Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-04-05


q tion for the Erpagai.on of the Faith cs:ab-
-lished yezE ago in the diocese. TO provide
for iis.ir sus'enance and the construction #
.-chaps-ls and houses which thy viii s,s:rb-
"li>h in various places ef'tAor H,rsioz. they
"wili induce the white Inhabitants ard the
aaf,oes ef' TIE cos@fry to contribute Tor these
"cljeeis ~ much rs i'Icir mrans will allow
.,hsm." (l3) They will not faiI to give u-
'inforna,ion as to what may interest. delay.
'.or favor the progr,ss Of Me,r -n,ss,os. They
Twill be careful that these details be- arranged
lin such a way tha, they may be- published.
"as well for the siiiica'ion as for the encour-
"agrment Of the faithful who, as members If
1.-The association tor the propagation OF the
faith. contribute by their aims to the supper,
of that new Mission
Sir George Simpson. in charge Of the af.
fairs of tlia, Company Ciudson's Bay Com
pany) on the continent, on the Ilth June
1889. addresses "1'he Rev'd Mr.. Blanchct
Roman Catholie Mission, Columbia" and
then goes on to hope that everything will be
done by the Company, "to facilitate and pro-
mote your Mr. BIS endeavors in the cause
of morality and religion among the servants,
frcclnen and Indians In this letter, and
one of the same date, Sir George, however,
declines for the present to accede to Mr.. Blan-
chefs request for permission and aid to in
crease h. number of Missionaries. This cor
rcspondence indicates an entire independence
between the Mission or Missionaries and the
Iiudson's Bay Company.
Year after year, from 1888 down to 1915,
inclusive, we find the Hudson's Bay Compa-
ny keeping an account with them Nhe Mis-
sionaries) for goods and supplies, invariably
tcrlning them as the " "CathOiic MissioR."
In 1912, on the 25th November, DIR. John
Mclaughlin, then in charge of the Hudson's
Bay Company's interests west of the Rocky
mountains, writes to Rev. +. N. Blanchet, Il
am instructed to place one hundred pounds
sterling to the credit of y0Ur Mission, as an
acknowledgment of the eminent services you
and your pious colleague are rendering tie
peopie fthis country"
Scueral respectable witnesses have given
their impressions that the priests at Vancou-
yer were housed, fed, and paid as chaplsins
in the Company's service. There is no posi-
tive testimony by single witness that any
one of these priests ever received a dollar as
chaplain. There is positive proof that the
Company recognized the existence of Il AIS
sion, and made the above contribution in aid
of Mat Mission.
All doubts in this matter of chaplaincy aud
dependency of the priests Of the Catholic
Mission upon the Hudsons Bay Company,
are fully set at rest by the testimony of Sir
George Simpson, in March 1857. before the
Select Committee of the British House of
Commons, (ride report on the Hudson's Bay
Company, 1857, Br. Parliancnt,) and espe-
caIly the answer to intcrrogatory 1881 said
report, p. 81.
Qu.-"Is it entirely optional with them
"whether they keep school or not I" Ans.
by Sir George Simpson," 1t is optional as
far as we arc concerned: we do not insist
"upon their keeping schools. They are Under
"Me control of'the Bishop efNe Territory, or
"the society to ~hicA they bcio~g. VIZ ExER-
"CIsR NO CONTROL OVER THEM"
The Mission was further supported by the
"Society for the Propagation of Faith," in
Quebec, by like society in Paris, by sub
scriptions of the servants OF the Hudson's Bay
Company, by the products Of their farms, at
St. Paul in Oregon, and the Cowlitz, and by
donations.
We are forced TO conclude that these men
were Missionaries, and the evidence is irrc-
sistible that their chief station and head quar-
ters was at Vancouver, called since the dedi-
cation of the chapel. the Missio~ Of 81. James.
1t is very pertinent here to make inquiry
what was the intention Of Congress in making
this donation. 1t seems that the Govern
mcnt recognized with favor that body Of men
who had plunged into the wilderness to carry
the ti,lings Of salvation INTO the hcathcn. To
mo!lifv their native dispositions by Christian
king her. and thus prepared tie
wav for successful and at the same time peace
abe settlement Of the country BY the white
race May we no, SUPPOSE. with reason. too,
that this DONATION MAS intended iy the Gov
cr,,lncuis TO these men mini>sesinS to the
spiritual wants Of the pioneers to ci,iliza-
ton aud settlement Of our national domain.
afscrding an incentive hereafter to religious
soei,,i.-s To s..nd forth their missionaries 10
Lew ii,.lds and n they hclpsd TO settle tl,.
territory of tn nion sA~ir las.mx should BE-
r.,c.gnis.d ard encouraged BY sh..~e grants of
l-va, While il j. NJ; cl-isned that the aes ef
March 81. l>.i:;. could ssllargc the righ.s II
nsr,i.s who had v.s..d claims by virtue of
the ,.nssag- of thc ssssyon uFganie Act. vi
ne rrter tn is ss supporting the view. IL
s,s.:s- ,he dor s,il wider and grants the iils
20 land. Mt excrssliIg Geo aerss. nov oceu-
pied. or iAaf msy hare Sers ea~piod az M.s-
s,ssary sfafs@s. Iaiar 10 ihe passage Of sass
,sr.zaie Ars--7csoniziag claim 10 Go acres
hv any religious -oei.f, Who snay have e-'ab-
Esh.d a MISSIONARY STATION amon- 'he ludi-
nm trises IL ;L.i part It pregan. ay the said
nc, erected into nd constituted Arlington
Territory.
That the Mission of ~. JAsacs was taIs-
s.oslar, sss,,sa, and that rhc priests asiiniais-
i.Iiny were raiss;o,aal i.s, and 10, chaplail.s
ii.e =, i,i-arr sselis irrs si-;ily TO establish.
M. third sn.sfian j. presented TO which