"THE HISTORY OF OUR CRADLE LAND"
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INDIAN DAYS
Policy of the Government in Respect to the Indians -- Transfer of the Various Tribes to the Kansas Indian Country -- Number and Conditions of the Indians -- Condition of Religion Amongst the Indians.
Results of Bishop DUBOURG's Efforts -- John M. ODEN's Letter to the Seminary of Lyons -- Fahter ODEN's Testimony Regarding Early Efforts to Convert the Indians -- Indian's Respect for the Black-Robes -- Bishop DUBOURG's Providential Success -- On the Missions at Last -- The Great Osages -- Father DE LA CROIX, 1822 -- Further Information -- Father VAN QUICKENBORNE to the Miamis, 1835; to Kickapoos, 1836 -- Kickapoos Abandoned, 1840.
The Cradle of Catholicity -- Pottawatomie Creek, Miami County, 1838 -- Father HOECKEN's Diary -- Sugar Creek, 1839 -- Venerable Philippine DUCHESNE -- The Ladies of the Scared Heart at Sugar Creek Mission, 1841 -- Indian Schools -- Organizing Indian Missions -- The Welcome -- Their Life and Work -- Impressions of the Missions.
Peoria Village -- The Peorias -- Father AELEN, S.J., 1839 -- Fathers TRUYENS and VAN MERLO -- The Miamis, 1836 -- Baptiste PEORIA and Wife -- "Mother BATEES" -- List of Catholic Indians -- The Kansas Prairie -- The Pottawatomnies -- St. Mary's Mission -- Sugar Creek -- Removal to the Kaw River Reservation at St. Mary's 1848 -- Sugar Creek Mission Buildings Given to the Flames -- Abomination of Desolation Remains -- A A Remnant of the Tribe Still Remains in Kansas.
OSAGE MISSION.
Osages Ask for Black-Robes and a School -- Father John SCHOENMAKERS, S.J., Stations, Visits Miami County -- His Life Story -- Father Paul Mary PONZIGLIONE, S.J. -- Mission Stations -- A Vast Field -- Visits to the Peoria Tribe, 1851 -- Gives Name to Peoria Village "LaCitta di Paola" -- His Life on the Plains; in the Mountains -- Missionary to the Arapahoes, Wyoming -- In Chicago, Chaplain of the Bridewell, Golden Jubilee -- Died at 82 -- One of the Great Men of This Age -- Bishop MIEGE.
FOUNDATIONS LAID - DAWN OF A NEW DAY.
Indians Removed to New Territory in Oklahoma -- Right Rev. John Baptist MIEGE, S.J., 1851 -- A New Order Ensues -- The Kansas-Nebraska Bill -- Catholic Settlers -- Father DE LA CROIX, First Secular Priest -- Father HEIMANN -- First Subject of Bishop MIEGE -- Benedictines -- Carmelites -- Sisters of Charity -- Father SCHACHT -- Father FISH -- Rev. Sebastian FAVRE -- Rev. Anthony KUHLS -- Rev. John F. CUNNINGHAM -- Rev. Francis J. WATTRON -- Primitive Faith -- Primitive Life -- A Warm Welcome -- The Cabin Homes of Kansas.
MIAMI COUNTY'S FIRST SETTLERS, 1854.
Paola Notes -- Paola Incorporated, December 13, 1860 -- Miami County's First Catholic Settlers, 1854 -- "The Irish Settlement" -- Beginning a Parish, 1858 -- Bull Creek District -- Names of Settlers -- Individual Family Records -- In Memoriam -- Obituary Notes on Some of the First Settlers.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, PAOLA.
Pontifical Notes -- Episcopal Notes -- Sacerdotal Notes -- Churches and Pastors of Paola -- Reverend Ivo SCHACHT -- Old Stone Church -- Returns to the South -- His Death -- Reverend Sebastian FAVRE -- Reverend Francis J. WATTRON -- Deed of Church Property -- Reverend Anthony Joseph ABEL -- Reverend Daniel J. HURLEY -- The New Brick Church -- Reverend Aloysius CARIUS -- Reverend Michael J. GLEASON -- Completion of Church -- Reverend James J. O'CONNOR -- His Death and Burial -- Reverend James COLTON Dies at Paola -- Reverend Nicholas NEUSIUS -- Episcopal Problems -- Expansion -- Reverend Thomas QUICK -- Friend of the Poor -- Reverend Thomas E. MADDEN -- Interregnum, Rev. Moses MCGUIRE, Fulton -- Reverend Maurice BURK -- Reverend Anthony DORNSEIFER -- Reverend Francis TATON -- St. Patrick's School -- List of Teachers -- List of Graduates of St. Patrick's School -- Father TATON's Work at Paola, at Axtell -- Chaplain, National Military Home, Kansas.
