Two paragraphs from page 576 of the book by George Heriot.
Two paragraphs from page 576 of the book by George Heriot.
Travels through the Canadas : containing a description of the picturesque scenery on some of the rivers and lakes : with an account of the productions, commerce and inhabitants of those provinces : to which is subjoined a comparative view of the manners and customs of several of the Indian nations of North and South America /
Two paragraphs from page 576 of the book by George Heriot.
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1807
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12/06/2025
The Huron tongue was formerly very widely diffused.
Father de Brebeuf reckoned about thirty thousand of true
Hurons, distributed into twenty villages. There were be-
sides these, twelve sedentary tribes who were numerous,
and spoke the same language. The real Hurons are now
redüced to the small mission of Jeune Lorette in the vi-
cinity of Quebec, to the tribe of the Tsonnontatés near
Detroit, and to another which took refuge in the South.
The five nations of the Iroquois make use of an equal
number of different dialects of the Huron language, which
are nearly as remote from each other as the French, the
Spanish, and the Italian. The Huron tongue is more re-
gular than that of the Iroquois. The dialect of the Onnon-
tagués approaches most to the Huron by its accent and
terminations, and is, on this account, more esteemed than
that of any of the other tribes of that nation. In pro-
nouncing it, there is used a tone and cadence by no means
disagreeable.