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VOL. XVIII, No, 10 OTTAWA, CANADA DE " Q = \ en f ~ .r QI4ril?itn:1 \ ~ Jhllesseb C!Cbristmas! to t4£ c3fnohtn 2ffilisstons

ERY seldom is the idea V stressed that one should enjoy all good things made by the Lord. The celebration of 'the Holy Feast of Christmas, as well as that of New Year, gives \JS occasion to invite our readers to share fully the true Christian joy which was brought to us the night the Angels sang the " Gloria in Excel is 1" Christmas means so much to Catholics that the Church allows the celebration of the Mass three times, so no one need be deprived of Mass and Communio n on that hallowed day. In more than five hundred mis­ sion stations, from the 'fog-bound coast of t he Atlantic, across the snowy reaches of the eastern pro­ vinces, the blizzard-swept prai­ ries and the ice-laden Rockies, to the rainy Icoast of the Pacific, and north to the desertic wastes of the dark rfrigid land that reaches .far beyond the Arctic circle, missionaries by the hun­ dreds will . celebrate Christmas with their flocks. The misSionary will have braved storm and wind, often travelling hundreds of miles away . _from the central mission resi­ dence, to bring Christmas joy to his p eciple, be they a mere hand­ ful , huddled Ifor warmth around the little mission chapel stove. There, at midnight, the wheezy organ will play the traditional hymns, the small crib will be the LIVING WITNESSES TO CHRIST'! center of attraction, while the altar will be ablaze with candles RCHBISHOP M. J. Le­ Archbishop Lemieux said to his On reservations we see the same and vigil-lights. A mieux of Ottawa once re­ people. "When you see the words, signs of pagan influence that In the most remote and deso­ called in a letter to the Sacred pagan world', you might be in­ Archbishop Lemieux points out to late mission station, the majestic Heart League of his Archdiocese inclined to think that they do his people: careless language and rite of Midnight Mass will be words of the Holy Father that not apply to our country." behavior ; mortification an al­ performed with the S3!me respect, we, too, might remember as we But he points out that they do most forgotten pmctice; persons devotion and spirit of adoration look upon the Infant Christ in apply to us fo r our own land i who think the Church is behind as in the greatest cathedral of the the manger. subject to all sorts o'f influences the times, is too strict and that world. His Holiness said: "Today, foreign to our beliefs and which she should take up the slacker Dear Indian reader, consider more than ever before, as in the are a menace to the morals and and easier custom and h3!bits of faith of our youth. modern times the sacrifices made by your .mis­ earliest days of its existence, the His words - addressed to the sionaray in order to bring you Church needs witnesses who by people of his own Archdiocese - Hence apostles are needed to spiritual and ' temporal happiness bring our environment back to their lives will show Christ and could well be addressed to Catho­ on Christmas-Day. He is human Christ and purify a civilization the Church before the eyes of the lic Indians for they, too, " are too - he would have the right that ha adopted money and pagan world that urrounds ubject to all sorts of influence to enjoy Christmas at home, like them". f orei O' n -to thei r belief ' . (Contd. p. 2, col. 4) (Contd. p. 2, col. 3) Page 2 THE INDIAN :MISSIONARY ltECOn.n DECEMBER, 1955 RELIGIOUS CEREMONY IN GERMANY QI4ristUtUS @r££iings ••. LIVING WITNESSES (from p. 1, col. 3) (from p. 1, col. 4) pampers the body to the detri­ all of you - but he is perhaps ment of the soul. six thousand miles away from a Today: more than ever before, home he may not have visited in the Church needs Indians who, ten years. He brushes away his instead of adop ting pagan in­ nostalgic childhood memories and fluences, will b e living witnesses does his very best to shower joy to Christ, following the example and hap piness to all. And he is of the saints pictured on p. 1 with truly hap.py in doing so ! ylary and Her Divine Child, The only cloud which brings Gregory the Great, John the Bap­ sorrow is the knowledge that, on tist, John the Apostle, Julian, the sacred Christmas night, too Dominic and Francis. many of his >flock will not be G.L., o.m.i. partaking of Holy Communion, nor even be present at Church. CHIEF TOM And this, not on account oJ snow­ DIES AT 111 "Our Lady of Canada" Catholic Church situated in the Canadian Camp blocked roads, nor of illness, but POWELL RIVER - Chief near Iserlohn, Germany, was the scene of a recent presentation of hand­ because too many, be they ever Tom, Ill-year-old former chief of carved plaques by members of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry so few, are celebrating Christmas the Sliammon tribe is dead. and the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. the modern and pagan way: feast­ (Nat ional Defence Photo) The chief, one of the oldest per­ ing, drinking, dancing. sons in the province, headed his tribe until he was defeated in tribal Yet, after Mass is over, he will elections in 1950. dispense gladly his humble treas­ He was with the Indian party Dokis Builds Own Road ures, even to the late-comers, which paddled a canoe from Sli­ toys, clothing, candies, which ammon creek to New Westminster, DOKIS BAY, Ont. - T he Indians at D okis Bay reserve in were piled neatly under the a distance of nearly 75 miles, to bring the first missionary to the northern Ontario are building their own road to b ring their hardwood Christmas tree in the mission hall. logs from the reservation to Sturgeon F alls, Ont. , fo r sale. tribe in 1890. Dear Indian reader, do enjoy He received a telegram from Eight veneer logs from the large river by means of a $10,000 bridge King George VI thanking him for stand of hardwood in the district which they are paying for themsel­ Christmas, the greatest gift of the a canoe which he built and was bring the Indians income of $100, ves. Lord, by receiving Holy Com­ used in the coronation parade. but for years lack of an adequate Quick Access munion and by sharing with He also received a telegram road, has made it almost impossible others, like your missionary, your from the King, congratulating him to transport the logs to the Stur­ Sale of logs is not the only bene­ gifts and p resents, in the sight of on his 100th birthday. geon Falls mill. fit the Indians see in the eight­ the Divine Babe lying in the Chief Tom was buried in Powell For years they have asked the mile highway. It also means quick River. access to medical help at Sturgeon humble crib at your mission R. I. P. province to build the road, but last Falls if a band member becomes chap el. year the tragic death by drowning sick. of a band member while returning Father G. Laviolette, O.:M.I. Indian Population home from a shopping trip led to "The Indians also feel the road a council meeting at which band will serve as a graphic example In B.C. Increasing members decided to build the road of the fact that the first citizens British Columbia'S Indian popu­ themselves. of Canada are not persons to be In