The Catholic Church in Utah
Subtitle: Including An Exposition Of Catholic Faith by Bishop Scanlan
Publisher: Intermountain Catholic Press
Published: 1909
Place of publication: Salt Lake City, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE. BY RT. REVEREND BISHOP SCANLAN, D. D.; title: Doctrines Held by Catholics — Essential Articles of Christian Belief — One Revelation, One True Religion — Opinions of DeMaistre and James Anthony Froude — The Catholic Church a Perfect Society— Peter, Its Visible Head — The Deposit of Faith — Infallibility — Importance of Tradition — The Church and Tradition — Confession of Sins — Penance a Divine Institution — Doctrine of Indulgence — The Sacrifice of the Mass — The Blessed Eucharist — What of Our Dead? — The Blessed Virgin — An Unmarried Priesthood. — Page 1.; title: PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.; title: Religious Orders of the Catholic Church — Opinions of Protestant Historians — Explorations of the Missionaries — Dangers Which Encompassed Them — Trials and Tribulations — Left Eloquent Memorials — Parkman's Acknowledgement — Achievements of Jesuit and Franciscan Missionaries — Their Heroism — Their Writings and Result of Their Study of the Native Tribes. —Page 30.; title: CHAPTER I.— MARCOS DE NIZZA.; title: Area of Salt Lake Diocese — Tribes of Arizona and New Mexico — The Moqui "Cliff People" — The Priest Marcos de Nizza — Companion of Pizarro — His Wonderful Career — On the way to the Zuni Villages — De Nizza's Tramp through Northern Mexico — His Plunge Into Arizona in 1539 — Death of the Negro Estavan — View of Cibola — Return and Death of the Priest. — Page 39.; title: CHAPTER II.— THE EXPLORER AND THE MISSIONARY.; title: March of Coronado for the Cibola — His Companions — Death of the Priest Juan de la Cruz — Of Brother Luis Descalano — Father Padilla and Pedro de Tobar Visit the Moquis — March of Coronado and Padilla Through Oklahoma and Indian Territory in 1541— Enter Kansas — Crossing the Arkansas — Return of Coronado — Padilla's Journey to the Teton Sioux — Starts for Lands of the Pawnees — Is Murdered — Body Never Recovered — Mota- Padilla's Account. — Page 45.; title: CHAPTER III.— EARLY EXPEDITIONS OF THE SPANIARDS.; title: The Ruis Expedition of 1581 — Flight of the Soldiers — Murder of the Priest Santa Maria — Death of Father Lopez — Espajo to the Rescue — Arrives in the Villages of the Teguans — Return of the Party — Onate Organizes His Expedition for Zuni by the Rio Grande — Building of First Church in New Mexico — Exploring the Colorado — Founding of Santa Fe in 1606— Opening of Missions Among the Zunis — Building of Churches. — Page 50.; title: CHAPTER IV.— MASSACRE OF THE SPANIARDS AND SLAUGHTER OF THE PRIESTS.; title: Number of Churches in 1649 — The Zuni Conspiracy — Revolt of the Tribes and Massacre of the Spaniards — Slaughter of the Priests — Capture of Santa Fe — The "Forlorn Hope" — Desperate Charge of the Spaniards — Stampede of the Indians — On to El Paso — Return of Onate to Santa Fe — Submission of the Tribes — Reconquest of New Mexico — Population — Human Sacrifice — Exploring the Colorado. — Page 55.; title: CHAPTER V.— THE AMERICAN INDIAN.; title: Failure to Account for American Indian — Distribution of the Tribes — Linguistic Stocks and Tribal Affinities — Indians of the St. Lawrence Regions of the Canadian Northwest — Tribes East and West of the Missouri — Sedentary Tribes — The Hunters and Rovers — Prohibition of Intermarriage in the Clan — Religion of the Aborigines — Indian Population in 1612. — Page 61.; title: CHAPTER VI.