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... amongst those tribes , we have a recent and much more comprehensive account , as well as a vocabulary of the principal tribe , the Carriers , who call themselves " Tacullies , " or " people who go upon water . " He describes the country ...
... amongst those tribes , we have a recent and much more comprehensive account , as well as a vocabulary of the principal tribe , the Carriers , who call themselves " Tacullies , " or " people who go upon water . " He describes the country ...
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... amongst adjacent tribes speaking the same language , of the letters l , r , and n . There are , however , several varieties amongst the dialects of the Knistinaux ; the natural result of an unwritten language , spoken , through a ...
... amongst adjacent tribes speaking the same language , of the letters l , r , and n . There are , however , several varieties amongst the dialects of the Knistinaux ; the natural result of an unwritten language , spoken , through a ...
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... amongst the French , and appears to have been incorporated with those of their nation , who still reside in sev- eral villages of Lower Canada . The Nipissings , and some other tribes , fled towards Michillimackinac , the Falls of St ...
... amongst the French , and appears to have been incorporated with those of their nation , who still reside in sev- eral villages of Lower Canada . The Nipissings , and some other tribes , fled towards Michillimackinac , the Falls of St ...
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... amongst them are said to have lately wan- dered into the Eastern States . NORTHEASTERN . This division embraces the Algonkins of Labrador , the Micmacs , the Etchemins , and the Abenakis . It is probable , though not fully ascertained ...
... amongst them are said to have lately wan- dered into the Eastern States . NORTHEASTERN . This division embraces the Algonkins of Labrador , the Micmacs , the Etchemins , and the Abenakis . It is probable , though not fully ascertained ...
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... amongst those of the Algonkin- Lenape Family . There may have been some exaggeration in the accounts of the Indian population of New England . In proportion as they are separated from us by time or distance , the Indians are uni- formly ...
... amongst those of the Algonkin- Lenape Family . There may have been some exaggeration in the accounts of the Indian population of New England . In proportion as they are separated from us by time or distance , the Indians are uni- formly ...
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Abenakis adjectives Algonkin Algonkin-Lenape American amongst animate appear Athapasca belonging Boston called Capt Captain Carolina Catawbas Charlevoix Cherokee Chicasas Chippeways Choctaw Christian Indians colony conjugation Creeks degree of north Delawares dialects dual east eastern enemy English ermikp Eskimaux father Five Nations French Gookin Grammar hundred Hurons Indian languages inflections inhabitants Island Lake lands Lenape living lungiha Massachusetts mentioned Miamis miles Mississippi Mohawks Mountains mouth Muskhogee Nanticokes Narragansets neen north latitude nouns object plural possessive praying Indians prefixed principal probably pronouns Red River respect Sachem Sauks second person settlements Shawnoes sing singular Sioux Six Nations South Carolina southern speak Susquehannocks tenses termination territory thee third person thou thousand souls tion tokchě transitions treaty treaty of Easton tsheeng Tuscaroras Tuteloes verb vicinity villages vocabulary wadchan warriors western Woccons wonni words Wyandots Yamassees