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 . in brandy, and of the fugitive voyageurs very persons who were sent here under—who go from one mission to another, pretense of Coming to bring the amnestymaking the savagesdrunk and seducing tliewomen in all the Cab-ins where they only answer tothese prayers that weget from the Comman-dants is, that they havenot enough men to al-low of their doing so,
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 . in brandy, and of the fugitive voyageurs very persons who were sent here under—who go from one mission to another, pretense of Coming to bring the amnestymaking the savagesdrunk and seducing tliewomen in all the Cab-ins where they only answer tothese prayers that weget from the Comman-dants is, that they havenot enough men to al-low of their doing so,either because the gar-risons are not suffi-ciently numerous; or,even if they were larg-er, they would not beof much more help tothe Commandants, be-cause the voyageurs andthe garrisons have an understanding to-gether, to support one another against themissionaries both in their Common mis-conduct, and in Evading all the ordersthat the Commandants might give them,should the latter choose to take the Mis-sionaries part. But they do not chooseto do so; and they themselves think ofnothing but accommodating One anotherwith regard to the trade. Since hisMajesty has ordered that the Voyageursand the Coureurs de bois be Recalled, and. THE (JIRLS , NOW I .-KD .\-- I 0.\ Vi:.\T FOR THE SISTERS. came, in reality, solely to trade during thewhole of That time—which, they de-signedly prolonged as much as they could,the better to carry out their object byselling all their wares to those whom theycame to recall; and to whom, by a Con-duct entirely opposed to their duty, theysupplied the means of carrying on thetrade once more for their own is why for so many years newamnesties are ever being asked for. be-cause the previous ones are always ren- 104 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF dered Useless in the manner tliat I havejust Described. You see, Monseigneur, that I haveDwelt to a great extent on the subject ofCommandants and Garrisons, to makeyou Understand that all the mi
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