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Elmira

(Encyclopedia) Elmira Elmira ĕlmīˈrə [key], city (2020 pop. 26,523), seat of Chemung co., extreme S central…

Zeisberger, David

(Encyclopedia) Zeisberger, DavidZeisberger, Davidzīsˈbərgər [key], 1721–1808, American Moravian missionary, b. Moravia. While a youth, he lived in Holland and later in London, where he met Graf von…

Willet, Marinus

(Encyclopedia) Willet, MarinusWillet, Marinusmərēˈnəs wĭlˈĭt [key], 1740–1830, American Revolutionary soldier, b. Jamaica, N.Y. In the French and Indian War he was (1758) a member of the expeditions…

La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de

(Encyclopedia) La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur deLa Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur derōbĕrˈ kävəlyāˈ syör də lä sälˈ [key], 1643–87, French explorer in North America, one of the most celebrated…

Mahican

(Encyclopedia) MahicanMahicanməhēˈkən [key], confederacy of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Mahican…

Morgan, Lewis Henry

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818–81, American anthropologist, b. Aurora, N.Y., grad. Union College, Schenectady, 1840. Practicing as a lawyer, he became interested in the Native Americans of…

Wyoming Valley

(Encyclopedia) Wyoming Valley, c.20 mi (30 km) long and 3 to 4 mi (4.8–6.4 km) wide, in Luzerne co., NE Pa., through which flows the Susquehanna River. Wilkes-Barre is the major city of this once-…

American Indian Glossary

/* /*]]>*/ From AIM to xat A-B | C-H | I-M | N-S | T-X Black Hills, South Dakota Related Links Native American Tribes of the Great PlainsAmerican Indian TribesAmerican Indians by the…

Origin of "Canada"

The Question: From where does Canada get its name? The Answer: Canada borrows its name from the Huron-Iroquois Indian word, "kanata,"…