Eskimoland lation is on the increase, F. Earl Edward Dokis, 38, the father of treated as children," writes report­ Anfield, Indian Agent from Van­ er Victor Laberge of the North .oTTAWA -- Rev. Paul Del­ couver, told the annual meeting six children, died while negotiating tombe, an Oblate missionary fa­ the old tote road and crossing Bay, Ont., Nugget. of the B.C. Indian Arts and Wel­ through the frozen area of muskeg ther, has just ~returned to Ottawa fare Society, recently. "They are just as ambitious and after eight years in the Arctic. The Indian population which for and swamp. But in future, the full of initiative as any other Ca­ Indians will have a fine road to Father Deltombe was stationed years was on the decline due large­ nadian. All they ask is a chance ly to deaths from tuberculosis, was travel and will cross the French to prove it." with another priest at the lonely Eskimo mission at Ivuyivik on the now growing rapidly, he said. There are about 20 homes in the Hudson Strait. He will spend the The 'population has reached the 33,000 mark. THE attractive Indian village at Dokis winter in his homeland, Belgium, Bay on the French River. Most and return next spring to his mis­ Indian Missionary Record of the families have their own out­ sionary work in the north. Tolem-Pol'e 'Carver A NAT IONAL PUBLICATION board motorboats which provide He said money was no problem NANAIMO, B.C. - A skilled FOR THE INDIANS OF CANADA transportation during the summer in the little community of 150 months. totem pole carver is passing on Founded in 1938 Eskimos because they never used The village has an attractive it. But this meant, he said, that the art not only to his sons, as school with 27 pupils, and a church the priests of the mission had to is the custom, but .also to his Managing Editor : which a J esuit missionary from act as a sort of "credit house." daughter. REV. G. LAVIOLETTE, O.M.i. Sudbury visits every six weeks to "They'd bring us slips from the Edna John is the main under­ General Secretary, say Mass. police showing how many family study to her father, Jimmy John, India n a nd Eskimo Welfare allowance cheques they were en­ famed N ootka Indian carver now Commission, During the summer, the Indians titled to," he said. "And we'd living on Nanaimo No. 4 Indian University, Ottawa. work as guides at the many resorts make out credit notes for them. reserve at Cedar. in the French river district. Dur­ "In the eight years I was there Aged and gentlemanly Jimmy ing the winter, their hardwood learned his craft from his father. Published ten times a year by logs are their only source of in­ I only saw real dollar bills a few The Missionary Oblates of Mary Hmes." He has carved totem poles and come. They supplement their earn­ made ceremonial head pieces for Imma culate. ings by fishing and hunting. The priests acted not only' as bankers but as medical doctors and Nootka chiefs since he was 13. advisers on all kinds of problems. His totems are to be found on Subscription : $1.00 a year ~~~~~~~'~~~~~~1 the Malahat and in Victoria. Tour­ When he arrived the mission ists on both island and mainland ~ PLEASE RENEW ~ house was the only frame build­ have bought his small totems for P.O. Box 94 ing in the settlement of igloos. years. Ottawa, Canada I YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ~ N ow a few of the Eskimos are His daughter Edna is learning building houses of wood, Father the craft well. Her entry of a ~ PROMPTLY! ~ Deltombe said. carved totem pole won second Printed by Le Droit, Otta w a. During the winter the tempera­ Authorized a s second clasll matter, Post ~ THANK YOU ! ~ place during the summer at the Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. ture at Ivuyivik drops as low as international handicrafts competi­ t~~~~~;~~~~~~ 50 degrees below zero. tion in Warsaw, Poland. DECEMBER, 1955 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD Page 3 Band Membership Lists Revised ESKIMOS AND INDIANS NOW FRIENDLY Only 36 Lose Indian Status OTTAWA. - The lVIinister of Citizenship and Immigration, Mr. Pickersgill , made the following announcement on N ov. 30: " Under the revised Indi'an Act which came into fOKe in 1951 , about eight hundred p rotests regarding Band membership have been received by the Indian Affairs Branch. The protests were about equally mitted their reports so that the divided between claims from those Registrar could compare facts and who said they had been wrong­ evidence before making his deci­ fully omitted from Band lists and sion. It was felt this would assure objections to the inclusion of other greater uniformity of treatment. names on the lists. The main ob­ The Commissioners report across jections to inclusion were either Canada all but thirty-six persons that the person concerned was not whose inclusion on Band lists was . an Indian, within the meaning of protested have been found to be the Indian Act, or that member­ of Indian status under the Indian ship had been recordeq. in the Act. The wives and descendants wrong Band. of the persons protested are also "In about three hundred and affected by the decision of the seventy-five cases the necessary Registrar. corrections were made by the Re­ gistrar shortly after the reception "The Indian Act provides that of the protests. when a person is declared to be In the other cases, largely com­ of non-Indian status such person 'posed of protests against the in­ is entitled to receive compensation Lily, 2, an Eskimo child from Fort Harrison has to be bribed by photographer clusion of persons on Band lists, for whatever permanent improve­ Michael Burns with lollipops before she would pose with Indian child Bobby Commissioners were appointed to ment he made on lands in a re­ Dick of Moose Factory at the Crippled Children's Clinic held at Moose investigate the protests and hear serve and arrangements are being Factory, Onto evidence. This procedure was made to carry out this provision (Michael Burns Photo) adopted in order to provide a of the law in the cases where pro­ proper hearing to the interested tests were successful. Indians. Twenty Commissioners "There are still fifty-one protests were appointed and submitted their to be disposed of by the Registrar, NOOTKA MEMORIAL TO RECALL reports to the Registrar. twenty-seven -from the Samson "The decisions on the protests Band in Alberta, twenty-three from referred to the Commissioners for the Peepeekisis Band in Saskat­ LANDING OF FIRST SPANIA'RDS investigation were withheld until chewan and one from the Caugh­ all the Commissioners had sub- nawaga Band in Quebec." By TONY DICKASON, in the ENS IGN NOOTKA, Vancouver Island, B.C. - A project is under way here to establish a memorial church commemorating the first landing MISSIONER TO INDIANS of Spanish priests. The government of Spain has expressed interest in the scheme. HAD MIRACLE POWER Spanish ambassador to Canada Probably the great devotion of Mariano de yturralde has informed Spanish sailors to the Blessed Vir­ By John WILFRED his government that the diocese of gin is the source of an invocation Victoria, which includes Vancou­ uttered even today by Indians dur­ Gabriel Druillettes, a famous Jesuit priest-missionary of Canada ver Island, plans to make the pro­ ing bad weather. They sing: and the U.S.A., was born in France in 1610, and died in Quebec posed church a memorial to the "Chou-chist Kakoom," meaning: in 1681. He is reputed by historians to have had the power of working early Spanish Franciscan mission­ "Queen, let the sea be quiet." aries who labored in the field near­ The Spanish settlement was the miracle cures. ly six years during the 1790s. last link with Christianity the In­ Druillettes entered the Society tawas near Lake Superior; but One of the treasured documents dians had until a visit by Bishop of Jesus at Toulouse in 1629, and the party was attacked near Mont­ to be placed in the church is a Charles Seghers in 1869, when a came to Canada in 1643. After real, Garreau was slain, and the rare parchment written persona~­ mission was founded here. studying the Algonquin tongue, he expedition seems to have been ly by Saint Pius X, dated Apnl The New Church accompanied the Indians on their abandoned. 