ALGONQUIN, or ALGONKIN (a word formerly regarded as a Fjench contraction of Algomequin, " those on the other side " of the river, viz. the St Lawrence, but now believed to be from the Micmac algoomaking" at the place of spearing fish ")

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 656 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AJA-ALL

ALGONQUIN, or ALGONKIN (a word formerly regarded as a Fjench contraction of Algomequin, " those on the other side " of the river, viz. the St Lawrence, but now believed to be from the Micmac algoomaking" at the place of spearing fish ") , a collective

term

TERM

for a number of tribes of North American Indians dwelling in the valley of the Ottawa river and around the northern tributaries of the St Lawrence. The Algonquins allied themselves with the French against the Iroquois. Many were driven west by the latter and later became known as Ottawa. The French missionaries at

work

WORK

among the Algonquins early in the 17th century found their language to be the key to the many Indian dialects now included by philologists under the general

term

TERM

" Algonquian stock." The

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

tribes included in this stock were the Algonquin, Malecite, Micmac, Nascapi, Pennacook, Fox, Kickapoo,

Delaware

DELAWARE

Cheyenne

CHEYENNE
CHEYENNE (Sioux for " of
alien
- ALIEN (Lat. alienus)
speech ")

, Conoy, Cree,

Mohican

MOHICAN, MAHICAN AND MOHEGAN

, Massachuset, Menominee,

Miami

MIAMI

, Misisaga, Mohegan,

Nanticoke

NANTICOKE

, Narraganset, Nipmuc,

Ojibway

OJIBWAY (OJIBWA)

, Ottawa, Pequot, Potawatami, Sac, Shawnee and Wampanoag. The Indians of Algonquian stock number between 8o,000 and 90,000, of whom rather more than half are in the United States, the rest being in Canada. Of the Algonquins proper there remain about 1500 settled in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
For details see Handbook of American Indians, ed. F. W. Hodge, Washington, 1907.

End of Article: ALGONQUIN, or ALGONKIN (a word formerly regarded as a Fjench contraction of Algomequin, " those on the other side " of the river, viz. the St Lawrence, but now believed to be from the Micmac algoomaking" at the place of spearing fish ")

If you wish, you can link directly to this article.

<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/AJA_ALL/ALGONQUIN_or_ALGONKIN_a_word_f.html">
ALGONQUIN, or ALGONKIN (a word formerly regarde...
</a>

(Previous)
ALGONQUIN, E

(Next)
ALGUAZIL

JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA 92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email

Sponsored Advertisements

Online First Aid and CPR Certification . DHA Solutions . PB Happy Hour Specials . Improvising Made Easy For Guitar and Bass . The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained . Home Equity Loans . First Aid and CPR Online . San Diego Music Lessons . 10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings . Blow Up Your Site (For Free!) . San Diego DUI Lawyers . Jason Gastrich . Jordan Faith Gastrich . Divorce Secrets Revealed . Post Your Ad Link Free . San Diego Soccer Training . JCSM . Download Sermons . Custom Religious Banners, Build A Sign . Christian Singles Dating . Christian T-Shirts . Healing Christian Prayer . Bumper Authority . Personalized Blogs and Email . San Diego Haircuts . The Do the Math Diet . Stop Twitter Spam . Christian Conservative Work at Home Network . The Website of the Lord