 The name Huron was derived from the word "hures" as used in the phrase ""În elles hures"" (what heads) as applied by an astonished French traveler to the Wyandotte (Huron) Indians on beholding their mode of dressing the hair.During 1649 and the Beaver Wars of the mid-17th century, the Iroquois from the areas of New York and Pennsylvania drove out the Wyandotte, in order to control the fur trade.In the 17th and early 18th century in this region, the Thumb of Michigan, the Wyandotte suffix ""onti"" or ""ondi"" was used in place names such as Skenchioetontius and E. Kandechiondius.