Al*gon"qui*an (?), a. Pertaining to
or designating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North
American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all
of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the
part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of
Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied
by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of
the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas
(Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet.
-- n. An Algonquian Indian.
Al*gon"qui*an (?), a. Pertaining to
or designating the most extensive of the linguistic families of North
American Indians, their territory formerly including practically all
of Canada east of the 115th meridian and south of Hudson's Bay and the
part of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of
Tennessee and Virginia, with the exception of the territory occupied
by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of
the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas
(Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet.
-- n. An Algonquian Indian.
