History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . ided ina special manner TheHurons who went toHunt: for he LedThem to placeswhere they killed a great number of bears. Stags. Beavers,and wildcats. Several bands failed not toobserve the directions that I had givenThem respecting prayers. Dreams, towhicli tliey formerly had recourse werelooked upon as Illusions: and. if thev hap-pened to dream of bears, they did
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . ided ina special manner TheHurons who went toHunt: for he LedThem to placeswhere they killed a great number of bears. Stags. Beavers,and wildcats. Several bands failed not toobserve the directions that I had givenThem respecting prayers. Dreams, towhicli tliey formerly had recourse werelooked upon as Illusions: and. if thev hap-pened to dream of bears, they did notKill any on account of that; on the con-trary, after they had had , God gave them what they my Reverend Father, is all that I canwrite to Your Reverence respecting this mission, where mens minds are moregentle, more tractable, and better disposedto receive The instructions that are giventhem than in any other Place. Mean-while, I am preparing to Leave It in Thehands of another missionary, to go byVour Reverences order and Seek towardThe south sea new nations that are un-known to us, to teach Them to know ourgreat God, of whom they have hithertobeen Ignorant. All this time Marquettes soul contin-. ST. IGNACE, CHURCH OF ST. IGNATIUS. ued to burn with the desire to be able toexplore other countries of which he hadcasually heard from Indians who hadroamed and visited other nations. Attiie point of St. Esprit some Illinois ur-gently entreated him to carry the wordof God to their nation. This never de-parted from his mind. He prayed to theImmaculate Virgin Mary, to whom he al-ways cherished a most filial devotion, toobtain the grace for him to be able to vis-it the nations who dwell along the Missis- 80 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF sippi River. To liis great surprise onthe 8th of December, 1672, the feast ofthe Immaculate Conception itself, SieurJolyet arrived in St. Ignace with lettersfrom the governor, Count de Frontenac,and those of consent from his
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