, 1879-08-14
.REQI1TTs.

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'es IT, = po,1,m,r. n, no.,or ,-o,o ~ Tim
c.,.. ~ A.. .s,,s ~. it. a..
eomnhesee' mo explorer oi th's continent oe'
Qactte, whether for the Importance OF fs dis
cnvcr,ca or for thc trottx nj hi. t.,s,ntcre,te at
tr,,,,, ns,ttroh,, oho-nr,or Iho,n 81, ,ht,,t NJ
tsnf ee'.'a"o'o e"u,as's'' nope ~" oolsss ~
tho Association VIII 10 successfully aeeoih'
p1I4hcd."
Edward r. De1.onccv. of Morno,pncck. AZ,
vroto. u1 .rt.h wo,, ~, .,,,o.s. l., t,,c nohIe
"ras. l., ,..,"s w.. ~, w." ~. ~. a,r.a.,n
Archbishop Gibbons, Of Baltimore, wrote;
tit Is, indeed, n gratifying spectacle, and ono
,,,,t 1ao. h,rn- ~ tL,so nrrorc1 In II. IN viii
.as auso s,, Ho .,a',.s - -. rn,,on, r,itr,ou,
ness Renticnlcn oclnbG.'E ~ 'h1"''S '."h""'
denominations meeting tnGctneF 10 pAH ho"aso
to tho Il,ustrious pioneer Jesuit Hhnse venerable
nauo ;t Intimately anil ,nscparably associated
WITH thc rrcat Northwcat."
". II. II. Ecwmnn. President OF tho Buffalo
Hta.nrtra1 ancfatv. wrote: tt11,e Buffalo His
tnr1rat society cntcrtate n encca1 interest IN al
matters hiator!ca In connection with the north
crn boundary oi our country, oart,c1.larly tho
csatian f tbc services Of tc carly pioneers ii
civ;izatinns md csncc,a,ly Of Tho cstfmalln
character OF Masrucitc. wllosc mcfnorvw will
he mini to acc rcrpntuntet bv n suitable non,l-
Gus man, whose lite a,al services arc so INSOFAR
ahly iiirntiHcd with The earIY history Of flat
scci,an.T
i. =. scammop, of Chtcauo, wrote. NJ nm
Jntnrr*te,l In fir niircnsos pE your Association,
mt only % pcrpe;unslnga great landmark ID
history. ttlt, n1so, rs testimonial to that
Trcst n;o,ior, which, while lcss runowneti than
{,rcat I,r{tntn in the colonization and ses.lc-
mrnt of new countries, has fnr exceeded IL In
pioneer cnterpriscs mil discoveries, especially
in America, md whose language has left all
!ndrlibte itnnrcssjon ,1pon tic physical noncn.
c,atuTe of ihe Great West, AZ we'll ms mnny
other par,s Of thr Continent. can never think
nj Frnncc ur of her tutrcptl discoveries Of tho
sourccs OF our great rivers mud intcr-occanlc
lekcs. without Il feeling Of reverence nnh grati-
irtie, which Is annl1n,entca hv thc recollection
nf tic MD rendered to our Colonial fathers IN
national cxl.teuce. hopo yo,lr efforts will tc
crowned mltn the speedy success they 30 much
deserve.n
Il. s. Robcrtson, OF Fort Wayne, In.1., wrote
to the Coiunlttco rs follows: III, tic summer
Of 1S75 pnji ysit to Point St. Ignncc, III tic
inno ~ ,cnrnmp aomrthInv nj In, ,nr,st in reln-
i'm tn liza cnr|y history OF The mission, but, un.
fortunntcly, thS good Father was ohsent, nnia
plras,,re nno frcls in yisftJnr nolnts which vcrc
trci I,v III" f,rst Grand nxnlprnrs nj ot,r Enn.
tinont. Little did think, as ( passed frntu
nincn to Mace. that m 10 short pcrIO the ro-
mains Of tIse devoted missionary Whose fano il
mart OF our history, would agoI,, be rca,,Jrccted
an, thts tlmn fron the anil wa. sianIi,,r imam
Thot,rn nhsent. ioin With YOU In RENDERING
hon,n0c In t},e ,,ctnnrr nf fhn f1tnatrnnH an,f
intrenid nrnlnrer tho grand htstorjt.aj rilarac.
t"r' nm,i dcvntr,. Chrtsiian cnyov. ,rbo,e hams
ebnniu br t,rnr tn evcrv liver al nur country.
tic martyr Maro,1ctte,n
Ieyi HIshnn Prestlsut or the Wayno Coun,v
Pioneer society. Ohio, wrote: II houo YOU
viii i ic careful % 10 Select GOOD site for % tic bro. @
no,etI monument. ni,,i tlInt tiic monument IL
solf viii ft. wurthr thc mu, md thn name IL i.