23 1908 in which he conveyed The previous church here was winter hunting expeditions, sharing Priest Tried to Reach North Sea ap'ostolic' blessings to Indian chiefs burned about 18 months ago after in all their privations. Druilla.ttes and Father Dablon and their families. well over a half-century of ser­ The historian Parkman calls at­ then attempted to reach the North While 170 years isn't long as vice. tention to the extraordinary piety Sea. In 1660 they paddled up the Church history is measured, it em­ To date, $25,000 has been sub­ of those Montagnais, who were Saguenay, reached Lake St. John, braces the entire history of Cath­ scribed. Estimated cost is $60,000. mostly Christians, as well as to and continued their course up a olicism in this lonely area of It will be of stone, as was the first the great sufferings undergone by tributary, which they called the mountains and fjords. church built in Spanish days. the missionary. River of the Blessed Sacrament Franciscan Missionaries Funds received so far include From 1646 to 1652 Father Druil­ finally coming to Nekouba, 29 day~ The first Franciscans to visit the a generous grant from the Cana­ lettes worked among the Abenakis from Tadoussac. Indians were Fathers Juan Crespi dian Catholic Conference, a $3,000 of the country that is now the As the Indians refused to go and Thomas de la Pena, who were donation from the Church Exten­ State of Maine. any farther north and the country with an expedition which sailed in­ sion Society, and a gift of $5,000 Peace Envoy offered no prospect of a mission, to the area aboard the Santiago from Bishop John Cody of Lon­ In 1650 he was sent from Quebec the travelers returned to Quebec. from Monterey in 1774. don, Ont., former bishop of Viv­ as envoy of the government to ne­ In 1670 he was at Sault Ste. Marie During the six years of Spanish toria and long interested in Noot­ gotiate a treaty at Boston with the and was one of those who partici­ occupation of Nootka, from 1789 ka work with the Indians. Puritans of New England for com­ pated with Allouez and Marquette to 1795 Franciscans acted not only mercial purposes, as well as for in the famous "taking possession" as chaplains to the garrison, but mutual protection against the Iro­ of the country by Saint-Lusson in worked also for conversion of the Denuded Country quois. May, 167l. Indians. Manitoba's Indian population is He was received with great kind­ Druillettes was regarded as a The saintly Father Magin Catala reported to be multiplying at a ness by the principal men in the man of great sanctity, and mir­ - Catala Sound now bears his na­ rate almost three times as fast as English colonies, notably by the acles are attributed to him. He me - was there for 13 months, the whites. famous missionary John Eliot, and was remarkable for his knowledge and was succeeded by Father Co­ This may start a movement to by Major-General Gibbons. of the Indian languages, and Mar­ mez. give the country back to the In­ After 1652 he labored among quette, before going iWest, was When the Spaniards left, about dians. Probably they'd reject the the Montagnais Indians at Sillery sent to study Algonquin under his 20 Christian natives accompanied offer on considering how the coun­ and Three Rivers. In 1658 he em­ direction at Three Rivers. His Father Gomez, the better to lead try has been denuded of forests barked with Father Garreau on work among the Indians extended lives compatible with their nw­ and what the hunting and fishing an Indian flotilla to go to the Ot- over a period of 38 years. found ideals. are like these days. Page 4 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD DECEMBER, 1955

see her cousin Elizabeth, who liv­ nice and dean. He caught some ed on the other side of the valley. young trout and he nearly cried Joseph said, "All right. I will get when he saw his lovely wife come a horse for you and you can take riding into the camp because he some skins for covering, some was so happy. dried Toots, fish and deer meat to give your cousin. Take Watch­ A LONG WINTER TRIP ie, your dog, to look after you." Although Mary was very tired, And her little pet ch1pmunk rode she just washed her face and went with her. and cooked su.pper. Then she and As Mary 'Went -along she sang Joseph sat down and talked until because she was so happy. The the sun went down behind the rock roses were out on sandy pla­ mountains on the west side of ces. The birds had all come back the lake, for Joseph had much to from the south and the trees look­ tell her. ed nice and green. The Great Chief who ruled When she came to Elizabeth's them all had sent messengers to camp the dogs began to bark and all his people while Mary was Elizabeth came running out. She away, to say he had so many that as told by the smiled when she saw who her he wanted to find out just how visitor was. She heLped Mary off many there were. So the messen­ INDIAN CHILDREN her horse, then kissed her and gers told them that they were to said, "I have been thinkina about go to the Head Meeting Place of OF INKAMEEP you a lot for the last week, won­ the Tribe and put their .marks dering if you would soon be com­ British Columbia down on sheets of birch bark and ing to see us. Just tie the horse paint their signs with red ochre. to the tree. When Zachary gets "THE TALE OF THE NATIVITY", as told by the Indian chlidren of In­ It was now winter, and Joseph kameep, in Southern British Columbia, wa originally printed for the Society back, he will take him down to for the Furtherance of Indian Arts and Crafts, which had been founded by the creek for a drink. Come in felt very sorry about having to the late Miss Alice Ravenhill, of Victoria, B.C. Since the last printing of and have some tea. The kettle take Mary, because she was so this story was made in July 1945, over 10 years ago, we felt that it should will soon be boiling." Then Mary weak. He started a little earlier be reprinted now for the enjoyment of the thousands of readers of the "In­ than the remainder of the tribe, dian Missionary Record" across Canada. had s'ome tea and cookies, which Elizabeth had made .from flour because he