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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) . |
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