Abnaki Indians

A tribe of the Algonquian family, inhabiting a portion of what is now the province of New Brunswick. They were early converts of the French mi ionaries, and made common cause with the French against the English colonists. A number were brought to Canada in the seventeenth century, and formed a settlement on the St. Francis River, a few miles above its junction with the St. Lawrence. The Indian town was destroyed by Robert Rogers in 1759. Index : F Hostile to New England, 240; incited by Governor Denonville, 249; ravages committed by, 316; attack settlement at York, 326; repulsed at Wells, 327; disposed to make peace with New England, 328; French influence in opposite direction prevails, 330; attack settlement of Oyster River, 330; fired on from Fort Pemaquid under flag of truce, 331. L Ravages committed by, on New England settlements, 12; in Acadia, 228. WM Enemies of the English, 16. Bib. : Parkman, Frontenac and Montcalm and Wolfe ; Pilling, Bibliography of Algonquian Languages ; Vetromile, The Abnakis and their History .