1"stonrd n eom,ncmnratr' .Iot # risc I'll, II
meet tic SIN at hs C NM, Let thc iirst ltrtt
1or "n,' n1nv mnon H. s,,,mn,tI * N-' 49,"
scnasnr @ III noyl i1aras Of Illinois. wroto. arwo
h,nd.r,, xcnrn mi rncrc bnvr 1,assrl owor aincc
ths hrnye ana worthy a' sSvosa .s II
,hc ini1ian.s ,ben thc sn,e nnssrs.nrs ~ ,ha
c1nhsy ,hn dom Snen my nov ta M yna II te
10 uni.c,l tic qualities Of an explorer. and 70
Waters. tbo nasin of yyhich inv oStentis oyer m
rrr. ~ ,wo NJ" ha,t mitnns n snraro ,'i,.s ~
mi emhracca territory larger tinn ali Ei,Tn,;c'
Excluding Russia a,,d' Norway a!'l Sweden.
camo TO- us through the selt.sacriflcinr aud cour.
oncnus anirit ~ Fathrr Mnrnitctte. nm nj Tho
hcrocs Of civil tic, whose poaccabio achIcyu.
,n"nt a,,rnasses ml,c,, ,jmt la claimed for mill
tary giory. Three Of his fnmIly laid down tju.ir
Iive. IN iii n,,r revolutionary ANCESTORS in lie
str,,Uia fnr lihorty. It is thrrefurc. innst
fltt,nr lint n mans thus Joubly e,plrared to tic
ncnnjn of tin ljnitcu Stntes skotl j,o !nsrr1bel
nnn n
t;ir rcenc,t mil prntfi,uic ii
Oscar ". Collct, Trrasurcr of thu Missouri
t,istnri,nl Socinty. wrotr: .sJ1r coinnunnrs.
tins of ouu or otinr k,ml held iu ti,s ValJcy of
shu NIississjppi from Tins 10 tjtuu allrl. tllu
lat feY yenra IN honor III tllo rrcat acIlfcye-
n,rnts of Marnuottc mid ,;ulnt Two centuries
neo seem to hc, If not the ithctliatu nrcruruoys
Of thu realization Of Dattrolra prc,lirtlon, Mt
Icnat tokens tint imstitc ,yli oro long ho tinnr
to t,,e memory Of MurG,tuttc. The Admiral
who. four csrturtca aro. royen1cd thIs ,rrn,II
Western world to turn Il vel ,lnhonored within
memuris, l,y ihv uUple which has annronratrd
TIN t,nft inportant mart tf lila tIisrnyerins Tin
same ia tr,,a 0l hlaruuotts unl joitet. ani
nolt6er column nnr obelisk commemorative thn
deeds or distinguishes tiIe Inst restinwi,|aca Of
either OF those two leaders OF tlc va,lrun5d al
Amorie1ln HnterptIsc, II mnnunlcntn he
tie apnroorInto farm Of national recorni-
tiun ui services rendered to a ncanle.
or from which # has received untulI
n,ayantngee. Eu.eIy It ts lime lint snmc,rlrr"
,.non ,h,t fare of thts broad Amrrca,, i,1n, c,n.
i,,uius shulld ba thus hU,IpTrtl tint son,.-
whsrf, In thr Valley OF tic Misstssinni shnIIi,l
bo Inaururatcl n memorial TO thr l,onur nf S.nr.
nuettn. Or juiipt. or Luwia. or Cin-k. i,ct ma
lioue lint tho Marquette Monument Assntia.
iI,l viii soon realize the 0picct f,r wilrI, Il WA
forr,,I. u,ri tnt fnr n,vnv T., In, ,,,,rtt,I,,I