Lamy of Santa Fe (77 page)

3

before sunrise on 21 May 1839 Howlett, 43–44

Joseph Priest Machebeuf Howlett, 22–3

Lamy not well Howlett, 45

dressed as laymen Ibid., 43, 44

Lamy, younger Salpointe, 194

Machebeuf, twenty-seven Ibid.

seen and recognized Howlett, 43

4

in this case it was Machebeuf Darton, 7

one more peril Howlett, 43

he himself had come away Ibid.

drive of over two hundred miles Machebeuf to father, Paris, 24 May 1839, in Howlett, 47

5

to reach each other Caesar, 383–85

early Gallic settlements Guérard, 30–31

most “religious” of men Caesar, 28

rivers, woods, springs Guérard, 29

Vercingetorix Ibid., 33–34

6

defenders put the torch Caesar, 401

sent for his chiefs Ibid., 509

7

shrine of St James Stoddard, 10–11

(Roman architecture) Pevsner, 70

8

Rome gave its arches Rorimer, 1–2

strong local flavor Stoddard, 7

dark volcanic stone Pevsner, 7

9

“the light of Christ” Aubert (
“La clarté est le Christ”
), ref. to Luke 2:32

color was always an element Adams, H., 41

mortality is present Ibid., 30

Save my soul Chanson de Roland
, in the original quoted in Adams, H:

Guaris de mei l'anme
de tuz perils
Pur les pecchiez que
en ma vie fis!

Upon his arm
ibid.:

Desur son braz teneit
le chief enclin
Juintes ses mains est
alez a sa fin
.

10

founding bishop Darton, 1 by 1262 Stoddard, fig. 350

11

experience in their music Cantaloube

12

paysans aisés
Chauvet, conversations

of their eleven children Darton, 7

13

Lamy became her familiar Fanguet, conversations

14

early Auvergne fresco E.g., Le Puy cathedral

15

Jesuit
collège
at Billom HL

16

“the Lamb” Defouri, 30

called him “Whitey” Howlett, 105; Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 26 May 1841, French

pleins de chasmes
DEN, Notes On Early Days

confining regimen Howlett, 29–30

(revival of religion) Guérard, 290

17

Tocqueville Ibid., 294

distinguished himself HL (
oú il se distingua encore par ses talents et surtout par sa vie exemplaire)

Lettres édifiantes
(ANNALES were previously called
Lettres édifiantes.
) Defouri, 31

(thoughts of … missioners abroad) Salpointe, 197–98

Odin Howlett, 35

Flaget Ibid., 36

bishop of Bardstown Darton, 36

cathedral… open log cabin Darton, 14a

seamed old face Flaget statue, Bardstown cathedral

18

wish of Pope Gregory XVI Darton, 6

Machebeuf ordained Salpointe, 197

Lamy two years later Ibid.

Lamy at Chapdes HL Machebeuf at Le Cendre Howlett, 32

letter reached Sulpician rector Ibid., 40

(Purcell recruiting) CIN, Purcell, letters, n.d.

rector lost no time Howlett, 40

“notified to be ready”
DENVER CATHOLIC UNIVERSE,
Machebeuf, 18 Oct 1888, 31 Jan 1889

19

buying lengths of heavy cloth Howlett, 67; Machebeuf to father, Sandusky City, Ohio, 24 Jan 1840, French

Machebeuf under obedience Howlett, 47

at Seminary of Foreign Missions Ibid., 48

word of their flight Ibid., 45–46

“paternal and affectionate cordiality” Ibid., 48

remarkable population RA, Machebeuf to father, Paris, 15 June 1839, French

Auvergnat mountain cloth Howlett, 67; Machebeuf to father, Sandusky City, Ohio, 24 Jan 1840, French

20

“Very dear Papa” DEN/RA and RA (identical), Machebeuf to father, Paris, 26 May 1839, French

“Dear Sir” DEN/RA, Purcell to Machebeuf, senior, Paris, 26 May 1839, French

five hundred francs Darton, 9

party of fifteen
DENVER CATHOLIC UNIVERSE,
Machebeuf, 18 Oct 1888, 31 Jan 1889

hurried trip to London RA, Machebeuf to father, Paris, 28 June 1839, French

Lamy collapsed DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Paris, 7 July 1839, French

21

(Lamy recovered) Ibid.

