1911 - French Girl's Heroism

To Madeleine de Vercheres a monument is to be erected and the parliament of Canada is to pay $15,000 toward the cost of the undertaking. Madeleine de Vercheres was a brave French girl who held a little fort successfully against the attacks of hostile Iroquois. A brave little woman was the heroine of Castle Dangerous. To work such as she did Canada owes her freedom from internal troubles in the later days of the French occupation. It is well that the courage of Madeleine de Vercheres is to be commemorated. Her story ought certainly to be handed down to posterity to illustrate the good qualities of the pioneers. - Toronto Mail and Empire.