She had them published as ancient Micmac folklore. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ESKIMO WORDS FOR SNOW.] Reference
The Micmac scoffed at the notion of French superiority. From Wordnik.com. [1491] Reference
One peculiarity of the Micmac numerals is most noteworthy. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
Five is the end of the finger count on one hand -- as, the Micmac. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
American forms of the story, -- French-Canadian, Micmac, and Maliseet. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Frightening robbers under tree (F5): Micmac, Maliseet, Wyandot, Ojibwa. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
In another Micmac legend, given by Leland, Gluskap appears somewhat more to advantage. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
The next fourteen lists are, with the exception of the Micmac, from the same collection. From Wordnik.com. [The Number Concept Its Origin and Development] Reference
To be precise, the Montagnais term was originally used instead for the Micmac, not the Inuit. From Wordnik.com. [A note about 'Inuit' and 'Eskimo'] Reference
Although there are game-laws in the Province, yet Micmac has a privilege no white man can possess. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
The threat had its effect: in a few minutes our boat ran bows-on up the clear pebbled beach before the Micmac camp. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
I don't know why these places are anathema to commerce; perhaps they were built on the ancient Micmac Burial Grounds. From Wordnik.com. [Business Ideas I'll Never Use (Part 4,287 In An Ongoing Series): The Rotating Restaurant] Reference
He is but a colonial Micmac, or Scotch-Mac; a mere sub-thoughted, irresponsible exotic, in a governmental cold grapery. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Micmac tales, making in all nine hundred folio pages. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
Micmac, population 49 western Newfoundland colonized by 58. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
In fact, he had a Micmac nickname which, translated, meant. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Book of Christmas Stories] Reference
As an ethnic unit the Micmac can therefore hardly be said to exist here. From Wordnik.com. [Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir Colonial Reports, Miscellaneous. No. 54. Newfoundland] Reference
And to the Micmac he said, "Seven years hence you will be reminded of me.". From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
This tradition is Micmac, and taken almost entirely from Mr. Rand's manuscript. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
The Micmac giants end their whale fishing by trying to freeze one another to death. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
It is about twice as long as the Micmac story, and differs from it very materially. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
It is from the Micmac, and is in the original from beginning to end a song, or poem. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
To this point the narrative follows the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Chippewa versions. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
Micmac story, it is declared that one of the giants picked up the boat and carried it. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
He also reported upon works submitted to his examination upon the Tuscarora, Micmac, and. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Seldom has a school been started under greater difficulties than this Micmac institution. From Wordnik.com. [Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir Colonial Reports, Miscellaneous. No. 54. Newfoundland] Reference
"Tumilkoontaoo, the Broken Wing," from the Micmac, in which there is no mention of Glooskap. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
But among Mr. Rand's Micmac tales it figures as a later tribute to the memory of the great hero. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
The unfortunate Beothuk was thus crushed out of existence by the white man and the invading Micmac. From Wordnik.com. [Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir Colonial Reports, Miscellaneous. No. 54. Newfoundland] Reference
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