had to go slowly on The man to whom credit should be given for the "Tale of the Nativity" account of Mary. They took with is sympathetic Mr. Anthony Walsh, who in 1930, went to live among the by arinding the seeds of sun­ Okanagan Indians in the valley of Inkameep, where he taught school. To his flowers. them her two pets, Top-kan, a pupils, the story of the Nativity was already known; to them, it was more young coyote puppy and Kots-se­ than a legend from a far-off land; it was, above all, part of a great religious They had such a happy visit. we-ah, her little ,chipmunk. tradition and thus worthy of their greatest respect. They started to make clothes for When they reached the great As you read the "Tale of the Nativity" you will realize its poetic quality their two baby boys. They help­ and how the Indian children of Inkameep have taken into their hearts its ed each other tan the softest ,fawn lake where all the people were spiritual teaching to such a degree that Mr. Walsh allowed them to pour skin they could find and Zachary gathered they ,foJlnd the lodge out the story to him in their own words. It i from the very words of the caught a porcupine and the wo­ crowded. and there was not even Indian pupils of Inkameep that the present "Tale of the Nativity" was any room in the shelters. Joseph originally compiled. men died the quills to decorate the Baby Boards. They spent ,felt hurt but he tried to be cheer­ In order to keep in close contact with the Holy Scriptures, we have ful, and told Mary to rest under taken the liberty of adding sub-titles to the story; we have clarified two hours and hours working, because sentences, one dealing with the Virginity of Mary, the other with that of they wanted them to be the pret­ a tree and he would soon find Joseph, foster-father of the Divine Child. tie t Baby Boards that had ever her a quiet place. He then covered The illustrations are by Sis-hi-Ik, an Indian artist who has achieved been seen in the valley. her over with fur robes and search­ world fame. ed until he found a little cave. After many weeks YIary aid There he carried Mary and went (We acknowledge with deep gratitude this valuable contribution of the she must be going home becau e "Society for the Furtherance of Indian Arts and Crafts".) poor Joseph would be getting lo­ out to get some fir boughs and nesome for her. Elizabeth made sage brush for a bed. a parcel of the best thinas she SHELTER IK A CAVE T the time of our story all the Indian Tribes were ruled by a could think of and strapped them A Great Chief. One day in March, when all the people of the to the rawhide saddle. Joseph had \Vhile he was gone a deer and Okanagan were still living in their lodges of tule-matting or in their a feelina Mary soon would be com­ her fawn came down from the underground house , the Virgin Mary was sitting in her lodge making ing home, so he had the camp all hills and coming into the cave moccassins for her father Joachim. It was a nice day, the sky was blue. Suddenly she heard the sound of a great wind but when she looked out at the trees they were not moving. THE ANGEL APPEARS TO told her mother what the Man MARY had said. Then the sound of wind stopped. Then her mother called her YIary looked up. She saw a tall husband and they talked over the Nlan with wings, dressed in white. stranae thing that had happened. She felt afraid; she was not able Joachim said, "We will have to to move. The Man with wings send for our friend Joseph to come saw she was afraid. He said, . and see us." So Joseph came and " Do not be afraid, :Mary, I am stayed at the camp as he was to bringing you a message from God. become the virgin husband of He wants you to be the mother Mary. of His Son." yiARY VI ITS HER COUSIN Mary bent her head and was very surprised. She could not un­ Two or three months after derstand why out of all the women Mary had been married she said she was chosen. So she ran and to Joseph she wanted to go and DECEMBER, 1955 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD Page 5 stQQd by Mary and breathed on who came from afar. They told her tQ keep her warm. Then some him that after they had put their jack-rabbits left their home under marks on the birch bark they the wild rose bushes and sat at had returned to their own camp tD her feet which made her feel cosy. look after their children's pets and SOQn afterwards a flock of chick­ see that no harm came to them. adees came flying in, and perching There was a young mauntain on some ,pieces 'Of rock sang their sheep, black bear cubs, grey squir­ cheerful songs tQ comfort her. rels and some sick birds that had \Vhen Joseph returned and saw net been able ta fly to the warm hQW kind the creatures had been seuth. to his dear wife he no longer felt The men went on to say that sad, but thanked God for His they had been sleeping around ~ kindness in sending him such good J, " . ~ a fire under the 'trees when they ~l6rJA" ) ~/ ' ...+~ friends in his trouble. awoke to hear singing. The hea­ The night became clear with vens were .full of :Men with Wings, . ~ many stars and right over the who teld them that a Great Chief 'rhe V,SIt of the Hill'l1Ien ~~~ cave there shane the brightest had been born in a cave near the star that had ever been seen in the lake. These Men 'Of the Air had valley. The animals and birds also said that they wDuld IQQk try and there they happened to It was while they slept that a seeina how tired bath Mary and after the pets and stay with them meet. They asked each other what :Man with Wings wQke them and Joseph looked did some tricks to until the men returned. they were doing and where they teld them that they must not go make them feel happier. were gQing. When they found out back to the big camp; they must Joseph let the men come in that they were all aoing tD the cross the mountains by another The rabbits pretended that they one at a time. They knelt and same place tD see the new Chief, trail, because the Chief of the big were clowns as they jumped about leoked down on the beautiful they said: "Let's aQ tDgether," camp was jealDus of the young and danced on their hind legs and Baby and thaugh they did not and they did. Baby and wanted to harm Him. then on their front ones, at the speak' out leud they told Him all How proud :Mary was 'Of her same time waggling their long ears. that was in their hearts. THE ~1AGI VISIT HEROD Baby. He was all that she had The mother deer and her little The yeungest man whQ was a They followed the Star until hoped that He would be, and JD­ fawn had a butting match with cripple then went up and put his they came to a large camp of seph was very happy, too. He their heads, while the birds swoop­ pet brown mause on the c~rner. of Indian peaple. The Head Chief always heated the bath water and ed and soared, as they sang in the cradle. It stood up on Its hmd there was a very pawerful and watched Mary when she bathed the sweetest way they could. leas tucked its frDnt feet under cruel man. \Vhen he heard of the her Little Son in the birch bark it; ~hin and hawed tD the Baby. THE SON OF GOD IS BORN coming of the three strangers he bath tub. On the sixth day, they Then it crawled into the lacing