Algology

[Lat. alga, seaweed, and Gr. logos, discourse.] ( Bot.) The description of the algals or algse. Algo'ma, in Michigan, a post-township of Kent co., 13 m. N. by E. of Grand Rapids. Algoma, in Wisconsin, a post-township of Winnebago co., about 80 m. N.N.E. of Madison, Algo'na, in low a , a town and township, cap. of Ko uth co, on the Des Moines river, about 120 m. N. by W. of Des Moines city, Algonac', in Michigan, a post-village of St. Clair co., on the St. Clair river, 40 m. N.E. of Detroit. Algonquin, in Illinois, a post-township of McHenry co, about 50 m. N.W. of Chicago; Algonquin, in low a, a post-village of Butler co., 29 m. W. of Cedar Falls. Algonquin, in Michigan, a post-village of On to nag on co., about 12 m. S. of On to nag an, Also , a post-village of Houghton co. Algonquin, in Ohio , a post-village of Carrol co. Algonquins, a numerous family of N. American Indians, once spread over all the northern part of the Rocky Mountains, and S. of the St. Lawrence. Their language was heard from the bay of Gaspe to the valley of the Des Moines; from Cape Fear to the land of the Esquimaux; from the Cumber land river, of Kentucky, to the western banks of the Mi i ippi. It was spoken though not exclusively, in a territory that extended through 60 degrees of lon. and more than 20 degrees of lat. ( Bancroft .) All the tribes of New England were Algonquins; the tribes in Maine, the great tribe of the Delaware Indians, the Creeks in the region of Great Slave Lake, and the Ottawas and Potawattomies in Michigan claimed the same origin. Traces of the primitive A. language appear in the names of places, such as Alleghany , Connecticut. At present the A. do not number more than a few hundred warriors.