22

by 7 July 1839 Ibid.

(sailing day) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, on board
Sylvie de Grasse
, 8 Aug 1839, French

her captain DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Paris, 7 July 1839, French

the voyage began DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, on board
Sylvie dê Grasse
, 8 Aug 1839, French

22–24

(details of voyage) Ibid.

24

all in good health RA, Machebeuf to sister, on board
Sylvie de Grasse
, 15 Aug 1839, French

three hundred leagues to go Ibid.

(barges of the day) Dunbar, 635; Dickens, Letters III, 183

25

stage coaches Dunbar, 722–23

dollar every sixteen miles Darton, 12

Purcell prepared them Ibid., 15

(early Cincinnati, description) Pictorial matter, Cincinnati Historical Society

(skeptical early settler) Maxwell, 215

26

“I had absolutely nothing” Darton, 14a

29

(Cincinnati population as of 1842) Dickens,
American Notes
, 164 (details of Cincinnati seminary) RA, Machebeuf to father, Tiffin, Ohio, 24 Jan 1840, French

31–32

(details of Sapp's Settlement) Sapp

32

Great National Road Maxwell, 38

(precarious travel) CIN, Purcell, letters; Mulhane, 80

(Fenwick) Mulhane, 55

33

“vulgar prejudice” CIN, Purcell, letters

“preached twice” Mulhane, 80–81

(Mass in private houses … borrowed chapel) Ibid., 8

“early candle-light” CIN, Purcell, letters

walking from Danville Mulhane, 39

34

(letter to Purcell) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 16 Sept 1840

(Danville church yet to be completed) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Newark, Ohio, 29 June 1842

(details of Danville church and dedication) Ibid.; CIN, Purcell, letters

(The original St Luke's was destroyed by fire in 1839.) Mulhane, 83

35

(Purcell to Mt Vernon) Ibid., 10, 13

rectory opposite church
Diocese of Columbus
, I, 391–94

impulsive notion Salpointe in
LA SEMAINE RELIGIEUSE,
Clermont, 29 Aug 1868, French

36

Lamy assignments Mulhane, 39

(Lamy, horse) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 16 Sept 1840

(Machebeuf, horse) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Tiffin, Ohio, 24 Jan 1840, French

(mission life details) Ibid.; Machebeuf, in Howlett, 65, 66, 104, 140–41

37

Danville and Tiffin 80 miles apart DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Tiffin, Ohio, 1 Jan 1840, French

(Lamy, Machebeuf ill) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Tiffin, Ohio, 7 Oct 1840, French

(Machebeuf rumored dead of cholera) Howlett, 77

Machebeuf: “I declare to you” Darton, 18

Lamy: “my Beloved Ohio” CIN/ND, Lamy, Lempdes, France, 2 Aug 1848

(plans to visit Auvergne) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Lower Sandusky, Ohio, 26 Mar 1841, French

38

“sacerdotal zeal” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 13 Dec 1841

“fervent pastor” CIN, Purcell, letters financial depression Machebeuf to brother, in Howlett, 105–06

(financial depression) Machebeuf to father, in Howlett, 107; DEN, Machebeuf to sister, Lower Sandusky, Ohio, 2 Mar 1842, French

(Danville rectory) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 14 April 1841

(Mt Vernon church) Mulhane, 14, 40; CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 29 Aug 1841; CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 13 Dec 1841

39

(Mt Vernon church burns) CIN, Purcell, letters

(Newark church) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 29 Aug, 13 Dec 1841; Newark, Ohio, 26 Feb, 26 April, 1842; Danville, Ohio, 6 April 1843

40

(Machebeuf, first Sandusky church) DEN, Memoir of the Church of the Holy Angels, 15 Oct 1888

(Sandusky steeple) Steadman; Machebeuf to father, Sandusky, Ohio, 28 Feb 1842, in Howlett, 141

their fellow Auvergnats DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Monroe-ville, Ohio, 30 Jan 1842, French

(Lamy, Machebeuf exchange visits; Lamy “dear colleague,” “neighbor”) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Lower Sandusky, Ohio, 10 Mar 1841, French; CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 29 Aug 1841

41

(Machebeuf's elf-examination) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, St Alphonso, Ohio, 4 Oct 1842, French

“I am happy” DEN/RA, Machebeuf to brother, Sandusky City, Ohio, 30 June 1842, French

“when will we finish them?” Ibid.

