The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
EARLY JESUIT RECORDS.
YALUxBLE MAEUsORIPTs BRoUGHf
UERF BY FATHER JONES.

Rn.ttn-e uIinnfOnn riea-NAnp anu @ournnl OF
r,th.r Nsnrauetto on His Exploration OF
In. Nr,..ls.,ppI-storics or s1artyrdom.
m. Raw. Father Jones. 8. j., a distinguished
.,tiouarv and tho archivist Of st. Mary's Col.
lego AZ Montreal, who is ut present visiting the
Jcsu,t community at Eighty. third street and
park avepue. has with him a collection OF rare
old manuscripts pertaining mainly to the Soci-
etv NJ Jesus and its work in tie Western World.
Tho history of this collection is not without In
tcrcst- when the English Government Issued
tho order against tho Jesuits In Canada the
society was allowed TO retain Its existing prop
ertv. hut the Government would not permit the
Jesuits In receive any ~noviccs, hoping that
when the last member OF the society died that
its property would come into the possession Of
the British. Tho last Of the Jesuits in New
Franco was Father Cesot, who died in March,
1900. Before his demise Father Cesot sue
ceedod In passing many documents OF almost
priceless historical value to the Sours Hos
p~itaiiers. and they stored them with great care
In the vaults Of their convent. The decree per-
uniting the Jesuits to return to Canada was
issued In 1s43. Almost their first thought was
for the manuscripts and writings OF the early
fathers, which they had intrusted to tho sisters.
Fortunately, the nuns had been impressed with
the Importance of the collection, and the priests
who were sent to recover 1t found the manu-
scripts intact.
OF the documents which Father Jones has
brought to this city, probably the most impor-
tant is the original map, drawn by Father Mar
quette, of the Mississippi River. or. as no called
1t, the River Of the Conception" This map
Ii drawn on heavy paper, with considerable
skill. and its outlines are apparently as clear
to-day as they we're when first made by the dis
tinguished missionary explorer. Father Mar
quette mapped out only that which he had
! anan during hia frmDua eXDlOrationa The
| river, as shown on this map. extends from
Prairie du Chen to the mouth of the Arkansas
River. Accompanying the map is tho auto
graph journal kept by Father Marquette during
the voyage. This journal is beautifully writ
ten and it contains much of interest concern
ing the wild. country which he traversed. The
last entry was mado scarcely q month before
the death of Father Marquette. and the book
was directed in the explorers own handwriting
to the Rev. Father Claude Dablon, Superior Of
the missions Of the Society Of Jesus in New
France.
For a long time there was considerable doubt
from the fact that there was written oni an en-
try which stated that II was the writing OF the
inte e1 ssthsF the ma ssme hand w ra t eRt as t Hei bo aSa of
the journal. and those who examined the docu.
himself as g a dead man. Ibis apparent re- ineon.
s aSs Il explained iaSdr. 9 *. Father tnthsr,,: Jone !" by BY
| WHOSE lnulNlulhl luDOTb Il6 huLlltullClly VI IL
journal was established, a. being perfectly nat
ural. He says that the journal was intr1st-
b to two At lR 1Sas iin se F. dsilv &sdqs ss E"t Mss
almost In tho valley Of ,tth99 s hs tSU Of ti6 death u:
for whom It was intended he would be no
longer numbered among the living. Moreover.
by Father Marquette was probably repeatedly
shown by his messengers, who used II, as a
boo. Father Jones finally established the au-
thorship OF this journal beyond question by
e eesoF% IN sh th 1.-THE hsn town W III ko mt'h tRS eap 5as ! be-!
low Montreal, Of the infant daughter OF an Indian
named Victor kioventaone. The ceremony was
was made by Father Marquette. who attached
thereto his own signature.
the original description, OF New Netherland.
written by the Rev. Father Isaac Jogues, who
S SomerS county. \. Y, IN whose memory a orynt,
shrine has been erected at that place. Father
iSs isso %ss FR %dia 1S death IL % SR 9 fr;t Ia esp tStsi 81 81
Lake ChampIain and lake George, and during
cruel iortures. two fingers OF one OF his hands
being cnsvs bitten s1 e, "a b b. s9Edo ay 7or1 R Sr WAS re lnS 4.
ton Of his hand by the Indians disqualified him.
his yea! and so distinguished bis %seTyiees to the
hem re cHaifa = Pope psDs granted edT MIN Ht9d disp Snsii on
by which he was able to resume his pricstly
npSn tSs mI In S0aisrr Ing 1 Pdss s's saia tbst e Ma,
not proper that a priest who had suffered mar
tyTd1m for Christ should not be allowed to
Father Jogues returned to America and re.
summed his missionary lab9rs with increased
hands of the Indians to whom he sought to
bring, the teachings Of Christianity;
Jogues. refers TO MANDATES Island" as being
seven, leagues in circuit. lie says that 1t con
@ens Of iq The 'n town T"t TO % be sef butt It Inc IN tho iUm fntnre.
Concerning the inhabitants. he said: There
may be four hundred or FIVE hundred men Of
lig1on was permitted except mat of the Calvin
but Calyinists to the island, but these orders,
Father Jogues snys. were not strictly observed:
on Manhattan Island, and lime was made from
the shells Of oysters, of which great quantities
were taken out along the shores.
The collection also contains tho originals of
the Jesuit Relations from 1872 to 1879. These
duplicate originals OF THO relations, thirteen IN
fFsaees' Je snd de T InmSer IN sh SIa hSRd DabIong on Of
valiant de Gueslis. They arc mainly valu.
able because they contain the history Of tho
that period, and the duplicate originals which
go with them are important because they show
in the compilation OF the work, In 1872 the
1SsIr m Tsths5s ceased %slt to Publish pSi! h1d the s story of Of
cause the Pope decreed that no writings OF that
nature should. BIO put forth until they had been
approved by Rome. The French Government
objected to the exercise of such an authority
BY the Pope: and rather than bring, on a clash
yesuits ceased to publish their Relations, but
complete set OF the Relations now in existence
Is In the Lenox Library. II Is said to BIO far su-
perior to the collection In the British Museum.
Father Jones's collection also contains the orig.
inal OF the grant OF certain indulgenccs by Pope
Urban VIII. to the Jesuit Mission of st. Mary'S
n Huron county. The grant is merely a brief.
Part OF the RUINS of the little church which It
concerned are still standing.
No. 10 in the collection Is q bound volume of
manuscript concerning the death If Father
Jogues, Anne de Noue. Antoine Daniel. Jean
de Crebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant. Charles Garnier.
and Noel Chabanel; also the captivity and death
Of Rene Goppil. martyred by the ~lroquois ON
sept. 20, 1912, and q manuscript written by
Father Paul Ragueneau, who was compiler OF
the relations from l64S to 1862, concerning the
martyrdom Of Father Jogues.
These documents are beautifully written, in
a clear. bold hand, and here and there through.
out the book, more particularly at the end of
chapters, are attached anidaviis certifying to
AI1i ri