soon amassed great wealth as middlemen in a vast trade network. To dislodge the Huron from their position, their tradition enemies and rivals, the Iroquois, Iaunched a fierce military campaign against them in 1648. These relentless attacks forced the Huron to flee their homeland two years later. Some traveled eastward and established villages in Lorette, south of Quebec, in 1697. Other Huron (later known as the Wyandot)