An Alliance with the Huron Empire

The Hurons were a group of First Nations people who were in an alliance with Champlain. They were closely related to the Iroquois, but had become their enemies.


1. What is an alliance? What does this word mean?
An alliance is an agreement between countries. An alliance is a group of people,political parties that work together to achieve some goals.

Great traders themselves, the Hurons navigated the rivers of Central Canada and were very prosperous. They would become the leading source of furs for the French.

2. Why would Champlain want to form an alliance with the Hurons?

All three nations had strategic interests to cooperate with the French. The Hurons, today commonly known as Wyandot, were associated with the French from the start of colonisation. The French, who viewed them as the most advances nation, in terms of trade and technology,chose to associate with them in order to gain better profits from the North American colonies. In turn, the Wyandot saw an opportunity to cooperate with a power that would undermine their most powerful foes -the Iroquois.
I think Champlain want to form an alliance with the Hurons because there are must have some advantages that Hurons can help French.
Champlain knew the Huron not only had better fur than the Algonkin and Iroquois, but access through trade with other tribesto areas of even higher quality,so if he can have an alliance with them he can get some helps to do many works.

3. This is a picture of Champlain and his Huron allies on the left fighting the Iroquois. This is one of the earliest images of Europeans and First Nations people interacting.

a. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences. Look carefully at the picture.

I see there are two groups of people plan to fight with each other. They are in the forest where near the river. The person who stands in the middle looks like Champlain. I see lots of boat in the picture.All the people in this picture are holding bows and arrows.

b. Do you think this is a realistic image of the situation? Explain why or why not in 5-8 sentences

I have two different opinions of this picture. One is that I don't think this a realistic image because there is a person who stand in the middle of those two groups but he didn't die.Unbelievable!!!! On the other hand it seems is a realistic image of the situation because the bows and arrows looks are the real. There are some people died in the picture so it makes me feel truth because during the war or fight. There are must have some people will be died.

4. The Hurons had many economic advantages because of their geographic location and territory. They were located on the southern shore of Georgian Bay, where the fishing was excellent.

a. Find a map of Georgian Bay. Explain where this bay is.

Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, located in Ontario, Canada.Georgian Bay is surrounded by Manitoulin District, Sudbury District, Parry Sound District, Muskoka District, Simcoe County, Grey County and Bruce County.

b. Translate the word bay.

Bay: a part of sea,or of a large lake enclosed by a wide curve of the shore.

5 . Find a photograph of Georgian Bay that you like. Explain why you like it in 3-5 sentences.

I like this photograph because of the colour. The colour of the Bay looks very nice and comfortable. There is a man who sits in the rock watching the Bay in the picture. I think he is a person who really enjoy himself in this environment. There is a forest near the Bay where are very nice. All the trees are very green.

The vegetation of this region includes mixed forests, meadows, and fields. The sandy soil was perfect for planting corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans.

6. Take a look at this piece of Canadian Art called "Stormy Weather". The artist is Frederick Varley. He illustrated the stormy weather of Georgian Bay.

a. How do you feel when you see this painting? Explain in 5-8 sentences. Tell me why you feel that way.

When I see this picture I feel Shocking because all the plants looks withered and lose the real appearance of itself. I also feel scared because of the sea. The sea looks very ugly as this picture shows. It demonstrate destructive of Stormy Weather. I feel that way because I am really interested in the colour of something.When I see this picture the colour of the plants and sea amazed me. As some sentences reveals the poet don't want to Canadian landscape be damaged.

7. This is a poem by A.J.M Smith. It was put together with this image on a past provincial exam.

a. When you read this poem, how do you feel about the Canadian landscape? Explain in 10-12

sentences. Think deep and be creative.

There are lots of different plants in Canadian landscape which helps the environment become colorful."Cedar and jagged firuplift sharp barbs against the gray" reveals poet's wishes of nature he didn't want to gray full of the nature. The Canadian landscape is substantial but lonely.

"This is a beauty of dissonance" means the picture looks dissonance but still beautiful. It reveals the poet's lover of Canadian landscape. This poem filled with beauty and conflict. Poet reveals the beauty can come from conflict. I think of both soft image and harsh image when I read this poem. Fortunately,all of them are beautiful. I see the optimism of poet in the end of this poem(and still strong). After disaster landscape still can survived.

8. What did you learn in this lesson? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

I learned what is an alliance in this lesson which makes me know the importance of that too. I learned the reason of Champlain want to form an alliance with the Hurons. I know the relationship between Champlain and Hurons. I got the reason why did Champlain help alliance against Iroquois. I learned the location of Georgian Bay. The most important thing is that I learned a poem called "The Lonely LandA.J.M. Smith" which talks about the Canadian landscape. I found my way to explain something and give me thought about something. The picture of "Stormy Weather" makes me amazed and interested.