Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French Garrison commander
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Place of Birth: Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, Île-de-France, France
About Adam Dollard des Ormeaux
- Adam Dollard des Ormeaux (July 23, 1635 – May 21, 1660) is an iconic figure in the history of New France.
- Arriving in the colony in 1658, Dollard was appointed the position of garrison commander of the fort of Ville-Marie (now Montreal). In the spring of 1660, Dollard led an expedition up the Ottawa River to wage war on the Iroquois.
- Accompanied by seventeen Frenchmen, Dollard arrived at the foot of Long Sault (near present-day Carillon, Quebec) on May 1 and settled his troops at an abandoned Algonquin fort.
- He was then joined by forty Huron and four Algonquin allies.
- Vastly outnumbered by the Iroquois, Dollard and his companions died at the Battle of Long Sault somewhere between May 9 and May 12, 1660.
- The exact nature or purpose of Dollard's 1660 expedition is uncertain; however, most historians agree that Dollard set out to conduct a "petite guerre" (ambush) against the Iroquois, in order to delay (or avoid altogether) their imminent attack on Ville-Marie.
- For these reasons, Dollard is regarded as one of the saviors of New France.
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