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When they arrived, however, the French refused to purchase the furs and told the Iroquois to sell them to the Hurons, who would act as a middleman. The Iroquois were outraged and resumed the war. [14] The French decided to become directly involved in the conflict. The Huron and the Iroquois had an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 members each. [15]
He made alliances with the Wendat (called Huron by the French) and with the Algonquin, the Montagnais, and the Etchemin, who lived in the area of the St. Lawrence River. These tribes demanded that Champlain help them in their war against the Iroquois , who lived further south.
During the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War), the League Iroquois sided with the British against the French and their Algonquian allies, who were traditional enemies. The Iroquois hoped that aiding the British would also bring favors after the war. Few Iroquois warriors joined the campaign.
The Iroquois war party had 200 warriors, including several enslaved Huron fighting for the Iroquois, and advanced down the Ottawa in canoes. Five warriors in two canoes landed and were ambushed by the French; the French had predicted the Iroquois' likely landing place and set the ambush after spotting the canoes.
For instance, the Iroquois and the Huron fought many times amongst themselves. Revenge was the major reason Huron went to war, but the decision to resort to violence was made only after lengthy discussion. The Huron government system was very different from that in Europe. One major difference was that individuals belonged to a matrilineage. [6]
Some Huron, along with the surviving Petun, whose villages the Iroquois attacked in the fall of 1649, fled to the upper Lake Michigan region, settling first at Green Bay, then at Michilimackinac. In the late 17th century, the Huron (Wendat) Confederacy merged with the Iroquoian-speaking Tionontati nation (known as the Petun in French, also ...
The war party withdrew back across Lake Ontario and waited for the Iroquois Onondaga delegation to pass through on their way to Montreal. [9] When the Iroquois diplomats arrived, Kondiaronk and his war party took them by surprise with a forest ambush. [5] One chief was killed and the remaining Iroquois taken captive. [6]
[8] [9] In the company of his Huron [8] and Algonkin [8] allies, Champlain and his forces fought a pitched battle with the Mohawk [8] on the shores of Lake Champlain. Champlain singlehandedly [8] killed three Iroquois chiefs with an arquebus despite the war chiefs having worn "arrowproof body armor made of plaited sticks". [8]