Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-02-22

oundy the heir apparent 10 Inc cio"u, "ho'n
no instructions could raise 10 The degree OF c'''
iiized being. From this painful position ne was
transferred 10 The Archbishop OF Camofay ~
1897: and TWO years afterwards his lelemaque
was published sureplitiousy by Inc person
chargei with copying the manuscript "h'cn
brought upon lis author The hatred OF Inc despo''
I.oris XIV.-a hatred occasionally masked, but
constantly suhsis,ins, until the death oil Fenelon
in l7l5.
Thus i, arrears that We have no direct ana
nositiye account Of the manner iii which Fenelon
passed The six or seven years Immediately ioi-
lowing 1867, when he was 50 afdenlly uesilous
to devote himself TO missions in Canada; and on
" from The silence OF his bio2raphevs can we
infer that those years were spent by MIN IN tue
Seminary OF 81. Sulpicc Now it is precisely to
this interval, from 1867 10 1874 that The evil
dcnce applies, which will now be produced,
tending to show ,ha Fenelon did actually engage
in such mission, and was thus employed, lor
some time, among the lroquois, in the western
part al the territory now included IN Inc Sla'e Oh
New York. ;
4 The frs, piece Of evidence to be presented, is
extracted from 1.-THE History OF New France,
| by The accomplished Jesuit Father CharleVoiA, d
I work OF extraordinary research ana unsuipdsseu
1 elegance Of style, large and important pof-
dering uron The southern side oil Lake Oi'-
tario, and 10 The Iroquos or Five Nations,
originally occupying them. In his ninth book,
| Charevoix writes thus:-"A considerable num-
Der OF Iroquos were established near The west
eIn extremity OIL Lake Ontario, among whom
were many Christians; and the Bishop Q! re-
tiaa, (Vicar-A posoic of New France.) consid-
efing i improper 10 leave Them without pastors.
sent tnher Messls de Feneon and 'rrouse."
This was in 1868 or 1863; Of the labors OF those
! Missionaries nothing IS said by Charlevoi1, nor
do We find any further mention OF M. de Fene-
| Ion, except on the following occasion: In 1913
| The Count de Frontenac arrived al Quebec, as
Governor and Captain General OF New France
including all The territories claimed by France
| in North America-and ne soon alter engaged
in dispute with the Missionaries and The Bish.
op OF Quebec, Gate Bishop OF Pelr1a,) as 10 he
part which the later might take in The admnis!ra-
ton, and more especially as 10 the prohibition
oil the sale oil ardent spirits BY :he traders 10 The
Indians, which the Missionaries were ever an1-
ous 10 have enforced. The dispute was carried
very FAR; The Bishop openly censured The Gov
ernor- General, and The latter Ictorted by caus-
ing Moere's comedy OF TaHune 10 pc per-
formed in The street, opposite Ia The ecciesIasii-
cal residence Moreover writes Charrvoix,
"The Able de Saisnac feneion; OF the Semi
nary OF 81. Sulpice, wa put in prison, under The
pretext that ne had preached agains, The Count
lie Fronienac, and had taken the dispositions Of
various inhabitants oil Montreal, in favor OF
their Governor NJ. Peno,T whom The general
had caused 10 be arrested" The exact date OF
this imprisonment is no, given; but it probably
bly, took place in l674, or AT --latest, in 1915.
These extracts from the History Of New
France merely show, that Nj. de Fenelon was
! arp he
1868, and ina. an Apbe dc Salisnac Fenelon
was, in l674-5, imprisoned al Queb-c, on ac-
| count 0! his resistance 10 the mar dates OF The
arbitrary GoVernor.GeBeIal. That the Two in.
dIviduals, thus mentioned BY Cnarleyoiyi were
one and he same is rendered certain b. The 10.
dex 10 the history, composed with extreme care,
in which both Of the events above mentioned,
refer 10 the Abbe lie Saiisnac Fene on. VI TINS
person Chafleyoix says nothing more and ms
silence mus, indeed DC admitted As un!avorabe
10 The supposition here adyanceci lof, Il The
Abhe de Frlelon, who had been engaged IN
such arduous and pfaisewofIhy labors, and had
been treated with such inGi2nIr by ihe Govern
or-General had been The same aiterWatd so well
known, and holding such eminent siuali0ns IN
France. the Jesui, would scarcely have tailed 10
notice the circumstance, in his work, which was
not published until l74f-long after the death Of
The preiate.