— DEBASEMENT OF THE TRIBES.; title: Moral Debasement of the Tribes — The Man of Nature — Inhuman Hardheartedness — Without Religion, Without Morality — No Word for Virtue, Religion, Charity— Degradation of Women — Her Position in the Camp — Savages. - Contempt for the Sanctity of Life — Treatment of Prisoners — Human Flesh Eaters — Phantom Gods. — Page 67.; title: CHAPTER VII.— TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER.; title: Some Redeeming Features — Tribal Hospitality and Generosity — Ferocity to An Enemy — Appalling Cruelty — Frightful Torture of a Foe — Spartan Stoicism — Rousseau's "Ideal Man" — Chateaubriand's Declaration — Final Submission. — Page 72.; title: CHAPTER VIII.— HEROISM OF FRENCH AND SPANISH MISSIONARIES.; title: Missionary Map of North America — Jesuits East of Mississippi — Their Wonderful Success — The Canadian Tribes — With the Wandering Hordes — Jesuit Martyrs — The Franciscans — Martyrs of the Order — Plunge of Franciscans Into the Desert — Testimony of Historians — Glory of Confessors, Saints and Martyrs. — Page 76.; title: CHAPTER IX.— THE FRANCISCANS.; title: The Religious Orders — Pronouncement of Pius IX — Origin of Name Franciscan — Distinguished Men of the Order — As Missionaries — Francis of Assisi — His Conversion — Journey to Rome — Interview With the Pope — Selecting the Twelve — Renouncing the World — Their Mission to the Poor — Love for Poverty — Brothers of the Lepers — Apparitions on the Streets of Naples. — Page 82.; title: CHAPTER X.— SONS OF ST. FRANCIS.; title: Their First Official Meeting — Expansion of the Order — Its Influence in the Discovery of America — Francis of Calabria and the Queen — Founding of City; title: of San Domingo, Hayti — Pioneers of the Faith in America — Friends of the; title: Indian — Denouncing the Slave Trade — Conversion of the Tribes — Marvelous Success of the Franciscans — Authorities Cited — Diego Landa — Missionaries and Explorers. — Page 88.; title: CHAPTER XI.— VELEZ ESCALANTE.; title: His Arrival in Mexico — Assignment to Zuni-Land — Visits the Moquis — Writes to Father Garces — Garces' Extraordinary Career — His Explorations in Arizona and California — First White Man to Cross Grand Canyon of the Colorado — Opens the Oldest of the "Spanish Trails" — Escalante Attempts Crossing of the Canyon — His Letter on the Moquis — Return to the Zunis — Called to Santa Fe — Codifys New Mexican Archives— Apache Cruelty — Escalante's Retirement and Death. — Page 94.; title: CHAPTER XII.— THE "GREAT BASIN." Why the Franciscans Did Not Enter the Basin — Area of the Basin — Its Primordial State — Its Deserts and Mountains — Frightful Solitude Awed Desolation — The Wasatch Range — "Tierra de los Padres" — Animal Life of Great Basin — Junipero Serra Enters at the South — Tribes Within the Basin — Franciscans begin to Civilize Them — Seeking a Trans-territorial Route. — Page 100.; title: CHAPTER XIII.— THE UTE INDIANS.; title: Habits, Mode of Life and Manners of Tribe — First Mention of Utes — Raids of the Utes — Attack Viceregal Quarters — Territory Claimed by Utes — The "Bendito." — Salutation Among Pueblo Indians — Ute Cabins — Their Food and Dress — Status of Woman in the Tribe — Her Degradation — Methods of Cooking Food — The Ute Warrior — Before the Fight and After — Habits of the Tribe — Village Life — Absence of All Morality. — Page 106.; title: CHAPTER XIV.— THE UTES AND THE "SORCERERS."; title: Frightful Contempt for Moral Law — Religion of Utes — A Tissue of Absurd Superstitions — Belief in Immortality of Animals — In Bows, Arrows and War Clubs — The Wah-Kon — The Autmoin or Priest-Doctor — His Exorcisms — The Treatment of the Sick — The Feast of the Dead — The "Sorcerers" of Salt Lake — Their Origin — The Jacarilla-Apache — Simpson's Experience With the Group — Their Filthy Habits — Their Food — Human Flesh Eaters — Mourning Customs of the Women — End of the Fighting Tribes. — Page 113.