The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-05-18
Neglect Has Lost the Precious Historical
Relics Which Marked the Progress
Of the Pioneers.
Charles F. Lunnes, the Author, Has Done
Much to Preserve These Sacred
Heirlootns of the Church.

ten missions were all standing in 1917.
three years before the first non Catho-
lie had set foot on America OF these.
the last two still in use and In good
preservation in 1898, have been torn
down since to make way for modern
churches.
Other missions We're built at zuni,
west of the Rio Grande. 500 miles
from Santa Fe. in 1929; six churches
in the cities Of Cihola, and three
churches among the Moqui Indians.
Churches We're also built at San An.
tonic de Seneca. 1929, built by Fr,
Antonio de Artcaga. at the Nuestra,
Senol del Socorro; at Picuries 1899;
at lsleta, 1898: at Pecos. 1924; at
Nnmbe, 1912; at Curay, 1643 at Abo
and at Tcnabo on the plains beyond
the mountains east of the Rio Grande:
at 1aIbria, 1643: at fatigue, 166o at
Chilli, and at Acamo, 1929. 3
During Tie seventeenth century,
churches were also built at the pueb-
los of IiH. Santa Ana, Tesque, Po.
joaq,e. san Juan. San Marcos, San
1'azarfo. San Cristohal, Alameda. SAM
ta Cruz and Cochiti.
According to Mr.. Lummis, more than
fifty massive churches, nearly all Of
them stone. had been built in New
Mexico and Arizona by these mission
aries for the Indians before the close
of the seventeenth century. This was
81 greater number of churches than
had been built by that time in all the
rest of America.
These churches had been built and
the Indians won to civilization and
to the Church not without sacrifice.
While in pursuance Of this task forty
priests had been put tn death by the
Indians in the pueblos of San Ylde-
fonso. Taos. Picuries, Nambe, I'o-
joauue. Tcsque, Pecos Galisteo, San
Marcos Santo Domingo. Cochiti. San
Filipc, Puaray. Jamcz. Acanio. Halona.
Hhnicu, Ahuatui Mishon, Genivi and
Arabic Hundreds of these sanity
scholars died Of hunger and thirst IN
tho desert nr of harshps beyond hui
man endurance.
The missionaries who accomplished
this great work had to journey from
Spain to Mexico. from the City Of
Mexico 1000 miles over deserts to
Santa. Fc. New Mexico, and often had
TO travel so to 300 miles on foot from
Santa T'c to the pueblos to which they
had been assigned, often travelling the
distance through the desert alone to
meet a. hostile reception from the In
dians they had come to teach and
convert.
Mr.. Lummis says that the fruits Of
their labor shows the high standard
of education among the missionaries
ships. Mr.. Lummis claims their
achievements to be without precedent
in history. He gives the names from
among their numbers of Fathers Tor
quemada, Sahaguin. Motolinia and
Mendieta, who as historians have rem
dered such great service to America.
One of the best preserved of the old
missions is Santa Cruz, about twenty
seven miles north of Santa Fe. This
mission, built in 1880. has walls Of
adobe and stone in places fourteen
feet thick. Through the care Of Father
Haelterman. the pastor. it is in a per-
feet state Of preservation.
There are a. few historic buildings
standing in the eastern states which
antedate the Revolutionary war.
A long and glorious rosary Of mis-
sions was built through the heart Of
the American wilderness by the Cath
olic missionaries of France in the
seventeenth century.
These missions extended from the
Gulf of the ST. Lawrence through the
basin of the Great Lakes, and along