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nanie^ applied l)y (’hainplain and his contemporaries to the bands 
below Ottawa, who made common cause with the Alontagnais against 
the inroads of the Irocpiois. As in their geographical position, so 
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Algoiikins in al>(>rigiiiiil dress. ( Reprodiicf’d from ^"Wovkx of 
Sattiiiel (le ('ltdmithiiii. ('difeif hi/ H. /*. I’ifii/or,” vol. 3, />. 
The VhampUi'ut Socieiij, Toronto, IIUUJ 
1 The meaning of the name 
Micmac word sigiiiiyins “ at the 
is not riuitc coitain. One autliorily siiiigests ihs derivation 
I'ltire of lisli fiiid eels (from the bow of ti canoe). 
from 
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