![]() ![]() If you are lucky the articles will mention that her younger brothers, twelve year old Louis and ten year old Alexandre, were in the fort with her.īut to really become immersed in the story, there is only one source I know of to which I can direct you: Madeleine Takes Command, by Ethel C. You will find a few paragraphs on different websites which will tell you that Madeleine directed the defense of her family’s fort for a whole week until reinforcements came from Montreal. It is hard to find a great deal of information about Madeleine de Verchéres these days. That child was fourteen year old Marie Madeleine Jarret de Verchéres. The oldest of his remaining children was the only commander the fort had. His oldest son was killed in battle a year before. Neither was his wife, Madame de Verchéres. However, the Sieur de Verchéres was not within the stockade when the attack occurred. This seigneury was the property of one Sieur François Jarret de Verchéres. On October 22, 1692, a military seigneury (fort) in New France (now Canada), was put under siege by a large band of Iroquois Indians. ![]()
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