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See also:ALGONQUIN, or ALGONKIN (a word formerly regarded as a Fjench contraction of Algomequin, " those on the other See also:side " of the See also:river, viz. the St See also:Lawrence, but now believed to be from the See also:Micmac algoomaking—" at the See also:place of spearing See also:fish ")
, a collective See also:term for a number of tribes of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians dwelling in the valley of the See also:Ottawa See also:river and around the See also:northern tributaries of the St See also:Lawrence
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The Algonquins allied themselves with the See also:French against the See also:Iroquois
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Many were driven See also:west by the latter and later became known as Ottawa
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The French missionaries at See also:work among the Algonquins See also:early in the 17th See also:century found their See also:language to be the See also: |
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