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.