yed all their villages, killed most of the
inhabitants, and driven the remnant far to the westward. A few of the
Hurons escaped to Quebec, and settled at the mission of Lorette. In the
seventeenth century their population was estimated at from 20,000 to
35,000. In 1905 there remained a total of 832, in Canada and the United
States. =Index=: =F= Destruction of, by Iroquois, 26, 35; join
Frontenac's expedition to Cataraqui, 79; dread being abandoned to
Iroquois, 222. =L= Extermination of, by the Iroquois, 39; devotion
displayed by a band of, 64; desert Dollard at Long Sault, 70; burnt by
their enemies, 72. =Ch= Champlain visits country of, 88; their
cultivation of the soil, 89; their language very widely spoken, 90;
their mode of life, 94; customs and beliefs, 95-100. =Bib.=: Hodge,
_Handbook of American Indians_; Parkman, _Old Regime_.

=Huron, Lake.= Area 23,200 square miles. Discovered by Le Caron, 1615,
and first seen by Champlain the same year. The route of missionaries,
explorers, and fur traders lay along the north shore of the lake, or the
south shore of Manitoulin Island, to Michilimackinac and Sault Ste.
Marie, at the western end.

=Huskisson, William= (1770-1830). British statesman. =Index=: =Sy=
Criticizes British commercial policy, 12; president of Board of Trade,
15; colonial secretary, 16; resigns, 16; commends Poulett Thomson's
speech on Navigation Acts, 17; his proposals in regard to silk industry,
18; death of, 25. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Hutcheson, Major.= =Hd= Haldimand's secretary, 108, 110, 112; in charge
of Louis Haldimand, at Boston, 294.

=Hutchinson, Richard.= =T= Of Miramichi, member of Smith government, New
Brunswick, represents lumber interests, 91, 92.

=Hutchinson, Thomas= (1711-1780). =Hd= Governor of Massachusetts,
quoted, 84. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'= (1661-1706). Third son of Charles
Le Moyne, Sieur de Longueuil. Entered the French navy, returning to
Canada in 1683. Three years later accompanied De Troyes in the
expedition against the English on Hudson Bay, and took part in the
capture of Moose Factory, Fort Rupert, and Albany. Returned to Quebec in
1687; and the following year was again on the bay. In 1689 captured the
_Hampshire_, and brought her to Quebec with her cargo of furs. In 1690
took part in the raid on Schenectady; and the same year captured Fort
Severn on Hudson Bay. In 1694 sailed to the bay with a French fleet, and
captu