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 . an-cient cellar-like excava-tion a decayed piece ofa post, planted deeply inthe ground, came to light. The bot-tom of that hollow itself furnish just thethings that 3^ou would expect to meetwith in the cellar of a building destroyedby fire, such as powdered charcoal the subsoil, spikes, nails, an ironhinge (perhaps a trap-door), pieces oftimber—appar
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 . an-cient cellar-like excava-tion a decayed piece ofa post, planted deeply inthe ground, came to light. The bot-tom of that hollow itself furnish just thethings that 3^ou would expect to meetwith in the cellar of a building destroyedby fire, such as powdered charcoal the subsoil, spikes, nails, an ironhinge (perhaps a trap-door), pieces oftimber—apparently of hewed planks andjoists—partly burned and very much de-cayed. Nothing, however, was foundthat would indicate the former existenceof a tomb, vaulted or otherwise. Ourhopes began to sink (the good Bishop had already stolen away), when, at thefoot of the western slope of the ancientexcavations fragments of mortar bear-ing the impress of wood and partlyblackened, and a small piece of birch-bark, came to light. This was followedby numerous others, similar or larger,fragments of the latter substance, mostof them more or less scorched or crispedby the heat, not by the immediate actionof the fire; a few only were just black-. ST. JOSEPH S CHURCH, L ANSE, MICH., ON THE OCCASION OF ITSDEDICATION. ened, and on one side superficiallyburned. A case or box of birch-bark,(une quaisse descorce de bouleau) accord-ing to the Relations, once enclosed the re-mains of the great missionary. No won-der our hopes revived at the sight of thatmaterial. Next appeared a small leafof white paper, which being quite moist,almost dissolved in my hands. We con-tinued the search, more with our handsthan with the spade. The sand in whichthose objects were embedded was con-siderably blackened—more so in fact 138 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF than what should be expected, unless somedigging was done here after the fire, andthe hollow thus produced filled up withthe blackened ground from above. Hereand th
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