asked them tD see him. He then bundled Him up warmly, cDvered near the feet of the Baby, curled When the hour of midnight pretended to be very friendly to­ Him up with many bear robes up and went tD sleep. drew near all of them formed a wards the new Chief, and wished and taok Him tQ see the Priest wall between the man Joseph and The oldest man had brought the them to call aaain as they came in a large lodge. the maid Mary. Just ~t the hour prettiest of mountain lambs and back and tell him where he could THE PRESENTATION OF the owl hOQted twelve times and laid it at Mary's feet. Then, each find this Babe, SD that he might JESUS the cry of the Divine Baby Jesus in turn, went up and shQok hand go and take him presents. was heard; and all the inhabitants with Mary. After they had warm­ As all the mourning dQves had of the cave bent their heads to The niaht after the visitors left ed themselves at the fire and Jo· go ne to the cauntries in the south, the arDund. Then in the heavens the big St ar appeared once more, seph had made them some tea, Joseph took a pair of quails as an a number of Men with Wings sang and by following it the Three they bowed their heads and left. offering. their songs oi praise, while the Chiefs arrived in the valley where winged drummers kept up a roll THE GREAT STAR SHINES the Baby lay in the cave. Two When the pair 'O f quails knew of drums. of them rode beautiful harses, but that they were to be honoured Sametimes befDre this the people 'One was 'On a she-camel which they washed themselves in the Joseph then arose and helped who lived in the southern coun­ terrified the WDmen and children new fallen snow and preened their ~lary wash the Baby. They tries had seen a great Star. Their and caused much talk ameng the feathers so that they shone like wrapped Him in the softest doe Teller of Stories had always said men. velvet, and Quail Wife breathed skins and tied Him to His beaut­ that when a very big star would on Quail's head feathers and pD­ iful cradle-board, which they had The wemen and children all be seen, it wauld mean that a new lished them SD highly that she spent many, many hours making ran away to the hills for they Chief would be born. who would was able ta see if she herself was as IQvely as they knew how. When had never seen such a strange one day become greater than any all spick and span without having they stood Him up .for all to see, loaking animal, while even the other man wha ever lived. There­ to go down and IDok in the waters all the creatures, both feathered animals in the cave crDuched fQre there was great excitement down behind the rocks and scar­ of the lake. and furred, made their own spe­ amang the people. They chase cial noise of happiness. cely breather and the birds flew The priest was a very old man three of their wisest men to ga and ta the tallest trees and did not with long white hair. As he tDQk AlthQugh the Baby was so tiny, adore the Great Chief and take let even a tiny chirrup betray the Child and blessed it, a great H e was God, so He gave them presents to him. where they were. There was just happiness came intD his heart, for all a lovely smile to show how The people who lived in the :Mary, Joseph and the Baby left he knew that this was the Saviour pleased He was. western parts of the Pacific Ocean to welcome the three. whom he had waited so long to Sometime later fOQtsteps were sent a tiny canoe that had taken see. His thraat became full and THE ~\IAGI OFFER GIFTS TO heard ceming across the snow. over a year. tQ make. The people he had a hard job to give the The visiting creatures ran quick­ from the Pinyon Brush country JESUS Child the name, Jesus. ly to the back of the cave. But sent sweet smelling gum that As each in turn 'Offered his gifts Then he raised his eye to hea­ TQP-kan . and Kot-se-we-ah were would scent the lodge for the ~Iary 's heart was filled with areat ven and said: ")Jaw, 0 Lord, send used to menfolk so they just sat Baby. \Vhile the people from the joy. They stayed for a few days away your servant because my down, one on each side of the dry south cDuntry were Darkies, eyes have seen the Saviour." Baby, and waited for the visitors. and told Joseph much of their and they sent a cloak made from ways of life and their journeys. Then he turned to ~I ar y and said THE SHEPHERDS AND THE palm leaves tD prDtect Him from The Darkie was never so happy a very sad thing - that one day the weather. a sword would cut her heart. Then ANGELS as when he could make the Baby These three men travelled se­ smile as he sang to Him the sQngs, he bles ed all three. Joseph went outside and wel­ parately till they reached 'One of happy and haunting, of his people. As they were going away an comed these new-comers, hill-men the main trails tD the north coun- Then they made ready to gD. old woman prophetess stopped Page 6 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD DECEMBER, 1955 them and asked if she might hold A Native Version Of the Baby. When she gave back • the Baby, she hurried out to tell The Twent y-Second the people that she had seen a Great Chief, and that the priest Psalm Of David had given Him the name of Jesus The Great Father above a 'or Saviour. Shepherd Chief is. I am His and When the people heard, they with Him I want not. were sorry for Mary and her Baby He throws out to me a rope who had to live in a dark cave. (and the name of the rope is So they found a lodge and fixed LOVE); He draws me to where it up and made it nice and weath­ the grass is green and the water erproof. Mary now felt that all not dangerous, and I eat and lie her troubles were over. down and am satisfied. THE HOLY FAMILY FLEES Sometimes my heart is very weak and falls down but He lifts TO ANOTHER COUNTRY 'The Guardians Spread 'Their Wings in the SnoW me up again and draws me into But this was not to be. because a good road. a few nights later, a Man with He was always accompanied by once more. She alsO' wanted to He will draw me into a valley. Wings came and told Joseph to Top-kan, who took it on himself meet 'and talk with her old It is dark there but I'll draw back take the Baby away at once, :be­ to care for the Child, and when friends, and she thought it would not. I'll be afraid not, for it is cause a War party was coming to He got tired he would either take be good for the BO'y to meet other between those mountains that the the camp to kill the Baby. up the Baby in his mouth or else children of her own tribe. Shepherd Chief will meet me and Joseph with a heavy heart woke coax him to climb on his back Then there came a time 'when the hunger that I have in my Mary and told her what the Man and then would walk very slowly the bad Chief died. Again a Man heart will be satisfied. with Wings had said to him. back to camp. with \Vings appeared to Joseph He spreads a table before me Then although she was hardly The colorful butterflies always and told him that all was well , with all kinds of foods. He puts awake, she started to get together attracted the young Boy and He and that they could return to H is hand upon my head and all all the clothes and robes that be­ loved to race across the flat lands their own country once