Distribution.—East and west from the Rocky Mountains to Newfoundland; north and south, from Labrador to the Carolinas. Breadth greatest in its northern part, decreasing towards the south.
Area.—Newfoundland, part of Labrador, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, south-eastern part of the Hudson's Bay territory, the boundary line between British North America and the United States, the north-western part of the Missouri territory, part of the Wisconsin territory, parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, &c., the New England States, Virginia, Kentucky(?), North Carolina.
Divisions.—a. Bethucks. b. Central Algonkins. c. Shiennes. d. Blackfoots. Classification provisional.
a. Bethucks.—Locality Newfoundland. Probably extinct. Not hitherto recognised as Algonkin.
b. Central Algonkins.—1. The Crees, Knisteneaux, Klisteno, or Kilistheno. Native name, Nĕhethowuck=exact people. Situation, the river-system of the rivers Nelson, Salmon, and Albany, falling into Hudson's Bay.
2. Ojibways, on the south and west sides of Lake Superior, south of the Crees.
3. Algonkins Proper.
4. Nipissing.—Closely allied tribes on the sides of the Lake of the Two Mountains, in the district of Montreal.
5. Ottawas.—On the river Ottawa, in the islands of Lake Superior. Northern part of Michigan, Closely allied to the Proper Algonkins.
6. Montagnards, Mountaineers.—The French name and its translation, of the name of the tribes between Montreal and the mouth of the St. Lawrence.