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 . s, or, accordingto the Otchipwa dictionaryof Bishop Baraga. Bad Bayof the Iroquois squaw. Ofthe Indian village there is no trace. Theirwigwams, built only of poles and bark,have not left a single vestige. Not sowith the French village. You may stillsee the remains of their logs and plaster,and the ruins of their chimneys. Onthe supposed site of the house of the
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 . s, or, accordingto the Otchipwa dictionaryof Bishop Baraga. Bad Bayof the Iroquois squaw. Ofthe Indian village there is no trace. Theirwigwams, built only of poles and bark,have not left a single vestige. Not sowith the French village. You may stillsee the remains of their logs and plaster,and the ruins of their chimneys. Onthe supposed site of the house of the Jes-uits, some 40x30 feet, are found distinctoutlines of walls, a little well and a smallcellar. Immediately in the rear of thelarger building are the remains of a forge, where the brothers used to makespades or swords, as the occasion mightrequire. On further inquiry of the priest, whowas equally remarkable for his candorand intelligence, and the length of hisbeard, I found that the sketch of thehouse of the Jesuits was taken by himfrom the travels of La Hontan, originallypublished in France, but translated andrepublished in English A. D. 1772. Onlya few days after I saw a copy of this verysame book in the hands of Judge C. THE priests old RESIDENCE, REPUBLIC, MICHIGAN. WITH THECHURCH IN TORN DOWN. Walker, of Detroit, and was thus en-abled, to my very great satisfaction, toverify the sketch as shown to me byFather Jacker. La Hontan says: The place whichI am now in, is not above half a leaguedistant from the Illinois Lake. Here theHurons and Onatawas have each of em(sic) a village, the one being severedfrom the other by a single palisade. Butthe Ontawas are beginning to build a 134 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF fort upon a hill that stands but one thou-sand or one thousand two hundred pacesoff. In this place the Jesuits have alittle house or college, adjoining to asort of chapel and inclosed with pale,which separates it from the village of theHurons. Reference is made t
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