more. the tiredness is gone. My cup longed to the Baby. She put these throwing out His arms and pre­ Their exile was at an end. he fills till it runs over. On the way back l\1ary asked in one bag and in another put tending to dip and sway like Those roads that are away some dried fish, deer meat and them. JO'seph if they might go and live in some other part of the valley. ahead will stay with me through roots. By this time Joseph had The older He grew the more this life and after; and after­ all his bags here. She did not want to return to He loved the Spring and Fall the place where they had suf­ wards I will go to live in the Big Mary looked around the lodge flowers, 'and He always asked fered so much. She would like to Teepee and sit down with the once more where she tought she Mary to put some in the little go to some quiet camp where the Shepherd Chief forever. would have been safe and happy. birchbark baskets in the lodge. north wind did not blow too hard Then with tears in her eyes, she He also loved to ride on Joseph's and where the people would be picked up the Baby and Kot-se­ shoulder to the deep pools where kind to her and the Boy. Saint Nicholas we-ah and joined Joseph. And the silver -fish flashed and darted Joseph said, "I will do what­ as he guided her :through the lod­ among the rocks. He would sit ever you wish, Mary, you know Was Bishop of Myra ges there was a prayer on her very still Estening to the song of that all I want is to see you and l1ps asking for protection during the ,creek while Joseph was fish­ Saint Nicholas lived some 1600 the Boy happy." Tears came into years ago in Turkey where he the difficult journey which lay ing. Mary's eyes as she ~ thought of the ahead of them. was for 17 years Bishop of Myra. Although Mary was content she goodness, care and devotion of Today, the place is known as looked forward to the day when A DIFFICULT JOURNEY this quiet, gentle man for her and Demre, province of Antalya - she might return to her country, the Boy. where his church may still be They crossed over the mount­ so that she could see her cousin - THE END - found and one may get hear of the generous acts which ma de his ains by one of the smaller trails life a great' regend and gave him which was not generally used in First Midnight the "Santa Claus" character we all winter time. And as Mary prayed Mass In 1865 by Roy Lewis know today. she suddenly .felt no longer afraid; LEBRET, Sask. - Midnight Midnight Mass will also be cele­ It is said that Saint Nicholas, a it was as though she was surround­ Mass will be celebrated in a big brated at the Lebret residential man of great virtue and piety, be­ ed by many strong friends. came the patron saint of boys stone ,church that seats 500 per­ school, as it has been since the school was founded in 1884. when he restored to life the sons She did not know it, but there sons at Lebret this year, but 90 Christmas is still a day for giv­ of a rich Asiatic, who had been were Winged Men to the north, years ago it was celebrated in murdered by a robber-innkeeper south, east and west of them. ing and receiving gifts, for feasting a teepee. and for visiting. All children and while they were enroute to school When they came to the big snow­ In 1865 and again in 1872, Arch­ grandchildren gather around the at Athens. drifts the guardians spread their bishop Alexandre Tache, of St. head of the family to pay their It is also said that he was warn­ wings out for the tired party of Boniface and Father Hugonard respects to him and eat at his ed of the crime in a dream, but three to walk on. The travellers celebrated Mass in a teepee along­ table. And it is still the custom was unable to reach the inn in kept on. Each day's walk was side the Qu' Appelle lakes. for him, at early dawn, to invoke time to prevent the murders. He followed by a night of sleep. In 1866 a log church was built. the blessing of God upon the hu­ restored the boys to life through A few years later it burned down, merous descendents kneeling about prayer and the murderer confessed In spite of aU the hardships, but another was built to replace him. his crime. the Baby kept wonder-fully well. it. Then, 30 years ago, the present Once they were clear of the mount­ big church was built at a cost of CHRISTMAS ROSE HALLOWED BY LEGEND $90,000. ains and the cold northern winds The delicate beauty of the tress, the angel caused the ground and the weather became warmer, Although the spirit of the na­ Christmas-rose is hallowed by le­ to be carpeted with shining white tivity celebrations is unchanged gend. He started to put on weight. since those early days, there will flowers. A poor shepherd girl, the story After many weeks of walking, be many difference in the cele­ The young shepherdess gathered brations. Electric lights will re­ goes, wept bitterly as she watched they came to a small valley. There the 'Wise Men on their way to the some blossoms. !When she pre­ they made a camp. It was to be place the humble oil lamps, the Indians once burned. A beautiful Christ Child bearing rich gifts sented her gift, the Infant smiled their home for years. It was here organ will play, instead of the vio­ when she had nothing. and as His fingers touched the that the Baby started to crawl linists who accompanied the sing­ An angel appeared. Upon learn­ white flowers, the petals became and walk. ers. ing the reason for the girl's dis- tinged with pink. DECEMBER, 1955 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD Page 7 THE DRAMA OF LIFE GOD TELLS US OF HIMSELF HERE God is concerned we are not left merely to our study W of the universe and to our own conclusions. Mutual confidences are the law HIS POWER. The whole of crea­ of friendship. And the two main tion is due to His Will, and subject characters in the drama of life to it. He had but to speak, and are not to be denied such an ex­ things were made. He called the change. stars into existence. He enclosed In Holy Scripture God has re­ the seas. He balanced the moun­ vealed Himself in a magnificent tains. and sublime language becoming HIS AUTHORITY. He is Alpha His own Infinite Dignity, yet with and Omega, the beginning of all a simplicity perfectly adapted to things and the end of their exist­ our own limited capacity. ence, unconquerable in His ter­ nity. Who has been His council­ There we learn: lor? He seeks not advice from HIS NAME. "I am the Lord thy men. He will be their Judge. God," and "I am He who is." So HIS PATIENCE AND MERCY. He tells us that He alone exists We are told that He is patient and in His own right. All else has but merciful because He can do all a "borrowed existence" dependent things, not because He is unable upon Him. to vindicate His rights; and also, HIS NATURE. He alone is the because he knows that man is but ultimate source of all that is" good flesh and dust, He pities the clay and true and beautiful. And every of which man is made. departure from Him · cannot but But still He insists upon the be to evil, error, and repulsive dis­ duties of the creature towards his figurement of character. Creator. (to be continu~d)

( Imprimatur Die Aug. 15 , 1940, J. G. Murray, A rchbishop of St. Paul , Minn.)

