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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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)
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)
They made attempts to christianize the Micmacs of Acadia, the Abnaki of the upper St John, the Algonquin tribes of the lower St Lawrence, and the Nipissings of the upper Ottawa.
From The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness by Marquis, Thomas Guthrie
It is from the Abnaki, sa'ghede'aki, "land at the mouth."
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
Abnaki, a Confederacy of Algonquin tribes, formerly occupying what is now Maine and Southern New Brunswick.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
The dark Genius withdrew at the bidding of her haughty sister, and the chief of the Abnakis awoke, and related his dream to his tribe.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by Jones, James Athearn
Since writing the foregoing paragraph, I have read The Abnakis, by Rev. Eugene Vetromile.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Before daylight the Abnakis of Acadia, who hated the British most of all, had slunk off unseen to prepare an ambush for the first stragglers they could find.
From The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)
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
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
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