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A tribe of North American Inedians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.

ontemptible. When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes I Sam. xv. 17.

an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals. Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b).

One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.

The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.

y one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthiriu…

One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies.

ful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.

; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.

A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially among the tribes of Africa.

A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship. Tylor. Gitche Manito the mighty, The Great Spirit, the creator, Smiled upon his helpless children! Longfellow. Mitche Manito the mighty, He the dreadful Spirit of Evil, As a serpent was depicted. Longfellow.…

A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.

A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.

A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [Written also Mikmaks.]

In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.

A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.

nders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.

A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.

A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also Mohegans.]