Micmacs, a tribe of Algonquin Indians, the first with whom the English came in contact; they remained hostile to the English and their colonies till 1760. They now number from 3000 to 4000, and are mostly in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick. There is an English-Micmac Dictionary (Halifax, 1888), compiled by the late Dr S. T. Rand.
Micmacs
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 179
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