Wars
In 1696, the Iroquois lost a number of battles to the French and an alliance of
Algonquin Indians known as the Council of the Three Fires. This alliance was
made up of the Ojibwa, or Chippewa; the Ottawa; and Potawatomi. In these
battles, as many as 2,000 Iroquois were killed and many of their villages were
destroyed. The Council of the Three Fires also drove the Iroquois out of their
western homelands between Lakes Erie and Ontario and Lake Huron.