(Lamy self-searchings) ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 11 April 1841

to French Canada DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Montreal, 12 Jan 1843, French

(Machebeuf raises money, Quebec) Howlett, 113

(Machebeuf's hipwrecked) Newspaper clipping, 1843 (attribution untraceable)

Lamy went to see him CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 6 April 1843

42

(Lamy had four churches) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 7 Jan 1844, English, French

(will go begging) Ibid.; CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, St Louis, Mo., 14 Mar 1844

(imbroglio with “Mrs Biddle”) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 14 April 1846

“there are times” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Newark, Ohio, 24 June 1842

43

“way of mildness” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 14 April 1841

sick calls Ibid.

“Latsin pas!”
DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 26 July 1843, French

“gate, grand, gros, et gras”
Ibid. (I am indebted to F. D. Reeve for the alliterative translation.)

(language shortcomings) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 16 Sept 1840, English, French, Latin

44

boarding at Sapp's Ibid.

(requests for objects) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Newark, Ohio, 26 Feb 1842; Danville, Ohio, 7 Jan 1844

thousand persons present CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 11 April 1841

“did not get scared” Ibid.

Temperance Society CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 13 Dec 1841

“yet another thing” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Newark, Ohio, 24 June 1842

45

(Newark growing) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 7 Jan 1844, English, French

“hearty and strong” Ibid.

Mansfield CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Mt Vernon, Ohio, 20 Jan 1844

(Mt Vernon church under roof) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Mt Vernon, Ohio, 19 Aug 1845

(would pledge inheritance) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Newark, Ohio, 13 Dec 1845

46

300 families CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Annual Report, n.d.

(once almost drowning) CIN, Purcell, letters, n.d. (Christmas Mass, Danville) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 7 Jan 1844

(“Know-Nothing,” “Maria Monk”) DEN, Memoir of the Church of the Holy Angels, 15 Oct 1888

47

(Methodists, furious) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 7 Jan 1844

(Mass, Toledo, private house) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Nor-walk, Ohio, 26 May 1841, French

atrocious calumnies RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 10 Nov 1843, French

(Machebeuf's father ill) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 23 Oct 1843, French

(Machebeuf unable to leave) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 10 Nov 1843, French

“two hundred piastres” Ibid.

48

Farewell, dear papa DEN/RA, Machebeuf to father, Sandusky City, Ohio, 23 Oct 1843, French

Lamy journeyed to Sandusky Howiett, 122

(arrived Le Havre 6 July) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Le Havre, 13 July 1844, French

49–52

(Machebeuf in France and recruiting Ursulines
passim) Fifty Years
, 32–52

49

to Avignon DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Avignon, 27 Oct 1844, French (Machebeuf at Rome) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Rome, 17 Nov 1844, French

50

(audience, Gregory XVI) Howlett, 128–29

(Machebeuf at Venice) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Venice, 30 Nov 1844, French

51

(Machebeuf and French royal family) ND, Machebeuf to Purcell, Paris, 10 April 1845, French; Machebeuf to sister, Paris, 20 April 1845, French; Howlett, 134–35

52–53

(Machebeuf and party voyage to the United States) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Paris, 20 April 1845, French; RA, Machebeuf to sister, Le Havre, 2 May 1845, French; RA, Machebeuf to sister on board
Zurich
, 31 May 1845, French; Darton, 24–25; RA, Machebeuf to sister, New York, 4 June 1845, French

52

Father Pendeprat DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Avignon, 27 Oct 1844, French; Howlett, 140

53–54

(Mexican War
passim
) Horgan, GR, 601–783

54–55

(Pendeprat to Louisville) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to aunt and nephew, Sandusky City, Ohio, 23 Jan 1846, French

55

(Lamy presbytery, housekeeper) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 14 April 1846

(Machebeuf, Norwalk parish) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 23 July 1846, French

(Lamy loaned to Sandusky; gratitude for Purcell's kindness throughout) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 24 Aug 1846

Sandusky, “dreadful scenes” CIN/ND, Machebeuf to Purcell, Sandusky City, Ohio, 9 Sept 1846

56

(Purcell rescinds decision) Ibid.