Father Renaud's Jlonthly Letter

Assumption, Alta., Nov. 27, 1955. Dear boys and girls: If you look for the above address on a map of Canada, you won't find it. The name has been changed recently. It used to be called Hay Lake; but there was a place called Hay Lakes, close to Edmonton and the mail addressed to Hay Lake went to Hay Lakes. So Hay Lake was renamed Assumption. Assumption is in the north-west­ a brand new residence which is to ern corner of Alberta, not very be ready before Christmas; Crow­ far from the Northwest Territories foot, proud of its new and spacious and the Yukon. It is really "down gym where cadets and cadettes north" ! Two nights ago the tem­ drill like Princess Pat's regiment perature was down to 50 ° below. (am I right, Frances, Maisie, Elea­ Brr ! that's really cold! The nor and Brenda?); Sturgeon Lake, school here is the newest residen­ where they still remembered songs tial school in the province: it is I had sung for them four years only five years old. But the boys ago; and Fort-Vermilion, where and girls are really catching up on other boys and girls are waiting you. Though their parents have for ..the delayed completion of a never been to any school and speak new classroom block. their native language exclusively, they have learnt to speak, read Which school do I like best? and write English as well as any Why ask such a question? I don't What is believed to be the first town of Midland, Ont., not long of you in the same grades. That's like any of them, I love them all ! before his suffered martyrdom at I'm afraid I'll have a soft spot for Canadian Christmas carol - " Je­ what a residential school can do: sous Ahatonhia - Jesus is Born;) the hands of the Iroquois, here­ teach better and faster than most the present one however: it's so ditary enemies of the Huron peo­ any other school. isolated (one plane a month, win­ was written about 1641 by Jean ple. ter roads four months at the most de Brebeuf. The hymn still exists. It was The last time I wrote you, I had - in between: nothing! ) The The Jesuit Missionary wrote the just finished visiting St. Michael's building is a little gem, especially preserved by the descendents of carol for the Huron Indians then the Hurons who survived the Iro­ school at Duck Lake. Since then, in this wilderness, and the kids living in Huronia on the shores I have spent a few days at each are just wonderful. quois invasions and settled at Lo­ of the following schools: Blue of Georgian Bay. rette, Que., in 1650. The missionaries wanted to make Quills, where the boys and girls You will be leaving for Christ­ It was recently played on the talk and read English as if they mas soon. Best wishes to you all church festivals interesting and at­ beautiful chiming bells of the ca­ had been born with it; Ermine­ and to your kind parents! May tractive to the Indians. Breboeuf rillon in the Peace Tower of Ca­ skin: two hundred boys and girls the Child of Bethleem send his used his own knowledge of the Great Spirit or Manitou in writing nada's Parliament Buildings in Ot­ waiting restlessly to leave their guiding Star your way and may tawa - ringing across the Chau­ old and cold fire-trap to move into you follow it always ! the hymn in a language and with ideas the Indians would appreciate diere falls where the Indians port­ and understand. aged as they made their way It is believed he wrote it at St. between Montreal and Lake Ni­ Marie, the stone mission station pissing and the Georgian Bay, on the 'Wye river near' the present centuries ago. Page S THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD DECEMBRE, 1955

~eureU5e et ~ainte ~nnte!

Saint Joseph, Patron des Hurons 145 eleves au Pension nat dlAmos Allocution prononcee par Ie R.P. ·Adrien POULIOT, Ii I'occasion du premier ST. YIARC DE FIGUERY. - Les enfants de la foret de l'ouest pelerinage des Hurons de Lorette au sanctuaire ontarien des Saints Martyrs quebecois rec;oivent maintenant une instruction adequate leurs apti­ Canadiens, lors dll devoilem ent de La pierre commemorative sur la tombe a de saint Jean de Brebeuf par Son E xcellence M gr G. L. Pelletier, eveque tudes, a leurs moeurs et a leur temperament, grace a la collaboration de Trois-Rivieres, Ie 7 aO It! 1955, consacree a saint Joseph. de 1a D ivision des Affaires Indiennes et de la Congregation des Obl-a:ts de M.l. pour faire de nouveau rater Ie ORSQVE, Ie 22 mai 1633, apres depart. Mais Dieu est plus fort quatre ans d'absence to us Le pensionnat indien d'Amos est avait deja deux pensionnats du L que Ie diable et celui a qui l'Es­ situe dans un decor enchanteur meme genre dans Ie Quebec: Ie deux, Samuel de Champlain et prit-Saint a confie Ie Canada est Jean de Brebeuf etaient debarques pres du lac La Motte, un elargis­ premier, aux Sept-Iles, construit proclam~, dans ses litanies, "la sement de la riviere Harricana. Le par Ie gouvernement federal, et Ie a Quebec, ces deux veterans terreur des demons". avaient decide sur mer que, avec jeune Indien ne s'y sentira pas second a Fort-Georges, erige par l'approbation du Pere LeJeune, on A partir de ce moment, Ie Pere depayse puisqu'il vivra au contact Son Exc. Mgr H. Belleau, O.M. I., reprendrait au plus t6t Ia mission de Brebeuf, conscient de la pro­ d'une nature sauvage et grandiose, Vicaire Apostolique de la Baie tection visible de saint Joseph, un des plus beaux sites de I'Abi­ James. huronne forcement abandonnee4 en 1629. murit Ie projet de lui confier spe­ tibi. Au pensionnat d' Amos on dis­ Des Ie surlendemain, 24 mai, les cialement toute l'evangelisation des La maison, dirige