The term could also come from Abenaki and mean "much clear water."

He had made it clear what the Abenaki would do if they caught them.

But the two Abenaki who'd come for him lay at his feet.

Another Abenaki was raising a war club to strike down.

During the winter, the Abenaki lived in small groups further inland.

The Abenaki want to gain formal state recognition as a people.

But the Abenaki keep his son Stephen for 14 more months.

There were 160 Abenaki, many of whom chose to flee rather than fight.

"They fight on our side, against the Abenaki," he said excitedly.

Others worry that the Abenaki may use recognition as a step toward opening a casino.

In the surprise attack, the Abenaki killed 27 colonists and took 13 captive.

Smallpox affected the Abenaki again in 1649, and diphtheria came through 10 years later.

He taught the Abenaki that their territory should be held in trust for their children.

The Abenaki also built long houses similar to those of the Iroquois.

The Abenaki were a farming society that supplemented agriculture with hunting and gathering.

His French was accompanied by gestures that the Abenaki nodded at.

It came with something thrown, a tomahawk that plunged into the arm of the second Abenaki.

Ate appeared distracted, by more than the departing Abenaki.

He is a member of the Abenaki First Nation.

On the 23rd, there were 160 Abenaki, many who were killed as they tried to escape.

"Because I was not always slave to these Abenaki .

Four Abenaki were moving through the bodies.

"Watching them," he said, gesturing back to the wharf, to the Abenaki still engaged in their search.

The Abenaki use it as a condiment.

The Abenaki who converted to Catholicism were allied with the French.