The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-27
A STRONG BOOK ON UTAH.

The Catholic Church In Utah, 1I76-l909
Fath 6S BISHOP sn sesnan Of reVe@ Sas0
Spanish and Missionary Explorations,
Tribal Divisions. Names and Regional
Hahitats Of the pre- European Tribes
the Journal OF the Franciscan EXplor-
ers and DISCOVERIES OF Utah Lake; the
Trailing of the Priests from Santa Fe.
y. NJ, with Map OF Route, Illustra- :
ttonsc and Delimitatons OF the Great
Basin. BY the Very Reverend w K:
Harris. n, D.. LII. D., Author OF
Early Missions of Western Canada, =, :,
Tribes of the Dominion etc. Pub
lished by the Intermountain Catholic
Press. Salt Lake City.
The dedication of this work is ''To
the Right Reverend Lawrence Scanlan,
d. D., Bishop Of Salt Lake, Assistant
10 the Pontifical Throne, ETC. The
contents embrace an introductory dis
Scanlan, and preliminary chapter on
religious orders Of the church, explora
tions Of the missionaries, achievements
of tho Jesuits and Franciscan priests,
and other related matter. Then follow
fifteen chapters, with titles as follows:
Marcos de Nizza, " ''The Explorer
aoas and the he M. Mssonary y "Esry Expede
the Spaniards and Slaughter of the
Priests 1.-The American Indian,
"Debasement OF the Tribes" ''Traits
Of Indian Character, "Heroism of
French and Spanish Missionaries, !"
'.The Franciscans, ''Sons of st,
Francis FVelcz Escalante,' - "The
1.-The Utes and the 'Sorcerers - and
1.-THE Spanish Trail
Book II, carries the journal Gin trans
lation from the Spanish) of the priests
Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Fran
cisco Antarasio Dominguea, the ex'
plorers of Utah and discoverers Of Utah
Lake This journal was opened July
90. 1875, and closed when the priests
crossing the Grand Canyon and visiting
the Moqui and Zuni people, reentered
Santa Fc, January 2, 1171. A most in
tereSting aud valuable Journal it is. car
rying evidences of Its truth through
out.
Book III. tells of Etienne Provot
(from whom the name Provo came),
Father De Smet. General Connor, and
the Dawning of Our Own Times, with
portraits.
There is, following, an excellent and
justly enthusiastic account of the Edu
cational and Charitable Institutions Of
the Dioc csc. This part of the work
carries many illustrations of the insti-
tutious
Book ". has wellwritten account
Of the Diocese Of Salt Lake, with a
sketch and portrait of Bishop Scanlan
and Illustrations Of the churches.
The preface calls especial attention to
ihe Journey of Fathers Dominguez and
de Escalante. for the first time trans
lated and given to the public, There !
is chart showing in dotted line the
route taken by these priests IN this IA
nous trip recorded in the journals. |
Starting from Santa Fe, the route pur- |
sued general northwestward direction !
TO the crossing of the Grand and White |
rivers in Colorado. across the Green
river in Utah, through the Wasatch !
mountains. and down Spanish Fork 10 |
Utah lake; thence southwark. bearing !
little west. to the vicinity of what |
is now ST. George, then across the pla- !
teau 10 what IN recent years has been
Lee 9 Ferry across the Colorado, thence
almost in a direct line south of east to
Albuquerque and thence northeast to
Santa Fc, the place of beginning, |
There seems no reason whatever 10 |
doubt the validity of the journal and |
the actually of the trip made. 1t was
Escalante s idea 10 find a northward |
passage to Monterey in making this
trip. And certainly it was great and
noble exploration which he made, and |
his account of il is Of extreme and vivid !
interest.
The whole matter contained in the
book, including the more recent history |
of the Catholic church in this region,
its mission work. its educational work,
its charitable and hospital work, is set
forth IN terms of merIted praise and
Bishop Scnnlnn is given the prominence
therein which his noble character and
mighty physique entitle him, 1t is a
work of the highest valuc 10 the stu
dent and historian. and worthy of emu
lation by all other churches that have
histories worthy Of record in the early |
times of the settlement and develop |
nf all ihis mountain