It is true that many of the grammatical principles of the Algonquin languages, are also developed in other stocks. Yet these stocks are not as well known. It was chiefly in the area of the Algonquin tribes, that the British and French, and Dutch and Swedish colonists settled, and the result of enquiry, through a long period, has accumulated most materials in relation to this type of the American languages. Specific notices of each of the subdivisions of this stock, will be given under the appropriate names. The general synonyms for this nation are but few. The principal differences in the orthography, between the French and English writers consist in the latter's spelling the last syllable _quin_, while the former employ _kin_. In old encyclopaedias and gazetteers, the phrase Algonquinensis, is used. The term Abernaquis, is also a French mode of annotation for the same word, but is rather applied at this time to a specific band. The word Algic, derived from the same root, has been applied by the writer to the entire circle of the Algonquin tribes, in their utmost former extent in North America. Mr. Gallatin has proposed the term "Algonkin-Lenape," as a philological denomination for this important family. Their own name for the race, is a question of some diversity of opinion. Those particular tribes, who were found on the Atlantic coast between the Chesapeak-bay and the Hudson, called themselves Lenapes, generally with the prefixed or qualifying noun of Linno, or Lenno. Other tribes extending over the largest area of the union, and of British America, inhabited by this stock, denote themselves as a race, by the term Anishinaba, that is, the common people. The term Lenape, signifies a male, and is identical in sense with the Algonquin word Iaba. If Lenno, or Linno be, as some contend, a term denoting _original_, they must be conceded to have had more forethought, and a greater capacity for generalization, than other stocks have manifested, by calling themselves, Original Men. If, however, it only implies, as others acquainted with this language, assert, _common_ or _general_, then is here perceived to be a perfect identity in the meaning of the two terms. ALGONAC, a village of the county of St. Clair, Michigan, which is pleasantly situated on the banks of the river St. Clair. It is a term derived from the word Algonquin, and _akee_, earth or land. ALGONQUINENSIS, a term used in old gazetteers and geographical dictionaries, for the Algonquins. ALIETANS, a name for the Shoshones, or Snake Indians. See Ietans. ALIBAMONS, or ALIBAMIS, ancient forms of orthography for the tribe of the Alabamas. ALINA, a settlement of Pinzandare, New Spain, containing 20 Indian families, who have a commerce in maize and wax.