Reminiscences Illustrative of Indian Life" (1857)

Finley, Samuel. Born in County Armagh, Ireland, 1715: died at Philadelphia, July 17, 1766. An American Presbyterian clergyman, president of Princeton College, N. J., 1761-66. Finmarken (fin'mär-ken). A bailiwick (amt) of Norway, and the northernmost portion of Europe. Area, 18,295 square miles. Popula tion (1891), 29,168. Finn (fin), Henry J. Born at Sydney, Cape Breton, 1782: lost in Long Island Sound, Jan. 13, 1840. An American comedian. Finney (fin'i), Charles Grand is on. Born at Warren, Litchfield County, Conn., Aug. 29, 1792: died at Oberlin, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1875. An American revivalist and educator, president of Oberlin College (Ohio) 1852-66. He published "Lectures on Revivals" (1835), "Lectures to Profe ing Christians" (1836), "Sermons" (1839), "Theology" (1846). Finns (finz). [Also Fins ; ME. Finnes , AS. Fin nas , Icel. Finnar , Sw. Dan. Finner , ML. Fenni , perhaps identical with L. Finni , Gr. Φίννοι , the name of an obscure northern tribe mentioned by Tacitus and Ptolemy.] The natives of FinPtolemy.] land; the Finland ers; specifically, that branch of the Finnic race which inhabits Finland and other parts of northwestern Ru ia. They call themselves Suomi or Suomalaiset . The Finnish branch of the Mongolian race to which the Laps, Fins, Esths, and Livonians belong po e ed probably in past ages a large part of Northern Europe, and was driven out more and more by the immigrations of Germanic tribes, or became mixed with them. Tacitus already mentions the Fins in his German i a, but he could only obtain obscure reports about their mir a feritas . The nation of the Fins is the principal stem of this branch.