When the latter began making settlements in Canada, they courted the friendship of their algonquin neighbours, and thus, without dreaming what deadly seed they were sowing, they were led to attack the terrible Long House.
"The War of Independence"
John Fiske
But by 1696 the French, assisted by all the algonquin tribes within reach, and led by their warlike viceroy, Count Frontenac, one of the most picturesque figures in American history, at length succeeded in getting the upperhand and dealing the Long House a terrible blow, from the effects of which it never recovered.
"The War of Independence"
John Fiske
Then again sang Chibiabos, Sang a song of love and longing, In those accents sweet and tender, In those tones of pensive sadness, Sang a maiden's lamentation For her lover, her algonquin.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow