Clip from John Senex map ca 1710 showing the people Captain Vielle, in 1692, passed by to arrive in Chaouenon's country as the French Jesuit called the Shawnee.

The Petun or Tionontati, meaning "Tobacco People", were an Iroquoian-speaking people closely related to the Huron. "Huron" redirects here For other uses see Huron (disambiguation. They were, with the Huron, dispersed by the Iroquois in the late 17th century. The Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the "League of Peace and Power" the "Five Nations" the "Six Nations" or the "People of the Longhouse The remmants joined with some refugee Hurons to become the Huron-Petuns, later known as the Wyandot. "Huron" redirects here For other uses see Huron (disambiguation.

"The Wyandots, or Hurons, were ancient occupants of Central and Eastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania, to which region they retreated from Canada, to escape the fury of the conquering Iroquois, or Five Nations, in the middle of the seventeenth century," cites W. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page M. Darlington. ^[1] The Tobacco Indians were so called from their industrious habit of cultivating that plant. Petun was the nickname given to them by the French traders. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. It became an obsolete word for tobacco which had derived from the early French Brazilian trade. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld ^[2] In the Mohawk dialect of the Iroquois the name for tobacco is O-ye-aug-wa. ^[3] In Ohio Valley Iroquoian Mingo dialect, the phrase for tobacco is "Oyngowa". The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. The Mingo are an Iroquois group of Native Americans that migrated west to the Ohio Country in the mid-eighteenth century ^[4] Ohio Valley colonial tradesmen and following settlers called the Wyandot, Guyandotte. The Guyandotte River in south-western West Virginia was named for these elements of Wendat who also migrated to the area during the Fur Trade wars. The Guyandotte River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 166 mi (267 km long in southwestern West Virginia in the United States. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by "Huron" redirects here For other uses see Huron (disambiguation. The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal Fur.

References

• Ramsden, Peter G. "Petun". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia is a source of information on Canada.

1. ^ ("American Antiquarian Society Transactions," Vol. I, p. 271-2; id. Vol. II, p. 72. Charlevoix's "History of New France. ")
2. ^ "Historical Magazine," Vol. V, O. S. , 1861, p. 263.
3. ^ Gallatin's "Synopsis American Aboriginal Archives," Vol. II, p. 484.
4. ^ In the Huron of La Hontan, Vol. II, p. 103, Oyngowa; and in Campinus "History of New Sweden," in the Mingo. WILLIAM M. DARLINGTON [1815-1889], CHRISTOPHER GIST'S JOURNALS WITH HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL NOTES AND BIOGRAPHIES OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES BY WILLIAM M. DARLINGTON [1815-1889] PITTSBURGH, J. R. WELDIN & CO. , 1893.