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- proper noun An
indigenous language family ofNorth America , comprisingWiyot ,Yurok , and manyAlgonquian languages.
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Examples
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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.
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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 Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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He had written a large manuscript of their legends, of which Schoolcraft made great use in his _Algic_ book.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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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 Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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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 Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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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 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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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 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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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 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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Mr. Farrer gives the same story from "Algic Researches" (Farrer, "Primitive
The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887
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Algic Researches ii., 94-104), and the Flight is given in an interesting article in the _Century Magazine_, 1884.
Europa's Fairy Book Joseph Jacobs 1885
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