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. Index : L His heroic resistance to Iroquois at the Long Sault, 39, 69-72. Bib. : Parkman, Old Régime ; Jesuit Relations , 1660; Faillon, His to ire de la Colonie Française ; Dollier de Ca on, His to ire de Montreal . The exploit has inspired several Canadian poems. See Martin, Marguerite ; Fréchette, Legende d'un Peuple .