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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 ...
Usage examples of hurons.
The white chief read in his books, and he believes the Hurons are fools!
He floated down the stream when the powder was all burned, and when the eyes of the Hurons were behind a cloud.
Notwithstanding the Hurons were necessarily ignorant of the little channels among the eddies and rapids of the stream, they knew the common signs of such a navigation too well to commit any material blunder.
And when he saw what he wished to do, did we not aid him, by making a false face, that the Hurons might think the white man believed that his friend was his enemy?
The Hurons drove him from the graves of his fathers, as they would chase the hunted buffalo.
There is a dark spot on the names of the Hurons, and it must be hid in blood!
Bold and rapid as was the progress of the scout, it was exceeded by that of a light and vigorous form which, bounding past him, leaped, with incredible activity and daring, into the very center of the Hurons, where it stood, whirling a tomahawk, and flourishing a glittering knife, with fearful menaces, in front of Cora.
Hawkeye, leaving the blind path that the Hurons had followed, turned short to his right, and entering the thicket, he crossed a babbling brook, and halted in a narrow dell, under the shade of a few water elms.
It was nearly a miracle that you did not mistake the path, for the Hurons divided, and each band had its horses.
But in discovering the character of the mound, the attention of the Hurons appeared directed to a different object.
He heard the two Hurons leave the bushes, and it was soon plain that all the pursuers were gathered about them, in deep attention to their report.
Them Hurons have never a piece in their nation that will execute at this distance.
It was, perhaps, owing to this circumstance, in addition to the necessity of keeping every hand employed at the paddles, that the Hurons had not immediate recourse to their firearms.
A shout arose from the Hurons, who seized the opportunity to fire another volley.
The Hurons soon fired again, and a bullet struck the blade of Hawkeye’s paddle without injury.