Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, (July 23, 1635 – May 21, 1660), also known as
Adam Daulaut,
Daulac, or simply as
Dollard des Ormeaux, was a colonist and soldier of
New France. As garrison commander, in 1660 he led his companions and native (mostly
Huron) allies from the fort at the town of Ville-Marie (later to be known as
Montreal), with its population of 600 colonists, to an area up the
Ottawa River known as
Long Sault (near present-day
Carillon, Quebec). The exact nature or purpose of Dollard's 1660 expedition is uncertain, but it is believed that they intended to ambush a larger force of
Iroquois warriors that were rumoured to be approaching from the west to attack the French colonists.