The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-23
ARcHsr.HoP rAcHK DEAD.


wrxwrrxs. June 22--Archbishop Iachs
died at 30 O'Clock this morning.
FAIexsnder Anf0nfne Teche was born in
Rfviere-du-Loup. Canada. July ., ISIS,
was graduated 81 the College Of St Hvs>
cinth and studied theology in the setnin-
ary OF Montreal. He returned 10 s.. Hya-
cinth IS professor Of mathematics. but
after teaching few months went TO Mon
tseaI and became 8 monk OF the Oclate
order. He volunteered at once for mis-
sionary service among the Indians OF the
Red river. and after q journey OF s.xty-two
DAYS. during which be encountered suffer-
fnrs and privations Of every kind. reached
s.. BonIface August =, lSs5. he was
raised 20 the priesthood on October ~
following, being the first priest ordained
on the banks Of the Red river. In July,
1915. be set out for ILe-a-la-Crosse, and
after spending few months ~ that mis-
sion went to labor among the Indians that
lived around the lakes several hundred
niies TO the north vest On one OF hts
journeys be slept for sixty nights in the
omen air in winter and he often travelled
thirty or forty leagues with the tempera-
ture IS or 30 degrees below zero, IN the
hope Of converting q single Indian. His
zeal and talents became known through
out Canada, and. although only
% years old, he was recon-
mended for the post of coadjutor
bishop of st. Boniface in 1850. He was
summoned 70 France by the superior of
Of Arath ia the cathedral Of Viviers No
yember %, 1851 After visit to Rome he
returned to Canada in February, 1852,
and on Septemb Der 10 reached He
a-Ia-cross. which he had deter
mined 20 make the center OF his
iabors I'm the Northwest He set about
founding new missions. obtained mission
apsa al nd fer al IN
many schools, colleges. converts and
chapels were built. Bishop Tache's ef-
forts were directed also to the establish
ment Of a French-Canadian population in
the Northwest, and be did much to de-
velop and strengthen the feeling of French
Canadian nationality among the inhabi-
tants of the Red river country. He became
bishop OF Ct Boniface June 7. 1853. In 1863
he laid the grievances OF the Metis (half-
breedsl before the Canadian government,
and endeavored. without success, TO per-
suade the latter not 20 make any changes
in the political situation OF the inhabi-
tants of the Red river without consulting
them. He then sailed for Italy in order
to take part in the council of the Vatican
at Rome. Meanwhile the troubles came
to crisis. In 1870 the half-breeds, led by
Louis Riel, rose in rebelllon. The Cana
dian ministry, alarmed at the attitude
of the Metis and regretting too
late that they had not followed
Tachs's advice. begged him to come to
their assistance. He at once returned to
Canada and reached the Red river on
March o, 1870, empowered, in the name of
the Imperial and Dominion governments.
to offer a full pardon for all political
offenses committed during the insurrec-
ton. This ended the revolt. In 1885.
when Riel and his half-breeds broke out
again the Canadian government moved
them down with machine guns and hanged
Riei. st. Boniface was erected into met
ropolitan see on September %. 1871, and
Bishop Tache was appointed archbishop.
He wrote Twenty Years of Missions In
Northwest America" and "Studies in
Northwest America" The latter has been
translated into English, and Is considered
the most complete work on the resources
OF the Red river. the nature of its pro-
ducts. and the different races OF men and
animals that inhabit the country.l