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the latter, forming 

 their approximate 

 southern limits. It 

 is true that in 

 certain parts of this 

 area there are 

 isolated outliers occu- 

 pied by Iroquoians, 

 Siouans, etc. ; but 

 these need not con- 

 cern us here, except 

 so far as to state 

 that the Iroquoian 

 colony, which occu- 

 pied the area ex- 

 tending from Lakes 

 Ontario and Erie to 

 Pennsylvania and 

 Maryland, took an 

 important part in 

 the British and 

 French conflicts in 

 America. From the 

 extent of their 

 territory it might 

 naturally be con- 

 cluded that the 

 Algonquians were 

 the most numerous 

 of all the aboriginal 

 stocks of North 

 America; and this, 

 as a matter of fact, 

 is the case. At the 

 present time, when 

 they are supposed 

 to form about a 



fourth of the total Indian population, their numbers are estimated at fully 95,000, of which 

 60,000 are subjects of the Dominion of Canada. 



In Labrador this stock is represented by the so-called Montaignais (Mountaineer) Indians 

 of the French Canadians. The true Algonquians, forming the tribe from which the whole 

 stock takes its name, are now found in Ontario and Quebec, and are stated not to exceed 

 5,000 in number. On the other hand, the Chippewas, or Ojibwas, whose home is the region 

 of the great lakes, have survived in much greater numbers, being estimated at over 30,000 

 individuals. The next tribe in point of numbers is that of the Crees. who are situated 

 more to the north-west, occupying Manitoba and the tract between Lake Winnipeg and 

 Hudson Bay. The Crees have been recently put down as numbering 17,000 individuals. 

 Among the central tribes may be mentioned the Abenakis, Mohigans, Delawares, and 

 Naticokes, who originally occupied the area between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Chesa- 

 peake Bay. The most celebrated of these are the Delawares, who, together with the Sac 

 and Foxes and the Shawnees, are now gathered on reservations in New York State and 

 Indian Territory, where they collectively muster not much over 4,000. Many other tribes, 



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