Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ABNAKI (" the whitening sky at daybre...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

ABNAKI (" the whitening See also:sky at daybreak," i.e. Easterners)  , a confederacy of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians of Algonquian stock, 1 By J . E . See also:Harrison, Prolegomena to See also:Greek See also:Religion, p . 493• called Terrateens , by the New See also:England tribes and colonial writers . It included the See also:Passamaquoddy, See also:Penobscot, Norridgewock, Malecite and other tribes . It formerly occupied what is now See also:Maine and See also:southern New See also:Brunswick . All the tribes were loyal to the See also:French during the See also:early years of the 18th See also:century, but after the See also:British success in See also:Canada most of them withdrew to St See also:Francis, Canada, subsequently entering into an agreement with the British authorities . The See also:Abnaki now number some 1600 . For, details see Handbook of American Indians, edited by F . W . See also:Hodge (See also:Washington, 1907) .

End of Article: ABNAKI (" the whitening sky at daybreak," i.e. Easterners)
[back]
ABNAKI
[next]
ABNER (Hebrew for "father of [or is a] light ")

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.