The Portland daily press., 1872-03-15
THE PR ESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH is, 1879.
~ lFrom the Eastport sentnel.l
Rev. Elijah Kellogg's Apostleship
Amongst the Quoddy Indians.

| AhVh6St INV X'sVeNJ
MR.. EDITOR: Your Lubec correspondent
in your last issue of February, speaking of
Rev. Elijah Kellogg, styles him the Great
Apostle of the Quoddy Indians; but in what
he was the Apostle of the Quoddy Indians,
he does not say. apostle means ''to send,"
from the Greek word Apostellein, and il was
applied to the twelve Disciples of our Divine
Redeemer sent by him to promulgate the
Christian Religion. l am aware that IN
wider sense those preachers who first taught
Christianity in heathen countries are some
times termed apostles, e. g., st. Denis the
Apostle of the Gauls, st. Bonifaee the Apos-
tie of Germany, st. Augustin the Apostle OF
England, st. Patrick the Apostle of Ireland,
st. Francis Xavier the Apostle of the Indi-
ans, ETC.. but Rev. Kellogg was never sent to
Christianize the Quoddy Indians. They were
all Christians, (See History of the Abnakies
by Rev. e. Vetromile) and all belonged to the
Catholic Church-that Church to which Rev.
Kellogg's ancestors and all Lubec ancestors
belonged, till Henry VIII, King of England
got the notion of divorcing Catharine of Ar
ragon, his legitimate wife, in order to marry
Anna Boleyn, one of the Queens maids of
honor, with whom he had fallen in love, a
crime that he could not accomplish in the
Catholic Church. Iet ga
Rev. Kellogg was paid by the society for
the Propagation of the Gospel to make the
Quoddy Indians apostatize. With this inten-
tion, and a handsome salary he went amongst
them, and took residence Mt Pleasant Point
for short time, Lubec being his regular resi-
dence. The effort to procure the Apostasy
of the Quoddy Indians had been attempted
several times long before the period OF Rev.
E. Kellogg, and it was always . complete
failure. The Indians would not listen to such
ministers, and they chased them away from
their settlements. (See tRt. Rev. John Car
rolls letter to the Quoddy Indians, Baltimore,
Sept. 9, 1871, and Aug. s, 1892, to the same.)
This last letter was delivered to the Indians
by Rev. Francis Ciquard, whom Bishop Car
roll appointed missionary to the Quoddy and
other Etchemin Indians. The above men
toned unedited letters, and the manuscript
of F. Ciquard are at Eastport in possession OF
the writer.
But your Lubec correspondent not only
calls Kellogg Apostle of the Quoddy Indians,
but styles him the "Great Apostle of the
Quoddy Indians" thus limiting to some
grand achievement operated at Pleasant
Point. The Indians looked at him with dis
trust and contempt; they fastened their chap
preaching. He never succeeded in making
single Indian apostatize from the Catholic
Church. ..-.
The Christian Examiner (XLIX,) speak
ing of the efforts of Rev. E. Kellogg at Pleas
ant Point, concludes ''The experiment of at
tempting to reform their (Quoddy Indiansl
vagrant habits in matters of labor and its re-
wards has been tried, has signally failed, and
need not be repeated. Yet the government
off 10 md xVa
ought to make suitable and even liberal pro-
visions for the permanent residence among
them of Catholic clergyman, who is willing
to give his life to their service. Welded last
to the faith and ceremonies OF the Roman
Church, they will heed the instructions and
rebuke of no Protestants."
Rev. E. Kellogg opened school at Pleas
ant Point, but without any better success.
| The school was what in Naples is called scno-
| la capqjola. Perceiving that the Indians did
| not heed his voice, he tried the rod, and the
experiment ended the school. The Christian
Examiner in the same number, says: 1.-The
Indians were fixed to the Catholic faith
the first trial of discipline (by Kellogg dis
solved 1.-THE schooD and scattered the Indians,
boys and girls to the four ''winds." mn
The Indians tried several ways to get rid of
him, but Without success. The Bishop of
| Boston refused to send them priest as long
| as Rev. Kellogg was at Pleasant Point. FL
| nally deputation OF Indians went TO Boston
| to see Bishop Fenwick, but the Bishop was
firm in his refusal to send priest to Pleasant
| Point while Rev. E. Kellogg stopped there.
| ''But what can we do,' the Indians replied,
eve tell him go way, and he no CO." Bishop
| Fenwick shook his head, and told them that
he would not send any priest. Here the In
dians consulted amongst themselves in Indi-
an language, and the Bishop could not under
stand them. They turned to him, and said,
Bishop, suppose we kill him, by no
such thing" Here the Bishop explained to
| them the criminality of the action. The In
| dians left, but not satisfied. Bishop Fenwick
thought it prudent and charitable to send
letter to Rev. E. Kellogg, warning him of the
| notion of the Indians to kill him. The re-
| ception of this latter ended the Aposteship Of
| Rev. Elijah Kellogg amongst the Quoddy In
dians He did not think himself obliged to
lay down his life for sheep that were not his
own, and left the same day. ~. .r ...
PLEASANT POINT.