Étienne Brûlé was the first of a long line of adventurous young Canadians who adopted Indian ways, thereby forming a tenuous link between the two cultures. He had probably been in Canada two years when he was sent by Champlain to live with the Algonkin chief Iroquet in 1610. Most of Brulé's adult life was spent among the Hurons. He often acted as an interpreter and go-between for French officials and missionaries, and roamed over much of the Great Lakes basin. An undisciplined and turbulant man, he eventually alienated members of the Attignaouantan tribe of the Hurons, who killed him about 1633. *Note: This designation has been identified for review. A review can be triggered for one of the following reasons - outdated language or terminology, absence of a significant layer of history, factual errors, controversial beliefs and behaviour, or significant new knowledge.