter among the Hurons.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
This tribe was subsequently known as the Nipissings, who dwelt on the borders of Lake Nipissing.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
Strange stories were current among the Nipissings of a people without hair and without beards, who came from the West to trade with a tribe beyond the Great Lakes.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Parkman, Francis
Afterward, he took up his residence among the Nipissings, with whom he remained eight or nine years.
From History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet in 1634 With a Sketch of his Life by Butterfield, Consul Willshire
