History of the Catholic Church in western pdf

History of the Catholic Church in western

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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOL. I nCHAPTER I. nTHE PEOPLE AND THE FUR TRADE. n1659-1727. nThe aborigines — Their manners and religion — Radisson and Desgroseillers — First contact — Foundation of the Hudson’s Bay Company — The Western Sea — First establishment 1 nCHAPTER II. nHERALDS OF THE CROSS. n1727-1736. nLaverendrye — Setting out for the West— Forts St. Pierre and St. Charles — Pecuniary difficulties — Father Aulneau — Bourassa and the Sioux — Massacre of the Lake of the Woods 15 nCHAPTER III. nPROGRESS AND DECLINE. n1736-1755. nConsequences of the massacre — Resumption of discoveries — Fort la Reine and its chaplain — Results of Lavlrendrye’s activities — De Noyelle — Death of Lavlrendrye — Le gardeur de St. Pierre and his chaplain — Getting rid of the Assiniboines 33 nCHAPTER IV. nAN EPOCH OF TRANSITION. n1756-1810. nThe Coureurs de bois and the halfbreeds — First English-speaking traders — The Northwest Company — Influence of the French on the natives — John Macdonell and the Hudson’s Bay Company 53 nCHAPTER V.

nTHE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. n1811-1815. nMiles Macdoneil and the Red River Settlement — Mr. Bourke — Some more colonists — Hostility of the halfbieeds — Protective measures of the Governor — First conflicts 65 nCHAPTER VI. nA CLOUDBURST WITH ULTIMATELY GOOD RESULTS. n1816-1817. nNew Conflicts — The Battle of Seven Oaks — Death of Governor Semple — Wrongs on both sides — Lord Selkirk to the rescue — The need of religion — Tabeau and his mission — A permanent post decided on 79nCHAPTER VII. nFOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH OF ST. BONIFACE. n1818-1820. nRev. Mr. Provencher — Directions and commendations — Going west — Arrival at “The Forks” — The situation there — First churches and schools — Opposition — Successes. 95 nCHAPTER VIII. nTHE FIRST BISHOP OF THE WEST. n1821-1829. nProvencher appointed bishop — Difficulties concerning Pembina — St. Francois – Xavier founded — Dumoulin returns east — Schools and college — The education of girls — New priests — Good citizenship recognized 113 nCHAPTER IX.

nTHE FIRST INDIAN MISSIONS. n1830-1839. nThe stone cathedral — The Indians and Mr. Belcourt — Trials and reverses — The assault on Larocque — Belcourt intervenes — Arrival of Mr. Thibault and other missionaries — Belcourt’s activities 132 nCHAPTER X. nTHE DAWN OF A NEW ERA. n1899-1843 nThe first Council of Assiniboia — Provencher and industry — Belcourt and his indifferent charge — Protestant rivalry — Indian tale — Rev. Mr. Darveau — John Rowand and the first missionary of the western prairies — The Blackfeet 151 nCHAPTER XI. nDEATH OF DARVEAU AND COMING OF THE FIRST NUNS. n1843- 1844. nThe liquor evil — Darveau’s pluck — Antagonism of the Protestant catechist — Darveau is done to death — Steps taken to get nuns — The first sisters in the west 171 nCHAPTER XII. nARRIVAL OF THE OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE. n1844- 1847. nThe western missions dreaded — The Oblates accept them — Arrival of the two first Oblates in the west — The Denes — Activities everywhere — Epidemic at Red River — Fathers Bermond and Faraud — He a la Crosse 187 nCHAPTER XIII.

nTROUBLES AT HOME; CONSOLATIONS FROM ABROAD. n1847-1860. nMaterial cares — The Company’s exactions — Petitions and investigation — Exit Mr. Belcourt — The question of a coadjutor — Arrest of Sayer — His forced liberation — Tache’ appointed coadjutor — 209 nCHAPTER XIV. n”DEATH OF BISHOP PROVENCHER”n1850-1853. nMissions of Tache’ and others — Tache’s consecration — Antagonism of the Hudson’s Bay Company— Grants for education — Mr. Lafleche as peace-maker — Battling with the Sioux — Arrival of Lacombe and Grollier — Death of Bishop Provencher 228 nCHAPTER XV. nBISHOP TACHE’ SUCCEEDS BISHOP PROVENCHER. n1853-1856. nThe diocese of St. Boniface in 1853 — Bishop Tache* in the north — Arrival of Father Grandin — Lac la Biche founded — Father Faraud’s missions — Poverty and enterprise — Statistics of lie a la Crosse 246 nCHAPTER XVI. nSUCCESSES AND TRIALS. n1857-1859. nTache’ goes to France for a coadjutor — Preaching and printing — Missionaries come by way of Hudson Bay — Tache’ becomes a “counsellor ” — The nuns appreciated — Grandin appointed bishop — The bogus Son of God 262 nCHAPTER XVII.

