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... four hundred miles in the lati- tude of 570-58 ° . The coast thence recedes westwardly , whilst the chain continuing its course northwardly , terminates west of Mackenzie's River , within a very short distance of the Arctic Ocean . No ...
... four hundred miles in the lati- tude of 570-58 ° . The coast thence recedes westwardly , whilst the chain continuing its course northwardly , terminates west of Mackenzie's River , within a very short distance of the Arctic Ocean . No ...
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... four heads ; Northern , Northeastern , Eastern or Atlantic , and Western . NORTHERN . Under this head are included the Knistinaux , the Algonkins and Chippeways or Ojibways , the Ottawas and the Potowota- mies and the Mississagues . The ...
... four heads ; Northern , Northeastern , Eastern or Atlantic , and Western . NORTHERN . Under this head are included the Knistinaux , the Algonkins and Chippeways or Ojibways , the Ottawas and the Potowota- mies and the Mississagues . The ...
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... four hundred feet . The great trading - place of the Montagnars was Tadoussac , at the mouth of the River Saguenay , where several inland tribes and others living lower down the St. Lawrence and speaking the same language , met annually ...
... four hundred feet . The great trading - place of the Montagnars was Tadoussac , at the mouth of the River Saguenay , where several inland tribes and others living lower down the St. Lawrence and speaking the same language , met annually ...
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... four thousand warriors , reduced in his time to three hundred men . These had indeed been conquered and partly destroyed or dis- persed in the war of 1637. But , according to the accounts of that war , the number of their warriors could ...
... four thousand warriors , reduced in his time to three hundred men . These had indeed been conquered and partly destroyed or dis- persed in the war of 1637. But , according to the accounts of that war , the number of their warriors could ...
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... four or five Maquas in the woods would frighten them from their habitations and induce many of them to get together in forts . Wood and other contemporary writers con- firm this account ; and the Mohawks were wont , in Con- necticut ...
... four or five Maquas in the woods would frighten them from their habitations and induce many of them to get together in forts . Wood and other contemporary writers con- firm this account ; and the Mohawks were wont , in Con- necticut ...
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