ABSTRACT
This chapter describes and analyzes the final military engagement between the Iroquois and the Huron in detail. A battle-by-battle account describes the maneuvers of each nation, and maps depict the movements of forces on the battlefields. In 1649 one of the most important battles ever fought on the North American continent took place near Georgian Bay. The antagonists were not European armies but the armies of two Indian nations — the Huron and the Iroquois. The Iroquois were better armed from 1641 onwards as well as during the campaign of 1649. The remainder of the Iroquois army at St. Ignace could have easily been defeated that night or the next day by the victorious Huron army. Even if the garrison at St. Ignace had escaped, the large Huron army at St. Michel would have been able to effectively pursue the retreating Iroquois.
