; 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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions. Francis Parkman
Everyone knows how Voltaire and Montesquieu used Hurons or Persians to hold up the glass to Western manners and morals, as Tacitus used the Germans to criticize the society of Rome. Source: Internet
Pressured by the Hurons to attack prematurely, the assault failed. Source: Internet