, 1879-08-14

which the Rev. Father Jacker, the SUCCESSOR Of
Marquette, and an enthusiastic student OF carly
t'nes1 @ saa .Aisu upon " stNan. Nv spuko .,s.
without previous preparation, 10 very good En-
glish, but with q foreign accent. lie said:
f.AprKa Ann GENTLEMEN: In addressing you IL.
day feel like runu on this lake who i1n1 rot IN
row aeHust thc current and acaIpst ths wind. For
two 20 ,,d II asst s sfe Il j. eny ~
speaS iii nftcrnuon. In liz second pinen I havc W
been suffering ror good vhi,e Of catsrrh, ] "'''
ven, mo- ani nss in .hs woi writtcn cs..Ys ~,
ihc lifo Of Father Marquette, ono rrost 1ncf,t Of
hss i,as M escaped tho attention even of hssosans
Ind not established tie Indian Mfttson Of St.
so snf + s ona n,, s hen Tho
coi,ntcd Causda rou,d not l,ayo nas.ed ,irnneh
,liai most rsmnrkahle period Of existence IN tto
~ ttene cnanjes e IN anan md haSn .aP"e MSW
Anil t}ryc,, out by thc Jsonuu!s tho power Of tint
nation would hsyo n'ised aSoso the gTente.t hiRi's
ncen tbat ti,p prortoss Of Civilization and nn,.
pirc would havs bocn rctas.!ei. and then. Instead
9c c Inc me- he ot as
tse ,vnrr al ihe I"snlmtinn' fcei .,oii snHmrhe
that tLa shoft limo allowed to mo 10 a1rcss Tn,I
tho satisfaction Of tha historlcal studunt. and
much lesa to the understanding Of lhnso
not 10 well Ycraed In tho Old history of this con.
Dp a Gne i}ci for another speaker 10 contradict
them. 'rhat viii lend 10 a hettcr knowicdgo Of thu
ss 1 1t tsG fs a. m'ss sssn ot s.
Camatia would have hccn iost for tho French Thev
neetlcd lto Northwest. Tho fur rato wa tho lIfo
grcatcr pronortiuns Ii was tho iur trnJo tiHs sun
iMrict lie whole French population Of tho Lower
It. Lawrence. Tho fnr trade was eetting snall,
and It did not nay nnv longer, They throw thsir
nvcnts out through tho Northwest. Tho Iuiiau
tribes furnished ,iionl with these furs. crpcca!lr
I
aon1r Ia ths ncssl,borhsWd. Tho Ojihewnys and tlo
Chippewas. o.l Lake Superior, and s.lo linrons.
Saginaw. So ware liz pottawaiomlcs ma W she VIII
nc6aVos. All thcso woro tributary Ia s,o 81 French
iur trade. l.utlalo.sktns wcEo hrought from tic
SoWx. The EnrlIsh at layt. sscna TIC ,,rot "f III
trade, tried 70 wrsst Ii from tic Frsnch. Thsy 10y
oaas Of S' goo. aost syinr tGs te o ayav aaof "a
tho Indians ii, order 10 cn tetu fro, tho Frrnch
They vera nlalyst rucccsvir. Eirht non,,la ~
ieaycr.skn. ;rhv French tra1crs rayc four. The Ie
+: S:s s: : T. ~ ss
tic ipdia trlbcs yuc in this ne,sbborhooT wcrn ~,
almost on tho point Of turning oyof q lbs % iSoaaois
a gsenr ;hs
,ha m and M to ta ~ ,nes to eSss
TbrY u,aJo war oil the French sonetimc. MN "ri
sometimes on The EngIsh. They last tU man1
ylNu Tint Il 1ynR nb1Y bv sut.1 ,rN ,,fhor rn}.n
tribes nnd incnrnorntinv ,,Nrt ~ fbo mnnni"s,a,,
into theiT own ,iniion ihnt inv rnnid rnmtna" :"
Kcrp In tboir nuullrrs. iilsiorians tnnv thtso
facis. hut ncrhnpy tllry hayn mt drawn nti III
c0ncjnsi0ns In 4 wur,i. # wnui hnvn iuccn tn.
nasihlr fur fha Frsnri, ia hnyn kcni m fhrir al a.
llanru With thu Surihwcstcrm Iniians nrl the trno
viii tbrm If tha rnuIts lad mi hn"n l,"rn '"A'
The Jusuts dIl ,,Dt con,s m tint arc",,nt .rbev
untlcrstpni tic c,Intcuurnc,a Mrhnus nrd fnr,
ya ruri t|,s ufrrnsta nj fhcir nnfinm s, ,,n ,hst
nccn,nt snmre thn bariahins thnx Ind r., ,'"s
With noro paticncc. ThUY knew thsir - ntssrnco
VIVA nscrs ssnry in nrdcr ~ rnr, Than, IN fri"%l,
t.ru,s With ihpir csaIrymon in fnn.'ia Th"v 'iii}
mt consider lii m liz rrd at thnIr wor nv ~ w.,
cnnsIurabio part nf II. hut th"v rncen,eioms,v ~
nns.;n., frnm towtr i, ns,r IN otI"- ~ su, .
thuw ~ ,,I. ta o'sn ~ ,et, ~ 1p tno
nthsP tb,ts fertjiss,nr tno pisnts ~ ,is ,a,am.
,l,n i.smi, ntsinnarI"' ntic onsss ss uin''ss n W.
svrcs Ints. ~ s'rnsdi,,. v"lI,'o, smnI" III IL Iao I
,nmu ."h uoinI,p, ~ snni a. Ti not,ss atins s III ~
viirh tH"x sr,tix 1ho,rhr ~ P'''ossa "ofA
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no. nu;s" IN ,n""t hi ~ n a.. '.%!a4 ~. G!'o!, HUH
nroI,csa nna IL tn Iattr, ~ ' snri ~ ~ s esss
Hinva-n"s - III t"a,nS, - H. i wv stcacn
.ohio iis ~ I%Tn ftae. h ~ 'sM a. ns
ssit.to NJ, tho a".Irs ~ H. s ~ fs @ nnte ~
I,st.ns ,h ~ tSx""rs. ...t ' .oe, soua r1ot "
soir Into w. iemI y" & "I.u % nn ~ % aneuW hn
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fi" iii, PHI tri % T,tio,. sUoa1o. ~ uha u ~
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ai,ns rt ~ ih'at ,t,n ht "mu t su'"idate!y ,I
y" Eus,v ' v.vti,in@ H. IL r,'"tnS ~ hi *. H. 'das
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