This group was known as the Hurons Atonontrataronon or Ononchataronon and they lived along the South Nation River, a tributary of the Ottawa River side of what is now Ontario. Europeans, including Champlain designated this group by calling them Iroquet, probably because of their leader Iroquet who was an important ally to the French. The term Iroquets was often confused in French, with Iroquois, because of the similarity of the name.
