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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 959 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HURON (a See also:French See also:term, from huge', bristled, See also:early used as an expression of contempt, signifying "lout ")  , a See also:nickname given by the See also:French when first in See also:Canada to certain See also:Indian tribes of Iroquoian stock, occupying a territory, which similarly was called Huronia, in See also:Ontario, and constituting a See also:confederation called in their own See also:tongue Wendat (" islanders "), which was corrupted by the See also:English into Yendat, Guyandotte and then See also:Wyandot . The name persists for the small See also:section of " See also:Hurons of Lorette," in See also:Quebec, but the remnant of the old See also:Huron Confederacy which after its dispersal in the 17th See also:century settled in See also:Ohio and was afterwards removed to See also:Oklahoma is generally called Wyandot . For their See also:history see WYANDOT, and See also:INDIANS, See also:NORTH See also:AMERICAN (under " Indian See also:Wars "; Algonkian and Iroquoian) .

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