, 1879-08-14

cat1ao they hn.i forgotten !lat tln I1urons wero
eyer living ll9ra: Wu know bv numerous il'storlc-
long ago, hut they were driven ont
to tho 1s1ar.l Of Mnrklinac a few
ycara nftcrwar.ls, n'nl traces had hecn found
thcrn, Alter leaving hero thu Huron. went
to Green llar, t1lcure farther lntn Wlacnn-
Rn. 70 tic M'satsslnpi River, hack anaa to Wis
tphsln, and from shcro back 10 Lake Superior,
'll!ere tla, wero mot by Father Mnrquette, who
wcro driven ont by tho Superior Indians. Father
Marquette had arrived IN tlIls apot carlr IN the
spring Of III with sn,al trtbe Of Huron In
formed tho vanguard Of tho Northwestern ra-
t!ons. They wern more war-1kc ttan tho Algon.
9uIns, and Occupied tbs Land. 1t was of ttc
highest Importance To keep ,hc,n. TN friendly
Chrfstinnizing and clylltzuE tttcn. Father
Marquette Remained with them two years.
Iie built small chapel On thIs spot. Tic
position Of tho mission building was slIown by
On lilo map is q squire representing the palts-
ndc. which lie states is twenty .!vo fect high. In
describing tflc house Of tho Jesufts, lle says IN
the teri. ".'rtcv hnvo kind Of church tl'erc,''
large building. There waa nnosher square OF
the nsap showing thu palisade nruuul shu Huron
village; another square representing thc village
Of the Ottawa Indians. There "erco'her points
very good Idea Of The situation Of thu p!nce.
Father Jaekcr then proceeded 10 describe tho
mission building, and TO staso tic reatons far
hls bullet TINT t!'c foundations vera on this spot
The Indians had increased IN numbers to 1000
or 8,0N. The number OF Frcnch traders ant1
soldiers must, also, haye Increased. There was
no building IN use by tho lnfsstun or by the SOL
diers de Tint would correspond @ VII, the ruins Of
mtseion house. ThIs building liau no chimney,
while all tic permanent buildings Of the past
!la1 chlmney4, the rcmana Of which could be
posing that this spot WAS the site Of the Mis-
sion Chapel. It could not have been ware
house for the deposit of goods, for 1t was not of
such Size and shapo as was demanded by the
foundation for the building ot warehouse NJ
was to DO seen hero: There had boon found
bohtad the sacrlsty largo room and Fireplace,
which had BEEN uscd bY u,t brothers rs a
fm'tny. y They w1re for ,hS 'r ludins ,e sso
bad beon found there. There wora sometimes
three fathers here, together, and probably inany
brothers, mud thoy wanted room for uietr
asseinbl!os like this.
Father Marquette died on MAY 10, according
to the report Of '1s two surviving companlons,
wlln probably reached The mission about the end
ct AlHy,. Or The beginning Of June. They met
Father Noeyllo at'd told him tho story Of Faith.
or Marauette'a death. liz wrote 1t down, prob
ably on tho spot, ntid sent tho account to Que
ber, where It wa, Incorporated In the report Of
the prlcst In cllnrEo tEcrc, And forwarded 10
81 II 1901. Two years after Father Marquette
dlca-tlnt Is, on MAY 10, 1G77-an Iuliau hunt
ns party returning from their hunsitg.grounds
rassed by Father Alnrqucete's gravr. They
kuow it veil, because T. was marked By large
body well preserved, consisting Of nothing but
the bones md the inteEumcnts. According to
their c,,ston. Father Scev!lc says, they dtsem.-
1sred ah ne hay; scrnpea tue noncs washed
into birch box, such Us Is commonly used for
this purpose. AayinE placed the ROMANS IN Tic
birch boz, tliey continued theFr 1ourpsJ. On
co1npanlcd ", a party q lroquo.s,, at that
time on friendly tor1ns With the French md the
lIurous. They arrived hero to tho uumbsr OF
tllrty canoes, and The bones wero iacnsstied by
Father Nocyilc n1,sl his associate, Father Pier
sou. by whom they were plueol In the cellar Of
the chapel IN this church.
In the beginning Of the eighteenth century tho
French commander of this coast considered Du-
a'ld tratng.post than this place, md be inyited
the lod!ans Of the nctGlloorhoul 10 follow him to
Detroit. uo wautod their assistance In case VI
Il war, either with the English or tho lroquois.
was accordingly abandoned BY tho traders anu
the Indians, and became the resort Of outlaws
and desperate characters Of all kinds. Tho
Jesutts were 20 longer ab'o to control them,
Ha t thy n9y.o naly detsrnined h,rn ~ % abn9n
Which thcy did 'aA 10 17o5 or '1;sg, 1;oo,
the learned Futher could not toll which. The
ruins OF tic church had been discovered, and,
two years since, Father Juckcr had begun the
exhu1ned tho central pArt OF the collar, al,a had
found pcccs Of bark containing the remains. A
number nf bones hna subsequently been recov-
cred, which tho prfcst Ind washed with ha own
hands, and lla,l p'accd In box which was d.
posted In place Ut safety In the lttlQ chapel,
whittier those present wero Invited IN 10 nml
view them. This Invitation some Ut the party
accepted, and, as thc Western sun was Inaklnr
tic slsy. the purity loft tho sleeping vullsy and
The peaceful bay. and, re-cmbarkiug, returned 10
The telAud M|le1lco they set uul. f. E. N