Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-15
REV. JUllLARDANSWEREO.
Or, C, E, Lukcns Objects to his Ar
ticIe Entitled "~Aspersions OF
New Mexico"
The MISSIONARIES UPHELD.

Nl II Ilca TOT our Kcl Men, To be
found in the Assembly Herald of last
February.
As ! am acquainted with the author
OF the attack against the missionaries,
and also acquainted with missionary
work among the Indians and Mcxicans
q New Mexico and Arizona, ! wish
TO answer this priests article. As to
the relative sincerity of Mr.. Juillard
and the workers he refers to so sar.
castlcally. | will say that the former
Is located at Gallup. New Mexico,
where he has n pleasant home, and
that he makes excursions into the sur
rounding districts, staying only long
enough to bury the dead. perform mar.
rage ceremonies and baptize children.
tor pay always. while the latter
spend their time on the fields. live In
poor houses. with yet poorer fare, and
perform all the labor pertaining to
their fields or missions without hope
of p~ccuniary reward from the people.
AS to the interest of the churches
he attacks. i'm the welfare and prog.
re.s of the territory. I will say that
the Presbyterian church is spending
from funds raised outside of the ter.
titories, for educational and mission.
airy work. over 100000 per year In the
territories. Other denominations
are also spending large sums of mon
cy In this work. so that not less than
s250.0O0 Is being brought into these
territories each year to be used for
their advancement. while II Is well
known that the church represented by
Nr. Juillard raises its funds
from among the natives. zone of its
methods being to bury the dead In
their houses of worship. that being
more sacred ground, and the priest
gets from $40 to 800 for each grave.
I have known them to dig up the
bones from a former grave to find a
home for the last comer.D
As to this priests charge that mis-
sionaries and teachers manifest the
ingretitudc of contempt for the Mex.
leans and Indians, through letters
written to the eastern churches and
speeches delivered there, there Ia no
foundation. That there are many hon.
noblc.hCarted, educated Mex.
leans and Indians, we gladly accord.
from acquaintance among them. and
| am proud to name many of them as
personal friends, but that some
Of the natives are ignorant and super.
stitious Is well known. For such we
10 not have contempt, but are sorry
for them. to the amount Of our lives
and money. They are glad to take
advantage of what is being done to lift
them up. As to where the blame lies
for the condition of these people.
VIII leave the reader to learn from a
few statements.
The Roman Catholic church has
had complete control of the moral and
spiritual welfare of these people for
over three hundred years. In San Ma
toe. the little hamlet Mr.. JUL
lard defends so vigorously. there
rro Il few families of superior
educated people. but It Is n
stronghold of the "Penitentes,'
u society organized among the mem.
bers of the Catholic church only. The
%uncivilized habits and immoral con.
duct of this society is famous among
all who have had knowledge OF con.
ditions In the southwest. Again, at
Laguna, | in company with govern.
ment officials, have witnessed the
heather dances and ceremonials held
inside the Roman Catholic church,
while on the altar were images of
beasts and birds. with lighted candles
and food placed before them. This Is
the regular custom there. That all
the heather dances have saints names,
every tourist knows, and, moreover,
the priests attend them, and on that
day baptize the children of the par
Elephants.
In n work Of three years among the
Indians, and contact with the McNi.
cans, | have never attacked the Ro-
man church before these people.
have attacked the practice of idola.
try, drunkenness, etc, (which IL al
iows). The curse | then took Is the
n followed by most workers, for
The Protestant church never seeks con.
%troyersy. But | took every opportuni,
~ to treat the priest Co%urtcously
How ! was repaid will show when
say he never visited the field, that he
did not try To incite the worst ele
ment against me, aud at laguna asked
them to build him a house that he
might live among them, as he found
the missionary was trying Ia break ~
their old customs, which We're good
In the article. "A Plea for the Red
Men, | stated plain facts as to the
condition of heathenism they were
in, with the hope that understanding
the need, the church at large would
be- interested In yet greater work fol-
lifting them mp. | did not write 1t to
be read at Laguna. for | do not have tc
describe TO the poor, starving man his
condition. | give the description q
others, and 20 to him with the help
Julhard says: AS luck would have
IL tho nptfnIn Fn1I aV,nnn sh.p - uNha
first time any but Christian Indians
heard the article, vas AT a meeting
called by the priest, of the Catholic
element. where. with all the ability
known to a Jesuit, he tried to inlame
the ignorant people against the mis-
sionary.
And that leads me to say, that the
object of this man In hunting up the
reports OF missionaries, Is not ON ac
count of the welfare of the territory
but that by taking the articles he may
go among the fanatics Of his adher
ents and incite them against the
teachers and missionaries. The man
hood of this you will readily see
when | tell you that the teachers whom
he is attacking at San Mateo so bitter
~, are NHo defenseless girls, who, with
self-sacrince and love, are seeking to
lift up the people intellectually, NOR
ally and spiritually. lie will read
their articles written not in con
tempt. but love) to the "Penltentes'
and others and when, this fall, these
noble girls resume their work, they
will find n sentiment against them
among those who can be deluded
which will make their already lone,
some, discouraging work yet harder,
and may las the priest hopes) drive
these young women from the field, OF
by ~depriving them of children, make
their educational efforts a waste OF
time and money. A truly laudable
ambition for a priest and a well.wish.
or of the territory. What | have
written ! can substantiate. If occas,
ion offers ! can give yet more start
ling facts. Should we be Obliged "a
do so. the blame of the controversy
will lie on Mr.. Juillard.
As missionaries and teachers and
citizens, (Mr. Juillard IL a f~oreignerl
We glory in this great southwest, the
land OF sunshine, We know that
some day II will be the Mecca OF the
world for haolfh aka II nffarg