par les Peres pense l'enseignement primaire aux arrangements sont pris avec quel­ Hurons. Oblats, abrite deja plus de 145 jeunes ecoliers. Dix Soeurs de St­ ques Hurons descendus pour la Dans la relation officielle qu'il enfants de 7 a 11 ans, venant Fran~ois d' Assise, sous la direction traite que trois Peres remonteront adressera au Pere LeJeune, Ie prin­ d'Obedjiwan, de iWeymontaching et de la Rev. Mere St-Louis de Fran­ avec eux pour les industries: Bre­ temps suivant, racontant en pre­ du district de Sanmaur. ce, donnent l'instruction catholique beuf, Daniel et Davost. Helas! la mier lieu Ie laborieux a epart des Son Exc. Mgr Desmarais, eveque aux jeunes et entretiennent la traite finie, Ie vent changea et Ie Trois-Rivieres et rappelant son d'Amos, eut l'heureuse initiative maison. voeu, il dira: "Je fus plusieurs depart des missionnaires fut diffe­ de suggerer ce projet au gouver­ Il y a aussi une maitresse lal­ re d'un an. fois tout renverse et desespere, nement federal; et, il fut seconde que et un professeur de cours ma­ Le 1er juillet 1634, profitant de jusqu'a ce que j'eus recours parti­ par Ie depute, M. David Gourd. nuels. Le Pere Grenon est assiste la barque qui s'en allait fonder culierement a Notre Seigneur J e­ Le Pere M. Grenon, O.M.I., huit d'un econome, Ie Pere L.-R. La­ Ie poste des Trois-Rivieres, Bre­ sus, pour l'unique gloire duquel ans missionnaire a la baie James, fleur, d'un troisieme Pere et de beuf et Daniel, qui suivrait bien­ nous entreprenions ce voyage et bachelier en education, rapporte six Freres, dont plusieurs sont tOt Ie Pere Davost, montaient, avec que feus fait un voeu au glorieux dans "L'Echo Abitibien", qu'il y charges de l'exploitation de la six compagnons Ia"ics, ·a la rencon­ saint Joseph, nouveau patriarche ferme. tre des Hurons. des Hurons." Le Pere de Brebeuf nous a laisse exercent d'abord leur zele et met­ Comme Ie faisait remarquer Ie Que c'est revelateur et inspirant Directeur: "Les jeunes Indiens deux recits de son embarquement. de constater que Ie Pere de Bre­ tent a l'epreuve leur connaissance Le premier est un lettre au Pere de la langue. apprendront a lire et a ecrire; plus beuf prie intensement Notre-Sei­ tard, nous les dirigerons dans des LeJeune, ecrite pendant Ie voyage gneur et que Notre-Seigneur lui "<;a ete dans l'exercice de ce et remise a d'autres Hurons ren­ metiers vers lesquels ils se senti­ inspire d'offrir vingt messes en pieux exercice que nous avons ac­ ront attires Ie plus. Nous voulons contres en chemin. l'honneur de son pere nourricier. quis des ames a Notre-Seigneur," "Jamais, resume-toil, je ne vis les initier a l'agriculture, mais bien Patron du Canada rapporte Ie Pere de Brebeuf au peu y sont portes." embarquement tant ballotte et plus Pere LeJeune. traverse par les menees, comme Patron du Canada depuis 1624, L'enseignement ne sera pas cho­ "La premiere fut une petite fil­ je crois, de l'~nnemi commun du saint Joseph se voit donc confier se facile; il faudra apprendre a salut des hommes. C'est un coup par Ie · Pere de Brebeuf la noble lette de ce village, agee de quatre ces jeunes Ie fran~ais que la plu­ du ciel que nous soyons passes race huronne, qui habite au coeur ou cinq mois. Elle mourut un part ignorent. outre, et un effet du pouvoir du du Canada et qui compte, suppute quart d'heure apres son bapteme, Le Pere Grenon, qui parle trois glorieux saint Joseph, auquel Dieu Ie missionnaire, environ vingt mille auquel elle fut nommee Josephe, dialectes (l'algonquin, l'otchipwe m'inspira, dans Ie desespoir de ames. pour accomplir un voeu que j'avais fait de donner ce nom au premier et Ie cri), a enregistre les prieres toutes choses, de promettre vingt Vne fois installee a Ihonatiria, sur ban des sonores, et les trans­ sacrifices en son honneur." qui devient Saint-Joseph d'Ihona­ que nous regenererions des sain­ tes eaux, en reconnaissance de met par hauts-parleurs dans les Le diable etait oppose a l'entre­ tiria, c'est dans la visite des ma­ salles de recreation, aux dortoirs prise; il avait mis tout en oeuvre lades que les trois missionnaires tant de faveurs que nous avons et a la chapelle. re~ues et recevons par l'entremise de ce grand saint." Le pensionnat d' Amos comporte Et plus loin, rendant graces a six salles de classe, deux gran des Dieu de la sante des Peres et des salles de recreation, quatre dor­ domestiques, du succes de la chas­ toirs pour les filles et quatre au­ tres pour les gar~ons , un vaste re­ se - ce qui leur gagne Ie coeur fectoire et une cuisine des plus des Indiens, - enfin de Ia bonne Iffiodrne. Toutes les pieces sont conduite et de la paix qui ont re­ aerees, claires et peinturees aux gne parmi les Fran~ais, Brebeuf couleurs appropriees. Cinq jeunes ajoute: "Nous devons aussi beau· Indinnes, entrainees aux travaux coup au glorieux saint Joseph, manuels, vaquent aux soins de epoux de Notre-Dame et protec­ l'etablissement. Le service medical teur des Hurons, dont nous avons est assure par Ie ministere de la touche du doigt l'assistance pIu­ sieurs fois. Ce fut une chose reo Sante nationale et du Bien-etre marquable que Ie jour de sa fete social. et durant l'octave les commodites ~~~~~~~~~~~~ nous venaient de toutes parts." La devotion du Pere de Brebeuf ~ PRIERE DE ! a saint Joseph, pour extraordinaire ~ RENOUVELER ! qu'elle soit, ne lui est pas exclu­ « VOS ABONNEMENTS ~ sive. Elle est partagee par tous ~ SANS RETARD. MERCI. ~ Sur Ie site de St-Ignace, Ie P. D. Hegarty, s.j., explique aux pelerins ses compagnons. tl. C.P. 94, OTTAWA hurons Ie martyre de St Jean de Brebeuf. (fl suivre) ~~~~~~~~~~~~