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 . sday 9, (1677), and in it, undoubted-ly, they were deposited in a vault or littlecellar, which may have previously beendug out for other purposes. The box tion of La Hontan in his hand. He, aswell as every one elsewhose judgment was w o r t h any-thing, pronounced in favor of our opin-ion. The balance stood so that thesmallest additional weight of evidencewould


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 . sday 9, (1677), and in it, undoubted-ly, they were deposited in a vault or littlecellar, which may have previously beendug out for other purposes. The box tion of La Hontan in his hand. He, aswell as every one elsewhose judgment was w o r t h any-thing, pronounced in favor of our opin-ion. The balance stood so that thesmallest additional weight of evidencewould make it in-cline on the side ofcertainty as absolute as can be expected ^^ * in a case like this. The text of the Relation, it is make us look for a vault, or smallcellar (ut petit caveau) in the middle (aumilieu) of the church. But if anythingindicating the existence of a tomb in thehollow towards the left side and the rearpart of the chapel were discovered, couldwe not construe those words as meaningwithin the church? Besides, it must beremembered that Father Dablon, who leftus the account, was not an eye-witness atthe interment; nor did he visit the mis-sion after that event, at least up to thetime of his ifti!»Aiiiii«iil4i»i|!i»iiti if


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