Dollard Des Ormeaux Adam


A young officer of the garrison at

Montreal, who saved Montreal and the colony from probable destruction by

the Iroquois, in 1660. With sixteen companions and a few Indian allies,

he intercepted the Iroquois at the Long Sault Rapids, on the Ottawa, and

with a heroism seldom equalled in the world's history, this little band

gave their lives for their country's sake. The Iroquois, discouraged by

such unexpected resistance, abandoned the projected raid on the colony.



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