But arriving at their encampment, on his return from the Petuns and Cheveux Relevés, he learned from them of the quarrel that had arisen between the Algonquins and the Hurons.
They, however, assist the Cheveux Relevés against the Gens de Feu.
The Cheveux Relevés are represented by Champlain as dwelling west of the Petuns, and were probably not far from the most southern limit of the Georgian Bay.
Qui frise ses cheveux et la cinquantaine, literally, "Who curls her hair and fifty summers.
My landlady, qui frise ses cheveux et la cinquantaine, enjoys the name of Tribble.
Champlain speaks of a tribe whom he met after leaving Lake Nipissing, in 1615, and called the Cheveux Relevés, or people with the stiff hair, but they were wandering Algonquins.
They were called Neutrals on account of their neutrality between the Hurons and the Iroquois; but they were allies of the Cheveux Releves (the Ottawas) against their mortal enemies of the Nation of Fire.
He states that the Neutrals lived two days' journey southward of the Cheveux Releves, and the Nation of Fire ten days from the latter.
Already they were in alliance with the Cheveux Releves (the Ottawas), whom he visited in the Bruce Peninsula, against the Nation of Fire.
Manitoulin Island is marked "Cheveux Releves;" the old French name for the Ottawas.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cheveux" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
