Abnaki
Americannoun
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Abnakis,
plural
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Abnaki
plural
noun
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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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It is from the Abnaki, sa'ghede'aki, "land at the mouth."
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
Abnaki of Mayne, and the British frontier; represented at present by the St. John's Indians.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Penobscot is a corruption of the Abnaki pa'na8a'bskek.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
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 Charles W. (Charles William) Colby
Masta, chief of the Abnaki, residing near Pierreville, Quebec.
Since writing the foregoing paragraph, I have read The Abnakis, by Rev. Eugene Vetromile.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
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 Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone) Burpee
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 Sir Arthur G. (Arthur George) Doughty
Listen to the dream of Wangewaha, the great war chief of the Abnakis.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
Altogether, the appearance of the being, animal, or whatever it was, which the Abnakis dreamer saw, was exceedingly noble and beautiful.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
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