History of the Catholic Church in western Canada
Subtitle: from Lake Superior to the Pacific (1659-1895), Volume 1
Publisher: Musson Book Co.
Published: 1910
Place of publication: Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Description: Volume 1
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOL. I; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE PEOPLE AND THE FUR TRADE.; title: 1659-1727.; title: The aborigines — Their manners and religion — Radisson and Desgroseillers — First contact — Foundation of the Hudson's Bay Company — The Western Sea — First establishment 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: HERALDS OF THE CROSS.; title: 1727-1736.; title: Laverendrye — Setting out for the West— Forts St. Pierre and St. Charles — Pecuniary difficulties — Father Aulneau — Bourassa and the Sioux — Massacre of the Lake of the Woods 15; title: CHAPTER III.; title: PROGRESS AND DECLINE.; title: 1736-1755.; title: Consequences of the massacre — Resumption of discoveries — Fort la Reine and its chaplain — Results of Lavlrendrye's activities — De Noyelle — Death of Lavlrendrye — Le gardeur de St. Pierre and his chaplain — Getting rid of the Assiniboines 33; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: AN EPOCH OF TRANSITION.; title: 1756-1810.; title: The Coureurs de bois and the halfbreeds — First English-speaking traders — The Northwest Company — Influence of the French on the natives — John Macdonell and the Hudson's Bay Company 53; title: CHAPTER V.; title: THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT.; title: 1811-1815.; title: Miles Macdoneil and the Red River Settlement — Mr. Bourke — Some more colonists — Hostility of the halfbieeds — Protective measures of the Governor — First conflicts 65; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: A CLOUDBURST WITH ULTIMATELY GOOD RESULTS.; title: 1816-1817.; title: New Conflicts — The Battle of Seven Oaks — Death of Governor Semple — Wrongs on both sides — Lord Selkirk to the rescue — The need of religion — Tabeau and his mission — A permanent post decided on 79; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH OF ST. BONIFACE.; title: 1818-1820.; title: Rev. Mr. Provencher — Directions and commendations — Going west — Arrival at "The Forks" — The situation there — First churches and schools — Opposition — Successes.  95; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: THE FIRST BISHOP OF THE WEST.; title: 1821-1829.; title: Provencher appointed bishop — Difficulties concerning Pembina — St. Francois - Xavier founded — Dumoulin returns east — Schools and college — The education of girls — New priests — Good citizenship recognized 113; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: THE FIRST INDIAN MISSIONS.; title: 1830-1839.; title: The stone cathedral — The Indians and Mr. Belcourt — Trials and reverses — The assault on Larocque — Belcourt intervenes — Arrival of Mr. Thibault and other missionaries — Belcourt's activities 132; title: CHAPTER X.; title: THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA.; title: 1899-1843; title: The first Council of Assiniboia — Provencher and industry — Belcourt and his indifferent charge — Protestant rivalry — Indian tale — Rev. Mr. Darveau — John Rowand and the first missionary of the western prairies — The Blackfeet 151; title: CHAPTER XI.; title: DEATH OF DARVEAU AND COMING OF THE FIRST NUNS.; title: 1843- 1844.; title: The liquor evil — Darveau's pluck — Antagonism of the Protestant catechist — Darveau is done to death — Steps taken to get nuns — The first sisters in the west 171; title: CHAPTER XII.; title: ARRIVAL OF THE OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE.; title: 1844- 1847.; title: The western missions dreaded — The Oblates accept them — Arrival of the two first Oblates in the west — The Denes — Activities everywhere — Epidemic at Red River — Fathers Bermond and Faraud — He a la Crosse 187; title: CHAPTER XIII.; title: TROUBLES AT HOME; CONSOLATIONS FROM ABROAD.; title: 1847-1860.; title: Material cares — The Company's exactions — Petitions and investigation — Exit Mr. Belcourt — The question of a coadjutor — Arrest of Sayer — His forced liberation — Tache' appointed coadjutor — 209; title: CHAPTER XIV.; title: "DEATH OF BISHOP PROVENCHER"; title: 1850-1853.; title: Missions of Tache' and others — Tache's consecration — Antagonism of the Hudson's Bay Company— Grants for education — Mr. Lafleche as peace-maker — Battling with the Sioux — Arrival of Lacombe and Grollier — Death of Bishop Provencher 228; title: CHAPTER XV.; title: BISHOP TACHE' SUCCEEDS BISHOP PROVENCHER.; title: 1853-1856.; title: The diocese of St. Boniface in 1853 — Bishop Tache* in the north — Arrival of Father Grandin — Lac la Biche founded — Father Faraud's missions — Poverty and enterprise — Statistics of lie a la Crosse 246; title: CHAPTER XVI.; title: SUCCESSES AND TRIALS.; title: 1857-1859.; title: Tache' goes to France for a coadjutor — Preaching and printing — Missionaries come by way of Hudson Bay — Tache' becomes a "counsellor " — The nuns appreciated — Grandin appointed bishop — The bogus Son of God 262; title: CHAPTER XVII.; title: "UNTO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD."; title: 1859- 1860.; title: Developments in the north — Ste. Anne's Mission — Poor fare of the missionaries — Bishop Grandin returns with new priests — Foundations — Travelling — First evangelization of the Eskimos 280; title: CHAPTER XVIII.; title: THE BURNING OF THE CATHEDRAL.; title: 1860- 1861.; title: Bishop Tache' at Lac la Biche — Mr. Goiffon caught in a blizzard — The palace and cathedral on fire — New legal holidays — Inundation — Father Lacombe and St. Albert — Civilizing influence of the missionaries — Unfounded charges against the halfbreeds. 294; title: CHAPTER XIX.; title: "IN JOURNEYING OFTEN."; title: 1861- 1864.; title: Bishop Grandin starts on a series of visits to the missions — Old Beaulieu — Site of Providence chosen — The Indians and the ministers — Hardships on the way — Typical mission house and travelling costume — Lost in a blizzard — Mr. Ritchot — Protestant bait for the Loucheux. 309; title: CHAPTER XX.; title: ONE MORE BISHOP.; title: 1864-1866.; title: Reconstruction of the cathedral — Death of Father Grollier — Visit of Father Vandenberghe — Bishop Grandin appreciated — Bishop Faraud in search of a coadjutor 330; title: CHAPTER XXI.; title: CONFLICTS AND DANGERS.; title: 1866-1868.; title: Father Petitot's travels — Mr. Bom pas — Father Lacorabe's camp attacked — New recruits — Bishop Grandin become vicar of missions — Five new priests — Recapitulation 340; title: Appendix A — As to the time of the Lake of the Woods Massacre 356; title: Appendix B— The Discovery of Fort St. Charles 357; title: Appendix C— The Red River Voyageur 361; title: LIST OF AUTOGRAPHS IN VOL. I; title: Lavdrendrye's 16; title: Father Mesaiger's 17; title: Father Aulneau's 30; title: Father Coquart's 39; title: Miles Macdonell's 66; title: Rev. Mr. Provencher's 102; title: Rev. Mr. Belcourt's 137; title: Rev. Mr. Thibault's 167; title: Rev Mr. Darveau's 177; title: Rev. Mr. Lafleche's 203; title: Father Faraud's 256; title: Father Grollier's 292; title: Bishop Grandin's 310; title: Bishop Out's 339; title: Father Lacombe's 348; title: Contemporaneous Map of Lav6rendrye's Discoveries 44; title: Provencher's Passport 98; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Rev. A. G. Morice, O.M.I Frontispiece; title: An Indian of the Canadian Plains 4; title: An Old Squaw 32; title: An Indian of the Far Northwest 50; title: A Shaman, or "Medicine Man" 74; title: Bishop Provencher 116; title: Rev. Mr. Belcourt 138; title: John Rowand 164; title: Rev. Mr. Thibault 170; title: Rev. Mr. Lafleche 184; title: Father Aubert 204; title: Rt. Rev. Charles J. E. de Mazenod 230; title: Rt. Rev. A. Tache O.M.I 250; title: Present Mission Buildings at Fort Chippewayan, L. Athabasca  258; title: The Beginnings of a School in the West 270; title: Bishop Grandin, O.M.I 286; title: Rt. Rev. Bishop H. Faraud, O.M.I 292; title: The Church with the "Turrets Twain" 298; title: First Mission House at Hay River 312; title: Northern Den Boys 330; title: Rev. Father A. Lacombe, O.M.I 348