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- n. An indigenous language family of North America, comprising Wiyot, Yurok, and many Algonquian languages.
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“One note, the Dene-Caucasian description here tries to include Sumerian and Algic but this is really whimsical to me and may only serve to derail your quest.”
“Algic, often used synonymously, is an adjective manufactured by Mr. Schoolcraft "from the words Alleghany and Atlantic”
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
“He had written a large manuscript of their legends, of which Schoolcraft made great use in his _Algic_ book.”
“Algic, is introduced by the author, in a generic sense, for all the tribes, with few exceptions, that were found in 1600 spread out between the Atlantic and the Mississippi.”
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
“The Harpers, publishers at New York, send me copies of the first issue of my Algic Researches, in two vols., 12mo.”
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
“Superior, and at Michilimackinack, under the name of _Algic”
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
“England -- Botany and Natural History of the North-west -- Project of a new expedition to find the Sources of the Mississippi -- Algic”
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
“In this light I view your _Algic, Researches_, which I consider a valuable acquisition to the missionary, as it introduces him into the stronghold of Indian prejudices.”
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
“Mr. Farrer gives the same story from "Algic Researches" (Farrer, "Primitive”
“Algic Researches ii., 94-104), and the Flight is given in an interesting article in the _Century Magazine_, 1884.”
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