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 . orthern Lake Company,James Smithwick, master, cast her an-chor in the harbor opposite the spot nowoccupied by the Mineral Agency. Therewere on board at the time, as passengers,Daniel P. Buchnell, Esq., the then Indiansub-agent at La Pointe, Mr. Asa Fowls,a cooper, just out of the employ-ment at La Pointe, his wife and her sis-ter, Miss Stella Johnston, of
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 . orthern Lake Company,James Smithwick, master, cast her an-chor in the harbor opposite the spot nowoccupied by the Mineral Agency. Therewere on board at the time, as passengers,Daniel P. Buchnell, Esq., the then Indiansub-agent at La Pointe, Mr. Asa Fowls,a cooper, just out of the employ-ment at La Pointe, his wife and her sis-ter, Miss Stella Johnston, of the Sault , and myself;—there were alsoSimon Sayer and Ouatosh, (a half-breedand a Chippewa Indian) together withSayers wife, whom we were bringing to the harbor for the purpose of ascer-taining the value of the vicinity as afishery. The Algonquin, laden with fish takenat Isle Royal, had sailed from Rock Har-bor, on that Island, at six oclock the samemorning; the wind becoming heavy fromthe westward, we made rapid way, andnot knowing the exact position of CopperHarbor, we kept well to the windward,and by i P. M. had made in as close to theshore as we dare, near Agate Harbor, ninemiles to the west. As we ran CEDAR RIVER. looking for Copper Harbor, the forbid-ding appearance of the rock-bound coast,upon which the seas were breaking half-mast high, rendered the prospect of enter-ing an unknown and narrow opening inthe rocks rather appalling. I had, how-ever, been furnished with a copy of thesurvey of the harbor by S. W. Higgins,made under the direction of Dr. Hough-ton, in 1840, and having perfect confi-dence in its accuracy, when, by compari-son with the coast before us, we weresatisfied the vessel was opposite the placesought, we stood boldly in between the 290 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF breakers to the west of tlie middle moment we were through the reef,the harbor opened out on eacli hand as byenchantment. Turning to its western beat to ou
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