1678-1747+Madeline+de+Vercheres

-Iroquois attacked New France, Madeleine prevented the Iroquois from burning down New France -She fired musket & told people to make loud noise -Reinforcements caught Iroquois and released prisoners -all at 14 years

Monument to heroin Madeleine de Verches & plague placed in 1927 created by Louis-Philippe Heberts -If Vercheres didn't do anything, the Iroquois would have killed everyone

-Had 2 brothers and & one sister all younger than her -married in 1706 to Pierre Thomas le Tarreu -Was also known as Marie-Madeleine Jarret-de Vercheres -Born in 1678, daughter of Francois Jarret

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