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Abenaki Indians
They are really Ojibway's. According to 1832's Edinburgh Encyclopedia, two large forces of Ojibway People forced their way east from a southwest location and west location. Abenaki Indians are from those Ojibway's that forced their way directly east, from a far west location. They were motivated to migrate east by prophecy. Those two groups of Ojibway's were named "Lenni-lenape" and "Iroquois." Lenni-lenape are really Ojibway. They came up from a southwest location, while Iroquois including Asseeneepoytuck or Assiniboine (aka Assinika), came directly east in a paralell line with Lenni-lenape's. They took control of land from Missouri River to Atlantic Ocean. Both groups of Ojibway's followed prophecy and knew they had to defend themselves. They were warned "Not To Trust Whites" because "Whites Will Be Deceitful." During those times Ojibway leaders took that extremely seriously. Abenaki Indians are "Assiniboine" or "Assinika." Ojibway's pronounced it as "As-sin-a-"bwaan." It means "Stony O-ji"bwas." It is well known that Ojibway Peoples word for east is "wabaan." However, we have to deal with "Ab." It's probably their word for east! So in Ojibway "Ab" means east. It's plural is "Ab-bin." Eastern in Ojibway is probably "Ab-baan." Eastern People is probably "Ab-baa-no." It's plural "Ab-baa-noag or Ab-baa-noke." Ojibway People named Eastern Ojibway People "Ab-baa-no." It means "Eastern People! An "Easterner" in Ojibway is pronounced "Ab-baant." Plural is "Ab-baan-tig." After careful research, my opinion on what "Waban" means is from the Ojibway word for "Sorcery," which is "Wa-ba-no-wiw-in." From that word they use "Wa-baan" to identify "conjure, magic, sorcery, spell and witch." They provided two words for these eastern Ojibway's. They are "Abenaki and Wabanaki." They always promote "east" as their definitions!
They lived in what is now Alberta and Montana in 1492. During mid 16th century, chief Sagima or Ogima Sagima, led 10,000's of Ojibway Soldiers and their families from Manitolin Island, east and north. They settled along Ottawa River then forcefully settled along St. Lawrence River. They then expanded east to extreme east Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Other eastern Ojibway's listed as Abenaki include Androscoggin, Cowasuck, Kennebec, Maliseet, Massachusett, Missiquoi, Montauk, Narragansett, Nashua, Odanak (town place), Ossipee, Passamaquoddy, Pennacook, Penobscot, Pequot, Piskataqua, Shinnecock, Sokoki, Wampanoag, Winnipesaukee and Wolinak. These eastern most Ojibway's, fiercely defended Indian land against both whites and their Indian allies. They were constantly at war against invading whites and their Indian allies until shortly after War of 1812. They were extremely brutal to those non Algonquian Indian Nations that helped whites. They either exterminated them or brought them under their control. They forced them to follow prophecy and brought them to Carribean Islands, South America and Mexico including North Mexico which in early 19th century was located from Kansas to California. In United States, their descendants live primarily in California and Texas. Their language has been corrupted yet we know it's Ojibway. Most Abenaki Indians live in Canada. These Ojibway's known as Abenaki Indians, are a lost cause. They don't know who they are. They are completely brainwashed. It's not their fault.