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HURONIE [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

The Hurons received winter clothes, often decorated with porcupine quills, several different types of talismans, and raccoon or buffalo skins which they used for making clothing. In exchange, they traded corn, iron axes and necklaces to the Tionantatés and the Petuns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Les hostilités fréquentes avec les Iroquois rendant tout commerce à peu près impossible, les Hurons échangeaient des biens surtout avec la Confédération des Neutres formée de tribus situées au nord du lac Érié, et les Pétuns qui vivaient à l'est de la Huronie [...] Les Hurons recevaient des vêtements d’hiver souvent décorés de poils de porc-épic, divers types de talismans, des peaux de chat sauvage ou de bison pour confectionner des vêtements. En retour, ils échangeaient du maïs, des haches de fer et des colliers aux Tionnontatés et aux Pétuns.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Territories (Indigenous Peoples)
CONT

[...] the Huronia settlement was mainly concentrated in the region of a peninsula surrounded by Georgian Bay, Lake Simcoe and Matchedosh Bay, in Southern Ontario ... Northeast of Huronia vast swamps separated the rocky zone of the Canadian Shield from the arable lands cultivated by the Hurons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Territoires (Peuples Autochtones)
CONT

Le lieu d’établissement de la Huronie se concentrait, en effet, surtout autour d’une péninsule délimitée par la baie Georgienne, le lac Simcoe et la baie Matchedosh, au sud de l'Ontario [...] Au nord-est de la Huronie, de vastes marais séparaient la zone rocheuse du Bouclier canadien des terres arables cultivées par les Hurons qui habitaient aux limites nord des riches terres du sud de l'Ontario.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geographical Names
OBS

[...] the Huronia settlement was mainly concentrated in the region of a peninsula surrounded by Georgian Bay, Lake Simcoe and Matchedosh Bay, in Southern Ontario.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géographiques
OBS

Le lieu d’établissement de la Huronie se concentrait, en effet, surtout autour d’une péninsule délimitée par la baie Georgienne, le lac Simcoe et la baie Matchedosh, au sud de l'Ontario [...] les Hurons qui habitaient aux limites nord des riches terres du sud de l'Ontario.

Spanish

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