Kondiaronk

Also known as Kandiaronk

thumb|Kondiaronk's signature on the Great Peace of Montreal for the Huron-Wyandot.

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Lifespan: 1649–1701
Gender: Male

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Early diplomatic efforts
1688 coup
Warfare and later diplomatic efforts 1689–1701
Settlement of 1701 final Indian congress
Illness, death and legacy
Oratory
References

thumb|Kondiaronk's signature on the Great Peace of Montreal for the Huron-Wyandot.

Kondiaronk (–1701) (Gaspar Soiaga, Souojas, Sastaretsi), known as Le Rat (The Rat), was chief of the Native American Wendat (Huron) people at Michilimackinac in New France, where they settled after war with the Iroquois in 1649, This is the area around the strait connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan and separating Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas in the present-day United States.

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