There is, however one other piece u evidence
tending most strongly 10 confirm the belief, IN
the identity OF the Able de Fenelon, who served
AS Missionary in Canada, with the Able dc
Feneon, who wroIe Telemaque, and Who was
preceptor 10 The Duke oil Burgundy, and after
wards Archbishop Of Cambtay This tesii-
mony, indeed, comes from an uncertain aulhor-
il; yet when taken in conjunction with the 9TH
er circumstances related, il will be found 10 bear
a strong face. |, comes from FTiar Louis Hen
| nepin, whose name is indissolubly connected
with he history Of this country by his sue.
cessful labOrs in The exploration of the Central
portions OF the Continent, as we'll as by The in
leresing descriptions OF those regions AMI their
inhabitants, which ne was probably, the first 10
make known Ia the civilized world. He came
to Canada in 1914 or 1915; and four years alte!-
! wards, he accompanied La Sale on his first c1-
pedi,ion 10 The Mississippi regions, The northern
portion oil which, were explored by Hennepln, in
manner most extraordinary, considering his
means-or rather his want Of all means, except
| those supplied by his own courage and saoacity.
From he Upper Mississippi he returned 10
Canada, and thence proceeded 10 France in 1853,
where he soon alter published me narrative Of
mis- adventures, containing The earliest exact &C.
| counts Of the regions west OF the great Lakes:
| This narrative fair, truthful, and most interest
| ing, even al the present day. is almost unknown;
| and It's author is now Judged only from The evi.
| dence OF his character afforded Dy subsequent
worss, published in Holland in 1878, which
are filed with gross talsehoods ana absurdiIies,
The fruits OF disappointment, combined with ola
age and penury
| In the first oil these works last menlioned-the
well known "N.w Discovery Of a Country larger
| than Eur0pe,''H while speaking OF the period OF
| his residence in America, Hennepin says-"l
embarked TAI Rochelle Tor Canadal With M.
| Francois de Laval. then Bishop Of Pel!Ra IN
pariib,w infdclium since made Bishopoi Quebec,
| The capital Of Canada My desire 10 rave in
| creased more and more. remained in that coun
\ try four years. and | was sent on a Mission,
| whilst the Able dc Fenelon, now Archbishop Of
| Cambray, was residing there" This IS, indeed,
positive assertion, on point on which he Fiji
| ar could scarcely have been mistaken. The ex.
| act date OF Hennepin's arrival in Canada, can
| not be determined: he states that ne was ordered
TO proceed hither, Immediately alter the battle Of
| Senet, al which he was present. August H. 1914,
| and that he then rema ined Two months near Ro-
chclle from which port be sailed IN company with
the Bishop OF Quebec, as above stated. II is there
| tore probable that be arrived IN Canada IN The
later part of 1914, or early in the following year,
| about which lime or somewhat ca:lier, me Abbe
de Saignac Fenelon was i'm prisoned by Count
| de Fronenac. Hennepin does not say mat ne
| saw The Able de Fehelon in Canada; and he
may have been mis- Informed rs 10 the exact peri
| cd of his residence there's nor docs he say that
| he had ever seen the Archbishop OF Cambray
bu, he directly declares his belief that they were
one and the same person; and ne is at most,
charseable only with naccnracy, such as might
| have been committed, without any imputalion
| on his veracity.
| Ii has thus teen shown by testimony which
will scarcely be qnestiuned-that the Able de
Saignac Fenelon, afterwards Archbishop OF
Cambray, when student OF theology in The Sc
mnary OF 81. Sulpice at Paris, in 1867, before
he had attained his seventeenth year, was ardent
ly DESTROYS 10 engage Immediately in Mission
in Canada: And ii should be observed, that his
youth al that time wonld have presented no OBJ
slacle 10 his employment in such duties as hume
rous instances are found OF persons sill younger
being thus engaged in preaching, catechisins ard
otherwise insructinc, though they were, OF course,
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