Hungarians. See [MAGYARS].
Huns. A nomad race of the Northern Mongolic family, probably of Turki stock, who settled in the neighbourhood of the Volga and the Urals about the dawn of the Christian era. In the fourth century they conquered and dispossessed the Ostrogoths and Visigoths on the Danube. Under Attila, in the fifth century, they invaded Greece and Gaul, and pushed their arms as far as Rome, which was only saved by the diplomacy of the Pope. Their cruel fierceness in war caused their great leader to be known as the Scourge of God. Like the Mongols, they were essentially a race of horsemen, and their “deformed figures and hideous Mongolic faces” added to the terror which they inspired. After Attila’s death in 453 the Huns fell to pieces, and soon were absorbed into other nations—especially, perhaps, the Bulgars.
Hunzas. See [DARDS].
Hupas. See [ATHABASCAN].
Hurons, or Wyandots. A North American Indian race of Iroquoian stock, formerly inhabiting the shores of Lake Huron.
Hyksos. A Northern Mongolic race who invaded Egypt and established the dynasty of the Shepherd kings about 2000 B.C.
Ibeas. A Negro race which recently invaded the Cameroons from the East: they bring down ivory from the unexplored interior. Either Bantu, or Sudanese—perhaps connected with the [Azandeh] (q.v.).
Iberi, or Iberians. An ancient race of Western Hamites, related to the fair Berbers of Mauritania. The Basques are probably descended from them, and there is good reason for identifying them with the Picts of Scotland and the Irish aborigines.
Ibo. See [ABO].
Icelanders. Inhabitants of Iceland, originally Norwegians, who settled there about the end of the ninth century. A typical tall, fair-haired, blue-eyed Scandinavian race. The Icelandic Sagas form the chief part of ancient Scandinavian literature.