An [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Algonquian]] people of eastern Canada, first contacted by Europeans when [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Samuel de Champlain]] met a party in [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Quebec]] in 1603. They, like the [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Huron]], were enemies of the [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Iroquois]], and allied with the French.