Algonquin

al-gon'kwin, an important and widely spread family of North American Indian tribes. At the time of the discovery of America the Algonquin Indians extended from Labrador to what is now Mason and Dixon's line, and westward, somewhat irregularly, as far as the Rocky Mountains. A further account may be found under the headings of the various tribes, as the Delaware, Chippewa, and Blackfeet Indians. Powhatan, Philip, Tecumseh, Pontiac, and Black Hawk were Algonquins. About 35,000 Algonquins are left in the United States, and about 60,000 in Canada. See Indians