n”UNTO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD.” n1859- 1860. nDevelopments in the north — Ste. Anne’s Mission — Poor fare of the missionaries — Bishop Grandin returns with new priests — Foundations — Travelling — First evangelization of the Eskimos 280 nCHAPTER XVIII. nTHE BURNING OF THE CATHEDRAL. n1860- 1861. nBishop Tache’ at Lac la Biche — Mr. Goiffon caught in a blizzard — The palace and cathedral on fire — New legal holidays — Inundation — Father Lacombe and St. Albert — Civilizing influence of the missionaries — Unfounded charges against the halfbreeds. 294nCHAPTER XIX. n”IN JOURNEYING OFTEN.” n1861- 1864. nBishop Grandin starts on a series of visits to the missions — Old Beaulieu — Site of Providence chosen — The Indians and the ministers — Hardships on the way — Typical mission house and travelling costume — Lost in a blizzard — Mr. Ritchot — Protestant bait for the Loucheux.

309nCHAPTER XX. nONE MORE BISHOP. n1864-1866. nReconstruction of the cathedral — Death of Father Grollier — Visit of Father Vandenberghe — Bishop Grandin appreciated — Bishop Faraud in search of a coadjutor 330 nCHAPTER XXI. nCONFLICTS AND DANGERS. n1866-1868. nFather Petitot’s travels — Mr. Bom pas — Father Lacorabe’s camp attacked — New recruits — Bishop Grandin become vicar of missions — Five new priests — Recapitulation 340 nAppendix A — As to the time of the Lake of the Woods Massacre 356 nAppendix B— The Discovery of Fort St. Charles 357 nAppendix C— The Red River Voyageur 361 nLIST OF AUTOGRAPHS IN VOL. I nLavdrendrye’s 16 nFather Mesaiger’s 17 nFather Aulneau’s 30 nFather Coquart’s 39 nMiles Macdonell’s 66 nRev. Mr. Provencher’s 102 nRev. Mr. Belcourt’s 137 nRev. Mr. Thibault’s 167 nRev Mr. Darveau’s 177 nRev. Mr. Lafleche’s 203 nFather Faraud’s 256 nFather Grollier’s 292 nBishop Grandin’s 310 nBishop Out’s 339 nFather Lacombe’s 348 nContemporaneous Map of Lav6rendrye’s Discoveries 44 nProvencher’s Passport 98 nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS nRev.

A. G. Morice, O.M.I Frontispiece nAn Indian of the Canadian Plains 4 nAn Old Squaw 32 nAn Indian of the Far Northwest 50 nA Shaman, or “Medicine Man” 74 nBishop Provencher 116 nRev. Mr. Belcourt 138 nJohn Rowand 164 nRev. Mr. Thibault 170 nRev. Mr. Lafleche 184 nFather Aubert 204 nRt. Rev. Charles J. E. de Mazenod 230 nRt. Rev. A. Tache O.M.I 250 nPresent Mission Buildings at Fort Chippewayan, L. Athabasca 258 nThe Beginnings of a School in the West 270 nBishop Grandin, O.M.I 286 nRt. Rev. Bishop H. Faraud, O.M.I 292 nThe Church with the “Turrets Twain” 298 nFirst Mission House at Hay River 312 nNorthern Den Boys 330 nRev. Father A. Lacombe, O.M.I 348 nnDigitized by Google.’, ‘Includes bibliographical references and index’, ‘Electronic reproduction’, ‘Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002’, ‘digitized’, ‘Description based on print version record

• Creator/s: Morice, A. G. (Adrien Gabriel), 1859-1938
• Date: 1910
• Year: 1910
• Book Topics/Themes: Catholic Church, Catholic Church — Northwest, Canadian — History, Northwest, Canadian — History, Église catholique, Indiens d’Amérique

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