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(Encyclopedia) French Sudan: see Mali.

(Encyclopedia) Pontiac, fl. 1760–66, Ottawa chief. He may have been the chief met by Robert Rogers in 1760 when Rogers was on his way to take possession of the Western forts for the English. Although the Native Am...

(Encyclopedia) Somaliland, French: see Djibouti, republic. ...

(Encyclopedia) French brier: see heath.

(Encyclopedia) French Somaliland: see Djibouti, republic. ...

(Encyclopedia) Canadian literature, French, the body of literature of the French-speaking population of Canada. Except for the narratives of French explorers (such as Samuel de Champlain and Pierre Esprit Radisson) ...

(Encyclopedia) French Guinea: see Guinea, republic, Africa. ...

(Encyclopedia) Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation: see National Museum of the American Indian. ...

(Encyclopedia) St. Leger, Barry, 1737–89, British officer in the American Revolution. In the French and Indian Wars he served at Louisburg (1758) and with Gen. James Wolfe at Quebec. He was given (1777) command of...

(Encyclopedia) French Congo: see Congo, Republic of the. ...