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 . MR. MICII.\EL FIXNEGAN. country for passing the winter, duringwhich there are no fish at the Sault. TheHurons called Etiennontatehronnons,lived for some years on the Island itself,taking refuge from the Iroquois. Four\illages of the Outaouacs had also theirlands in these regions. But, especially, those who bore thename of the Island and were called Mis-silimaki
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 . MR. MICII.\EL FIXNEGAN. country for passing the winter, duringwhich there are no fish at the Sault. TheHurons called Etiennontatehronnons,lived for some years on the Island itself,taking refuge from the Iroquois. Four\illages of the Outaouacs had also theirlands in these regions. But, especially, those who bore thename of the Island and were called Mis-silimakinac, were so numerous that some 158 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF of them still living declare that they con-stituted thirty Villages; and that they allhad intrenched themselves in a fort aleague and a half in circumference, whenthe Iroquois—elated at gaining a victoryover three thousand men of that Nation,who had carried the war even into thevery country of the Agniehronnons—came and tlefeated them. In short, the abundance of fish, and. MRS. MARGARET FINNEGAN. the excellence of the soil for raising In-dian corn, have ever proved a very power-ful attraction for the tribes of these reg-ions, the greater number of whom liveonly on fish, and some of them on Indiancorn. Hence it is that many of these sametribes, seeing the apparent stability of thepeace with the Iroc|uois, are turning their eyes toward so advantageous a locationas this, with the intention of returninghither, each to its own country, in imita-tion of those who have already madesuch a beginning on the Islands of LakeHuron. The lake, by this means, will bepeopled with nations almost from oneend to the other—which would be verydesirable for facilitating the instructionof these tribes, as we would not beobliged, in that case, to go in cjuest ofthem two and three hundred leagues onthese great Lakes, with inconceivabledanger and fatigue on our part. To promote the execution of the planannounced to us by a number of Sava
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