THE NEW CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY.
Reverend Maurice BURK -- Destruction of Church by Fire -- Masterful Men to the Rescue -- Building Committee's Minutes -- Corner Stone Laid -- Dedication Ceremonies -- Donations, Gifts, Contributions -- Father BURK Goes to Europe on Vacation -- Seven Years' Task Completed -- Transferred to Leavenworth -- To Kansas City, Kansas -- Dean of District -- Vicar General of Diocese -- Reverend Thomas H. KINSELLA, LL.D. -- History of "Our Cradle Land" -- Chaplain of the Ursuline Academy -- The Very Reverend Adolph J. DOMANN, V.F. -- Holy Trinity Church Frescoed -- List of Families, 1918 -- Altar Society -- Young Ladies' Sodality -- League of the Sacred Heart -- Sewing Society -- Free Library -- Knights of Columbus.
WEA, MIAMI COUNTY.
The first settler arrived in 1857. Others came in 1859 and following years -- Anthony VOHS and William SCHWARTZ, the first Catholics in the township -- Father FAVRE of Lawrence, Father WATTRON of Paola, Father PICHLER of Eudora visited the settlement from 1862 to 1870 -- First Church built in 1869 -- Father Rudolph MEIER First Resident Pastor in 1871. He joins the Carmelites at Scipio -- Father PICHLER comes again from Eudora -- Father ABEL attends Wea from 1874 to 1877, Father HURLEY from 1877 to 1881 - both from Paola. Rev. John REDEKER became second Resident Pastor of Holy Rosary Church on October 23, 1881. His Record -- Rev. Augustine J. WIENERS Pastor from Sept. 1887 church in 1985-6 -- Parochial School establishd -- Rev. Joseph HOHE Pastor from Nov. 1897 to April 1912 -- Destruction of the Church by lightning April 9th, 1905 -- Destruction of the new unfinished building by a cyclone on Sept. 14, 1905 -- Great courage displayed by the Pastor and people -- The final victory -- Dedication May 29, 1906 -- The Altar consecrated by Bishop LILLIS -- Fine imported wood-carved statues, Stations of the Cross, stained glass windows, pews, altars, confessional and all necessary equipment were soon installed -- All liabilities liquidated in two years -- Holy Rosary Church one of the finest country churches of the Leavenworth Diocese. On April 4, 1912, Father HOHE was succeeded by Father BOLLWEG and he, in turn, by Rev. Henry FREISBERG in July, 1915 -- The new school -- Personal Notes -- Records of Noble and Beautiful Lives.
OSAWATOMIE.
Osawatomie's History Reviewed from 1855 -- St. Philip's Church (1891) -- A Struggle of Thirty Years -- A Difficult Mission -- Paola a Faithful Sister -- State Hospital for the Insane -- New Hope, New Life Leads to New Rectory -- The Redemptorist Fathers' Mission -- Resident Pastor Appointed, 1918 -- Reverend Eugene F. VALLELY -- First Financial Report of New Parish -- Second Financial Report -- Buildling of New Church and School -- In Memoriam.
EDGERTON, JOHNSON COUNTY.
(Bull Creek District.)
One of the Oldest Catholic Settlements in Kansas -- Names of the Pioneers -- Life on the Prairies -- A Beautiful Country, Rich Soil, Fine Climate -- First Priest, Father DONNELLY of the "Town of Kansas," Walked to Bull Creek, 1857 -- Father Bruner GEORGE Walked From Lawrence -- The Log Church Dedicated to Saint Columkil by Father MCGEE, in 1858 -- Succession of Pastors -- Old Stone Church Built in 1866-7 -- The Famous Log Cabin of John MCCARTHY -- Sick Calls -- The Cemetery -- The Town of Edgerton Founded, 1870 -- The Third or Present Church Built, 1890 -- Reverend Doctor POMPENEY -- Pastoral Residence Built, 1910 -- Reverend D. J. FITZPATRICK -- Religious Vocations -- A Faithful People -- A Bright Future -- In Memoriam, Thomas COUGHLIN.
URSULINE ACADEMY.
First Foundations in Italy, France, Germany -- Louisville, Kentucky and Paola, Kansas -- Inducements to Locate in Paola -- Early Struggles, Gradual Growth -- Remarkable Success -- Paola's Chief Institution -- Sister ANGELA's Jubilee.
APPENDIX.
I. Full Text of Father HOECKEN'S Diary
II. List of Indian Families
III. Baptismal and Marriage Records From 1846 to 1859
List of Surnames
VERY PARTIAL LISTING OF SURNAMES
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