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Definition of Hurons

Hurons
Hurons Hu"rons, n. pl. ; sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650.

Meaning of Hurons from wikipedia

- likely carried over when Hurons began converting to Christianity. Several accounts of seventeenth-century Christianized Hurons on their deathbed include...
- (disambiguation) Huron River (disambiguation) Rivière des Hurons (disambiguation) Huron County (disambiguation) Lac-Huron, Quebec, an unorganized territory in the Rimouski-Neigette...
- companions helped the Algonquins and the Hurons defeat a large Iroquois raiding party. In 1615, he joined a Huron raiding party and took part in a siege...
- Lord Huron is a Los Angeles-based American indie rock band composed of Mark Barry (drums, percussion), Miguel Briseño (b****, keyboard, theremin), Tom...
- Rivière des Hurons (French: Huron River, lit. 'River of the Hurons') may refer to: Rivière des Hurons (Richelieu River tributary), in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu...
- encounter a band of Hurons by the lakes****, who spot the travelers. A canoe chase ensues, in which the rescuers reach land before the Hurons can kill them...
- "Freshwater Sea", "Lake of the Hurons", or simply "lake". Generally, the lake was labeled "Lac des Hurons" (Lake of the Huron) on most early European maps...
- Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (French: Sainte-Marie-au-pays-des-Hurons) was a French Jesuit settlement in Huronia or Wendake, the land of the Wendat,...
- mission which came to be called Saint-Marie-au-pays-des Hurons or Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, and was to be built close by to Quieunonascaranas. The...
- until 1824 Huron river chain of lakes, Michigan, USA Rivière des Hurons (disambiguation) (French: Huron River, lit. 'River of the Hurons') Huron (disambiguation)...