2 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vor. XXXV. 
ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. 
Algonquin. — Derivation: contracted from A/gomeguin, an Algon- 
quian word signifying * those on the other side of the river," ż.e., the 
St. Lawrence River. 
TRIBES REPRESENTED. 
Abnaki Menomine Pequot 
Algonquin Miami Pottawotomi 
Blackfeet Micmac Savannah 
Delaware Narragansett Sax and Fox 
Kickapoo Ojibway Shawnee 
Abnaki. 
Bayberry (18, p. 33) ! : the wax obtained was used with tallow for 
candles. — Bean (9, p. 25): used as food.— Birch bark (9, p. 29): 
the Abnakis used it to write upon. — Maize (9, p. 25): used as 
food. — Reeds (18, p. 10): mats made of reeds served as chairs and 
beds. — Squash (9, p. 25) : used as food. 
Algonquin. 
Birch (17, p. 310): bark used for sheathing the frame of canoes. — 
Elm (17, p. 310): bark used for sheathing the frame of canoes 
and the filaments of the bark used to sew the sheathing of canoes 
together. — Fir (17, p. 310): the gum used to cover seams of 
canoes. — Flag (11, p. 77): the leaves of sweet flag used to thatch 
huts. — Maize (40, p. 58): used as food and the leaves used to 
thatch huts. — Pine (17, p. 310): wood sometimes used in build- 
ing frames of canoes. — Rushes (11, p. 77): used in making mats. — 
Squash (11, p. 77): used as food. — Tamarack (17, p. 310): roots 
used to sew the sheathing of canoes together. — Tobacco (11, p. 77): 
chewed by the Algonquins. — Wild rice (26, p. 205): used as food. 
Blackfeet. 
Berries (17, p. 278): esteemed a delicacy when boiled in buffalo 
blood. — Bull berries, Shepherdia argentea (16, p. 203): used as food. 
— Camass root (4, p. 534): roasted bulbs used as food. — Choke- 
cherries (16, p. 203): pounded up before eating. — Maize, Psoralea 
esculenta (5, p. 205): used as food. — Red willow (4, p. 534): berries 
! The figures in bold type refer to the bibliography at the end of the article. 
