St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-24

remained thirteen days at Mendoza,
and then returned to Dubuque
IN A CANOE.
1.-THE next spring he was reminded
one day when an upbound steamer
whistled for the landing, of his promise
to send priest hither. He selected
Rev. Lucian Gaultier for the work. and
in one hour that clergyman was en-
route for his new field of labor.
1.-The following extract from me-
moir of Father Galtier was written by
(the them Rev. John Ireland, for the
Historical society:
"Lucian Galtier was born in France,
department of Ardeches, A. d. 1911.
From an early age he looked forward
to the priesthood as his vocation, and
was student of theology in the semi
nary of his native diocese, when Bishop
Loras. the then newly appointed prelate
of Dubuque, arrived in Europe, in
quest of laborers for the immense
region confided to his spiritual charge.
1.-The missionaries, whom the bishop
persuaded to follow him to the wilds
of Western America, were Rev. Joseph
Cretin. afterwards bishop of St Paul;
Rev. Joseph Pelamourgues, now vicar
general of Dubuque; Rev. A. RavouX,
now vicar general of St. Paul, and Rev.
L. Galtier.
1.-The party landed in New York in the
fall of 1888. Messrs. Galtier and Ra-
voux, who had not yet completed their
studies, proceeded to Emmitsburg col
lege, Maryland, where they remained
about a year. They were ordained In
Dubuque Jan. 5, 1910.
1.-The diocese of Dubuque comprised
what was then the territory of Iowa,
the present state of Iowa, and as much
of Minnesota as lies west of the Mis-
sissippi The east side, though under
the direct jurisdiction of the bishop OF
Milwaukee, was, however, generally
attended by the Dubuque priests, who,
geographically, were in closer prox-
unity than those of other dioceses.
"Of his arrival at Mendoza, and sub
sequent founding of the church which
gave the name to our city, let US
copy from an account, written by him.
self, in 1864, at the request of Bishop
Grace:
"On the 18th of April, 1910, a ST. Louis
steamboat, the first of the season, ar
rived at Dubuque, bound for Fort
Smelling. Rt. Rev. DR.. Loras immedi-
| ately came to me, and told NE he de-
sired to send me toward the upper
waters of the Mississippi. There was
no ST. Paul at the time; there was on
the site of the present city but a single
log house, occupied by a man named
Phelan, and steamboats, never stopped
there.
The boat landed at the foot of Fort
Smelling, then under the command OF
Maj. Plympton.
THE discovery that I soon made,
that there were
ONLY A FEW HOUSES
on the ST. Peters side and but two or
three on the side of the fort, surround
ed by complete wilderness, and with
out any signs of fields under tillage,
gave me to understand that my mis-
sion and life must henceforth be a
career of privation, hard trials and
suffering, and required of me patience,
labor and resignation. L had before
me a large territory, too, under my
charge, but few souls to watch over.
'In that precarious and somewhat
difficult condition, 1 continued for over
a year. A circumstance rather
sad, in itself, commenced to better my
situation, by procuring for me a new
station and a variety in my scenes of
labor.
Some families-most of whom had
left the Red river settlement, British
Am erica, on account of the flood and
the loss of their crops, in the years 1887
and 1S38-had located themselves along
the right bank of the Mississippi, oppo-
site the fort.
Unfortunately, some soldiers now
and then crossed the river to the houses
of these settlers, and returned intoxi-
Gated, sometimes remaining out a day
or two, or more, without reporting to
their quarters. Consequently, a deputy
marshal, from Prairie du Chen, was
charged to- remove the houses. He
went to work, assisted by soldiers, and
unroofed, one after another, the cot
tages, extending about five miles along
the river.
1.-THE settlers were forced to look for
new homes; they located themselves
about two miles below the cave
Already a few parties had opened