The real name of the Hurons, who dwelt at a later date between Lakes Huron, Erie, Ontario, and the neighbourhood of Montreal, was _Waiandot_ (Wyandot); but they went under a variety of other names, according to the clans, such as the Eries and the Atiwandoran or Neutral Nation.

They were also called the "Good" Iroquois, to distinguish them from the six other nations, the IROQUOIS proper of the French Canadians, who signalized themselves by fiendish and frightful warfare against the French and the various tribes of Algonkin Indians.

The Hurons and the rest of the six tribes grouped under the name of IROQUOIS[6] were of the same stock originally, forming a separate group like that of the Algonkins, though they are supposed to be related distantly to the Dakota or Siou.

Amongst the "Six Nations" or tribes banded together in warfare and policy were the celebrated "Mohawks" who dwelt on the southern borders of the St.Lawrence basin and near Lake Champlain.

As the others of the six nations (including the Senekas and Onondagas) inhabited the eastern United States, well outside the limits of Canada, they need not be referred to here.
[Footnote 6: "Iroquois" was a name invented by Champlain (see p.