Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . oquent appeal told them that childish superstition hadreigned too long in the wigwams of the Pascatoways. There was but oneGod, and He alone was worthy of the homage of brave men. He was thecreator of all things. He was the Great Spirit worshiped by the blackgowns. The stones and the objects adored by the Indians were but thehumble works of His hands. And to show his contempt for their formeridols, Tayac took one and tossed it with his foot. The warriors applaudedthe language and bold action ofthe
Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . oquent appeal told them that childish superstition hadreigned too long in the wigwams of the Pascatoways. There was but oneGod, and He alone was worthy of the homage of brave men. He was thecreator of all things. He was the Great Spirit worshiped by the blackgowns. The stones and the objects adored by the Indians were but thehumble works of His hands. And to show his contempt for their formeridols, Tayac took one and tossed it with his foot. The warriors applaudedthe language and bold action oftheir chief, and henceforth Chris-tianity made a rapid conquest ofthis tribe. Thus did the holywords of Father White fall upongood ground, and bring forth ahundred-fold. About this time Tayac ac-cepted Father Whites invitationto visit the town of St. Marys,and was delighted with the scenesof peace, prosperity, and happi-ness which there met his lord of the forest noweagerly begged to be baptized,and at length a day was fixed. The ceremony took place onthe 5th of July, 1604, at his rude. THE PASCATOWAY CHIEF capitol, Kittamaquindi, in a chapel built of bark for the occasion. .Thegovernor, says the letter of 1640, was present at the ceremony, togetherwith his secretary and many others; nor was anything wanting in displaywhich our means could supply. The venerable White, the friend and instructor of the red king , his queen, their little son, and several of the chief men of the tribe, THE LAND OF THE SANCTUARY. 27 were solemnly admitted into the Catholic Church by the regenerating watersof baptism. The converted chief assumed the name of Charles, in honor ofthe English sovereign. His wife took the name of Mary. The other con-verts also received Christian names. In the afternoon, says the letter just quoted, the king and queenwere united in matrimony in the Christian manner; then the great holy crosswas erected, in carrying which to its destined place the kin
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