Iroquois: an easily recognized name,
but like the names of many tribes, it was given them by their enemies.
The Algonquin called them the Iroqu (Irinakhoiw) "rattlesnakes."
After the French added the Gallic suffix "-ois" to this insult,
the name became Iroquois.
They included the Hurons, Tobacco and Neutral tribes who lived north
of Lakes Erie and Huron as well as the Five Nations or the Iroquois Confederacy
(Oneidas, Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas) who lived in the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands.