The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-04

e ernly OhzdAtismr a any lcopS1aaotion is
Washington. Yet this vas 4urnod' ovsr e
the Met6oaso1 ss4 yang man named
aigh aP1otsssSsgsot..e He saa soms Of hia
| the mere saving Of Indian souls 80 . larce
re 10 not even . miRiater. Father Mes.
Pile states that be could have $1,000 In
dams In 'sad sroan& Fort Hall insfde O,
three years II the miasion was LETT In the
hands Of the Catholics. There never was
At the. Warren Springs Agency, Ore
gon, al the lndians srs Catholics. Father
Meeplie has attended them for ten years.
CAT Simo0e, Wsshiakton Territory.
there are 100 Catholics. At Siletz, Ore.
son. 100 Catholic
Montana. Indians are Catholic. Yet the
Indiao Superintendent OF Montana loses
no ePpOrtunity OF iusnlsing and harraaAing
the Catholic priests In their missions among
The Puget sound Indians number TO-
600, and are Catholic. They were Catholic
before the organisation even of the Indian
Department. Yet the Catholics have oniy
q agency from the Government. This
mission is considered by the department. a
model school. 1t is under the charge of
the Sisters and Brothers. =
-. " The Cegr D'Aleoe are all Catholics.
~
"Crooked Heart" from the trappers, ON
account of their treachery before they
were converted. Now they are the most
peaceable tribe in the Great West. But
the old spirit only plumbers, aud nothing
but fair treatment can keep them peaceable.
eminent has set apart reservation for the
C@ur D'Alenes, which places the old mis-
sion established over forty years ago by
Father DeSmet in the center Of the reserve.
:. cit is of the utmost importance that
measures should be taken to prevent the
walton, for the. Cnnr D'Alenes will stand
no imposition or persecutions. They being
Catholic, it is only simple justice to ap-
point Catholic agent, and we respectfully
ask the able Secretary Of the interior, Mr.
.Deiano, who has chafge Of all these things,
to consult Father Mesphe,, who represents
nent. These same Indians were forced
into outbreak by cruel treatment in SO,
and were 1t not for the labors of Father
josef the war would have cost the Govern
mept 81, COZ, 900. besides sacrifice of life.
General Wright, who commanded the |
United States forces, bore testimony to this |
In bis reports.
Clamath, Oregon, has a. thousand In
dams, i've hundred OF whom are Catholic
The now venerable Archbishop Blanclfak
'f Oregon, established this mission in his
Eoung days, long before it was q reserve.
fhe Methodists have il now.
Agency, Idaho, number four thousand, and
IRE all Catholics, with few exceptions.
They. were first converted by the greaf
french Jesuit, Father Devost, about forty
ears ago. Father peyost was the COM
'anion or Father DeSaaee. He hae been
esd about eighteen years, and e buried
FORK was eontinued BY Fathers Navaiif.
tazzoli, Cialdini, and the preoant Drieaf'
'ather Csthaldo. The Prssbytsrians lad
omo representatives among the Indians :
" some years, but they were hunted on :
J. some reasons by the Neg Perces. Yet
ne mission was turned over during the ,
ast spring to the Presbyterians- .
han three thousand Catholic Indians. Fa- 3
ler Cathaldo ID noW attending to the In
lane about one hundred miles from The {
yency. OF course all tho impedimenta II
are paid for tending to about
'ty Indiaus, while the Catholics get moth 1
g for taking care Of over 30O0l
ALI these Dt0ol0N9 taken from the Ca |
olics arc only thosg which were under
. supervision Of Father M6splie. They
ken from the Catholics"
In oOumeuding upon these remarkable
'ts, the Editor of the IEisE Repsblioan, =.
10 10 one o. seo most earaesE s1ppOEseRs Z
the Ad@iuiserssion, potassdly observes :
10 The present Adminiatrasion started ONT q
th the determination 10 treat the InG1ianS n.
Fly, bat overlooked the one great Fast !
y large majority Of the Indians were
tbohcs, were peaceful, were civilized: -
d that the few tribes which took to the
r-pHth no more represented the indiana -
IN the thieves and cut shroats thas All -T
1ails respreseDt the white race, The -
lple fact was, then, that oar authorities
rted ont without taking the feelings, re-
ous or social, Of the fndiaus into con
Grafton. Two main points were kept 10
W, namely, to bring the'Indiaus lnto re. I
yes and civitize them, and Co act fiber
? with aii the religions. and Scots. The De.
n adopted was TO count the tribes and Z
ut the religions, and then parcel out 10
Indians, withaut any regard to sheir ST
'istian belief, giving 60 mucll--the lion's Vt
re-to the MethodIsts, 80 much Co the w
9asts, 80 much to the 'Quskers, JeWs, "a,
In gil history thereto nOthing 70 -sur. "A1
such a parritiO9A-the> partisiOu OFT ST
aud only exceeded fs in extent, NOT In PIE