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Oureouhare, -1697

Indian chief of the Cayugas; was treacherously captured by the French in 1687 and sent to France, but was sent back to Canada in 1789 with Frontenac, for whom he conceived a friendship. He was employed by the French to effect an alliance with the Iroquois, but was unsuccessful. In the ensuing war he led the Christian Huron Indians against the Iroquois. He died in Quebec in 1697.

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