Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . holy Mass and religious Neopit Oshkosh, the last Chief of the Menominee tribe, died March 23, 1913, at the age of 83. FRANCISCAN HERALD 187 things. Often, I had difficulty tofind a lodging place for the night,and very often I had to go all daywithout a meal. Once or twice ithappened, that in looking for anights lodging, I was told I couldroom with the lumberjacks, whichinvitation I politely declined. It was, therefore, my hearts de-sire to build a church. A petitionwas sent to the Indian Departmentin Washington for a land grant as asite for the new church; whi
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . holy Mass and religious Neopit Oshkosh, the last Chief of the Menominee tribe, died March 23, 1913, at the age of 83. FRANCISCAN HERALD 187 things. Often, I had difficulty tofind a lodging place for the night,and very often I had to go all daywithout a meal. Once or twice ithappened, that in looking for anights lodging, I was told I couldroom with the lumberjacks, whichinvitation I politely declined. It was, therefore, my hearts de-sire to build a church. A petitionwas sent to the Indian Departmentin Washington for a land grant as asite for the new church; which pe- church. On this occasion, CatholicIndians who had hitherto had nocourage to attend services in the ho-tel, manfully appeared in greatnumbers, in Gods own house. Thechurch, of course, was built largelyon credit, but, thank God, good be-nefactors were found who contri-buted generously. This church de-dicated to St. Antony is now an or-nament to the village, and is rapid-ly becoming too small for the evergrowing Menominee Indians in Gala Attire tition was finally granted in Septem-ber 1909. On the 16th of thismonth, the site for the new churchwas cleared. The fall being pleas-ant and very favorable for building,the work on the new church pro-gressed rapidly, and after manyweeks of hard labor and much wor-ry, I had the consolation to see thechurch under roof. November 24was a day of great joy; for, on thatday, I celebrated holy Mass for thefirst time in the yet unfinished St. Antonys congregation atNeopit numbers at present 150 fa-milies, of which 120 are good this church has alreadyaccomplished, may be gathered fromthe fact that since the year 1900,twelve adults have been baptized,thirty-two neglected Catholics in-structed and twenty-nine marriagesrevalidated. To judge from the re-sults already achieved, the Churchseems destined to do a great dealof good in this new mission. 188 FRANCISCAN HERALD Being convinced, however, that even though the mean
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