The stately elk and graceful deer abounded in this fertile valley, and countless herds of bison browsed upon the uplands.
There for many years the Hurons lived a peaceful and contented life.
The long war cry was not heard.

They were at peace with the neighboring tribes.

Tarhe, the Huron chief, attained great influence with the Delawares.

He became a friend of Logan, the Mingo chief.
With the invasion of the valley of the Ohio by the whites, with the march into the wilderness of that wild-turkey breed of heroes of which Boone, Kenton, the Zanes, and the Wetzels were the first, the Indian's nature gradually changed until he became a fierce and relentless foe.
The Hurons had sided with the French in Pontiac's war, and in the Revolution they aided the British.

They allied themselves with the Mingoes, Delawares and Shawnees and made a fierce war on the Virginian pioneers.