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 SECT. II.] ALGONKIN-LENAPE AND IROQUOIS NATIONS. 23 their name to a southern tributary of that river, (the Guy- andot.) The southern division of the Iroquois, the principal nation of which was called, in Virginia, Monaeans, in North Carolina, Tuscaroras, extended above the falls of the great rivers, at least as far north as James River, and southwardly at least to the river Neus. They were bounded on the east by Lenape tribes bordering on the Chesapeake and Atlantic, on the south by the Cheraws and the Catawbas, on the north and west by extinct tribes, some of the Lenape stock, others of doubt- ful or unknown origin. ALGONKIN-LENAPE NATIONS. The numerous nations and tribes, into which that large family was subdivided, may geographically, but not without some re- gard to the difference of languages, be arranged under four heads ; Northern, Northeastern, Eastern or Atlantic, and Western. NORTHERN. Under this head are included the Knistinaux, the Algonkins and Chippeways or Ojibways, the Ottawas and the Potowota- mies and the Mississagues. The Knistinaux, Klistinaux, Kristinaux, and, by abbreviation, Crees, are the most northern tribe of the family. Bounded on the north by the Athapascas, they now extend, in conse- quence of recent conquests already alluded to, from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains, though they occupy the most westerly part of that territory, on the north branch of the Sas- kachawan in common with the Sioux Assiniboins. And they have also spread themselves as far north as the Lake Athapas- ca. On the south they are bounded by the Algonkins and Chippeways ; the dividing line being generally that which separates the rivers that fall into James's Bay and the south- western parts of Hudson's Bay, from the waters of the St. Lawrence, of the Ottawa River, of Lake Superior, and of the River Winnipek. Near Hudson's Bay they are generally called Northern Men. According to Dr. Robertson, they call themselves, as many other Indian tribes do, " Men," " Eithin- yoolc" or, " Iniriwult" prefixing occasionally the name of their