Algonkin
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The hero of the Algonkin myth must go, he cannot stay; he must vanish in the ruddy glow of evening because he is the warm dancing air of the daytime.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
The Quapaws, called by their Algonkin foes the Alkansas or Arkansas, settled on the Ohio, but were ultimately driven down the river by the Illinois to the region now bearing their name.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.
If brought before him, he would doubtless have looked on them much as a certain French Algonkin and Iroquois scholar of Canada looked on the myths of America.
From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah
The Algonkin tribes of Nova Scotia, Canada, and New England had a great many stories about a great hero named Glooskap.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
When first known to the French, were living on the south side of Lake Ontario, and engaged in a fierce war with their Algonkin neighbors.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.
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