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GLOSSARY

• Acharnians. The inhabitants of Acharnae in ancient Greece.
• Angolans. Indigens of Angola, Portuguese West Africa.
• Ashantis. The inhabitants of Ashanti on the west coast of Africa.
• Balonda. An African tribe inhabiting the Upper Zambesi district.
• Battas. A highland tribe in the northern part of Sumatra.
• Botocudos. A South-American Indian tribe, dwelling in Northern Brazil.
• Cantabri. A tribe dwelling in northern Spain, not far from the site of the modern town of Santander, during the days of the Roman dominion.
• Celtae. The inhabitants of the middle region of Gaul in the days of the Roman conquest of that country. (Distinguish the term from Celts, which applies to the Celtic race as a whole.)
• Chamorros. The indigens of the Mariannes or Ladrones in the north-western Pacific Ocean. They numbered about 50,000 at the time of the Spanish occupation in 1668, but less than a century later only 1,800 remained. They were typical Micronesians with a considerable civilisation. The few descendants have intermarried with immigrant stocks, and the Chamorros may be regarded as extinct.
• Chippewas. A Red Indian tribe. Also known as the Ojibways.
• Creeks. A powerful confederacy of North-American Indians which in historic times occupied the greater part of the districts now known as Alabama and Georgia.
• Dyaks. One of the indigenous races of Borneo.
• Fuegians. The indigens of Tierra del Fuego.
• Gagers. "The most savage and ferocious of all the cannibal tribes of Africa, and even of the world" (Meiners, quoting Cavazzi).
• Garos. An indigenous race of Assam.
• Hurons. See Wyandots.

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• Kamchadales. One of the three indigenous stocks of Kamchatka.
• Khonds or Kandhs. An aboriginal tribe of Hindustan, inhabiting the tributary states of Orissa and the Ganjam district of Madras.
• Latuka. A tribe dwelling in the region of the upper Nile.
• Libyans. The inhabitants of ancient Libya, a district of northern Africa lying immediately to the west of Egypt. (Sometimes, in accordance with Greek usage, "Libya" denote all that the ancient Greeks knew of Africa, and Libya as above defined was distinguished as Libya Exterior, or as Libyae Nomos.)
• Linggans. Indigens of Lingga, an island in the Dutch East Indies, a little south of Singapore.
• Loango. District on the west coast of Africa, extending northward from the mouth of the Congo.
• Locrians. The inhabitants of Locris in ancient Greece.
• Lycians. The inhabitants of ancient Lycia, a district on the southern side of the peninsula of Asia Minor.
• Lydians. The inhabitants of ancient Lydia, a district of Asia Minor in the middle of the west side of the peninsula.
• Makwa. An African tribe on the Mozambique coast.
• Mandayas. A people dwelling in Eastern Mindanao, Philippine Islands.
• Mingrelians. The inhabitants of Mingrelia, a former principality of Transcausia, became subject to Russia in 1804. The Mingrelians are closely akin to the Georgians.
• Motu. A tribe in British New Guinea.
• Nairs. See Nayars.
• Natchez. A Red Indian tribe.
• Nayars or Nairs. A caste or tribe on the west coast of India who form the dominant race in Malabar.
• Ojibways. See Chippewas.
• Otomacos. A South-American Indian tribe, dwelling in the Orinoco region.
• Pelasgi. Prehistoric inhabitants of ancient Greece, prior to the coming of the Hellenes. Quasi-legendary.
• Pueblos. Amerindians of Arizona and New Mexico.
• Reddi. A tribe in Mysore, Southern Hindustan.
• Sakai. An aboriginal people of the Malay Peninsula.

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• Santals. The most numerous aboriginal tribe in Bengal.
• Tlingits. North-American Indians—a small tribe dwelling in Southern Alaska.
• Winnebagos. An Amerindian tribe dwelling in Wisconsin.
• Wyandots. A Red Indian tribe formerly inhabiting the eastern shore of Lake Huron. Also known as Hurons.