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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 656 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 . The Algonquins allied themselves with the See also:French against the See also:Iroquois . Many were driven See also:west by the latter and later became known as Ottawa . 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:key to the many See also:Indian dialects now included by philologists under the See also:general term " Algonquian stock." The See also:chief tribes included in this stock were the See also:Algonquin, Malecite, See also:Micmac, Nascapi, Pennacook, See also:Fox, See also:Kickapoo, See also:Delaware, See also:Cheyenne, Conoy, See also:Cree, See also:Mohican, Massachuset, See also:Menominee, See also:Miami, Misisaga, Mohegan, See also:Nanticoke, Narraganset, Nipmuc, See also:Ojibway, Ottawa, Pequot, Potawatami, See also:Sac, See also:Shawnee and Wampanoag . The Indians of Algonquian stock number between 8o,000 and 90,000, of whom rather more than See also:half are in the See also:United States, the See also:rest being in See also:Canada . Of the Algonquins proper there remain about 1500 settled in the provinces of See also:Quebec and See also:Ontario . For details see Handbook of American Indians, ed . F . W . See also:Hodge, See also:Washington, 1907 .

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