Algic Researches, Vol. 2

History first records the Algic Schoolcraft’s term for the Algonquian-speaking peoples people in Virginia and parts of the Carolinas and Georgia. The Powhatan original: "Powhattanic" tribes were a clearly defined branch of this stock. They occupied all the rivers in Virginia and Maryland that flow into the Atlantic Ocean or Chesapeake Bay. They were always inclined to split into groups and take new names, which were usually based on some prominent or characteristic feature of the landscape or local natural resources. The farther they wandered, the more significant their differences became, and the connections used to trace their shared identity grew increasingly obscure. Under the names Lenape original: "Lenawpees" and Mohegan, they spread along the coastline through the current borders of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Various small, independent tribes of the same race occupied the entire coast of New England and the British provinces beyond it, as far as Cape Breton and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The traditions of all these tribes identified the southwest as their place of origin, and it was there that they located the home of their God. The Ojibwe original: "Odjibwas" and the Algonquin people themselves, along with their many descendant tribes in the west and northwest, trace their origins to the east. Even today, they call the north and northwest winds the "home wind,"* indicating, probably, that it