Pioneer Catholic history of Oregon . roughly sea-soned. They have planed all the siding andflooring, have all the lumber required now andwill go ahead as quick as necessary with thework. I am sure your Grace sees the necessityof sending a priest to the district as soon aspossible. If possible he should speak Englishperfectly and preach well. All here send yourGrace their respectful compliments. If at anytime, consistently with obedience to my Supe-rior, I can do any good for any portion of Ore-gon, I will be happy in being at your Lordshipsdisposal. I hope to have the pleasure of seeingyou soo
Pioneer Catholic history of Oregon . roughly sea-soned. They have planed all the siding andflooring, have all the lumber required now andwill go ahead as quick as necessary with thework. I am sure your Grace sees the necessityof sending a priest to the district as soon aspossible. If possible he should speak Englishperfectly and preach well. All here send yourGrace their respectful compliments. If at anytime, consistently with obedience to my Supe-rior, I can do any good for any portion of Ore-gon, I will be happy in being at your Lordshipsdisposal. I hope to have the pleasure of seeingyou soon in San Francisco, and recommending FIRST CATHOLIC CHURCH 197 myself to your Lordships prayers I have thehonor to remain, with due esteem and respect, Your very humble and obedient servant, JAMES CROKE. Father Croke now bade adieu to Oregon. Heafterwards became Vicar General of San Fran-cisco. He is remembered as one of the ablestand most devoted priests of pioneer days inthe West. He was a brother of Archbishoj)Croke of Cashel. 14. MOST REV. C. J. SEGHERSApostle of Alaska CHAPTER XX. AMONG THE INDIANS. 1. Obstacles to Successful Work Among theIndians. The story of the beginning of Catholic Indianmissions among the Indians of Oregon has beentold in an earlier chapter. For an understand-ing of the work among them subsequent to theestablishment of the hierarchy (1845) we mustbear in mind the following facts. The Indiansof Western Oregon were much inferior bothphysically and morally to their brethren in theRocky IMountains. This condition became ac-centuated when the whites came into the coun-try, for the Indians of the interior met thewhites only occasionally while those of thecoast had an opportunity to learn all the worstvices of the w^hites from daily intercourse. Eventhe mission schools do not seem to have helpedthe Willamette Valley savages. MedoremCrawford was a teacher at the Methodist Mis-sion school at Salem in the forties. He writes ofthe work in which he was engaged a
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