Hurons

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 1650.
     [1913 Webster]