. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. to that place to reside, but remainedfor some j-ears at Llle a la Crosse. In 1S56 heagain journeyed to Rome with the object ofobtaining a Coadjutor Bishop, and succeeded inprocuring for his assistant Father Grandin, who. The Mast Rev. Archbishop Tache. has since been established in the See of St. his return from Rome he finally settled at Though eleva
. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. to that place to reside, but remainedfor some j-ears at Llle a la Crosse. In 1S56 heagain journeyed to Rome with the object ofobtaining a Coadjutor Bishop, and succeeded inprocuring for his assistant Father Grandin, who. The Mast Rev. Archbishop Tache. has since been established in the See of St. his return from Rome he finally settled at Though elevated to the Episcopaldignity he was still untiring in missionary annals of St. Boniface show that during theearlier years of his Episcopate he made manyhazardous trips into the interior of the countryand was never at rest. Speaking of one of hisvisits to Lac la Biche the Bishop has declaredthat A canvas tent in the midst of the snow,even though it be planted on British soil, does not CANADA : AN ENCYCLOIVEDIA 5°9 present a proper idea of Engish comfort. On theday of the arrival of their Bishop, they (the mis-sionaries) took possession of their poor cabins,which cost them much trouble to erect. Theydid not possess even a single chair ; a log of wood had to serve as an Episcopal seat Hard work and were not the only trials ofthese young fathers; hunger also contributed itsown share to their sufferings. I was prof
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