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  • Now the combination of Oswego and Pickawillany, in the French view, threatened to detach the Ohio Algonquians from the French and attach them to the English and the Iroquois.17

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Now the combination of Oswego and Pickawillany, in the French view, threatened to detach the Ohio Algonquians from the French and attach them to the English and the Iroquois.17

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Now the combination of Oswego and Pickawillany, in the French view, threatened to detach the Ohio Algonquians from the French and attach them to the English and the Iroquois.17

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Now the combination of Oswego and Pickawillany, in the French view, threatened to detach the Ohio Algonquians from the French and attach them to the English and the Iroquois.17

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • And while the Algonquians lived in bark huts, the eclectic collection of 480 homes in the community now range from a just-completed $10 million contemporary with Potomac River views to more modest Cape Cods and ramblers.

    Where We Live: Glen Echo Heights in Maryland's Montgomery County Barbara Ruben 2010

  • I'ts supposed to be from the Algonquians p'tuksit or "round foot," meaning easy to surrender, a local insult hurled at the Wolf Tribe of New York.

    Alex Santoso: The 10 Neatest New York Inventions Ever 2009

  • In 1584, the estimated 7,000 Algonquians living in North Carolina were relative newcomers to the Southeast, having come in a series of migrations.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

  • Like other Algonquians in southern New England, the Wampanoag were a horticultural people.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2007

  • However, most people are rather uncomfortable locating the Proto-Algonquians anywhere where there were seals -- the only candidate locations would be Hudson Bay, Lake Ontario, or the Maritimes, none of which work well for various reasons.

    languagehat.com: MUSKOGEAN AND LAMB'S-QUARTERS. 2005

  • Morton declared that the local Algonquians had much to offer to the English and could show the colonists how to make a profit from the land.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

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