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 . e cause of its cry-ing was simply its desire to be very gladly dried its tears. We also began the exercise of ourfunctions by teaching the Savages win-tering near here to pray, and by givingthem instruction. Thefuture course of thisMission depends onthe resolution adoptedby the Savages to re-turn thither. Indeed,we learn that the Hu-rons from Tionno
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 . e cause of its cry-ing was simply its desire to be very gladly dried its tears. We also began the exercise of ourfunctions by teaching the Savages win-tering near here to pray, and by givingthem instruction. Thefuture course of thisMission depends onthe resolution adoptedby the Savages to re-turn thither. Indeed,we learn that the Hu-rons from Tionnontatehave already soughtrefuge there, for rea-sons which will be ex-plained in the follow-ing Chapters. - The chai^ter is as fol-lows : These regions INTERIOR OF OLD ST. IGNATIUS CHURCH, HOUGHTON, illCH. q£ ^J-jg ]\^orth liaVe their Iroquois, as do those of the South. Theyare a certain people called the Nadouessi,who, as they are naturally warlike, havemade themselves feared by all their neigh-bors; and, although they use only bowsand arrows, they yet handle them withsuch skill and readiness as to fill the airwith shafts in an instant,—especiallywhen, like the Parthians, they face aboutin their flight; for then they discharge. one of these stones a sort of illustration,in miniature, of what is attempted withsuch ingenuity in artificial grottoes. We consecrated this new Festival bythe Baptism of five children, conferringit with all the Ceremonies of the Churchin our Chapel. God makes use even ofchildren for the salvation of children. Inthe case of one of those whom we Bap-tized, no sooner had it been born, in theheart of the forests, than all the otherchildren, although hardly able to speak,could find no end to their congratulations. - The Jesuit Relations and Allied Burrows Brothers Edition. Vol. 55, et seq. SAULT STE. MARIE AND MARQUETTE 161 their arrows so rapidly as to render them-selves not less formidable when fleein.£:than when attacking. They
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