(Purcell-Machebeuf exchanges) CIN/ND, Machebeuf to Purcell, Sandusky City, Ohio, 23 Nov 1846

(Lamy's father dies) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 1 Jan 1847

57

(Danville Christmas) Ibid.

(Sandusky Christmas) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 15 Jan 1847, French

wettest winter and spring Ibid.

(living costs; Lamy brings honey) Ibid.

(Lamy's steeple and bell) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 1 Jan 1847

(all in good health) DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 17 Feb 1847, French

three-year summary CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 1 Jan 1847

growth, Machebeuf's parish DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 17 Feb 1847, French

58

(trip to Niagara Falls) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 17 Feb 1847, French

(Rome refuses Cleveland diocese) Ibid.

58–60

(Lamy begs not to be moved) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 9 July 1847

60

(Purcell not displeased) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 3 Aug 1847

(Lamy citizenship) Darton, 26

(Lamy willing to go to Covington) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 20 Aug 1847

(Lamy's final report on Danville) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Danville, Ohio, 27 Aug 1847

(Francis Sapp's statement) Sapp

61

(Covington committee) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 1 Feb 1858

(Machebeuf's “earthly paradise”) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 24 Mar 1848, French

62

(Lamy visit to Machebeuf on way to Europe) RA, Machebeuf to brother, Sandusky City, Ohio, 22 May 1848, French

(Machebeuf's ees Lamy off) Ibid.

(Lamy's journey to New York) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, New York, 30 May 1848

(Rappe advises not to move Lamy) CIN/ND, Rappe to Purcell, Toledo, Ohio, 1 July 1848

(Lamy home at Lempdes, family settlement, can partially repay Purcell) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Lempdes, France, 2 Aug 1848

63

(France in “uncertain state”) Ibid.

“some dreadful explosions” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Clermont, France, 27 Aug 1848

(Mont-Ferrand seminarians; other recruits) Ibid.

(Lamy to bring sister and niece to America) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Lempdes, France, 2 Aug 1848

(all remember Purcell) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Clermont, France, 27 Aug 1848

(Machebeufs requirements) RA, Machebeuf to brother, Sandusky City, Ohio, 3 Oct 1848, French

64

(Lamy recruits nuns; to England) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Clermont, France, 27 Aug 1848

(bishop of Clermont approves Lamy's sister to go to U.S.) CIN/ND, bishop of Clermont to Purcell, Clermont, France, ? Sept 1848, French

(niece Marie frightened at sea) DEN, Sr. Evangelista, “Notes on Early Santa Fe”

(immigration, Irish famine) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 16 Oct 1848, French; Howlett, 148–49

(Lamy visit to Machebeuf; vine cuttings; objects) RA, Machebeuf to brother, Sandusky City, Ohio, 10 May 1849, French

railroad had reached Cincinnati Ibid.

65

(First Baltimore Council) RA, Machebeuf to sister, Sandusky City, Ohio, 10 May 1849, French

(Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) VPF, copy, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, n.d.

66

(Speech of Congressman Smith) Smith, T.

(Church jurisdiction after Treaty; Zubiría in New Mexico, affairs bad there) TCA, Blanc to Odin, New Orleans, 23 Jan 1849, French

67

(Rome lets Mexican bishops retain jurisdiction in ceded lands) Ibid.

(cholera, New Orleans) Ibid.

(details, Baltimore cathedral) Cuyler

68

(bishop of Durango—only three visits) L/SPF, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 28 Aug 1851, French (summary)

(“the good old man” escaped death) Ruxton, 164

68–69

(state of church, New Mexico) Gibson; Abert; Turner

69

(state of church, Texas) TCA/L/SPF, Odin to L/SPF, Galveston, 1851, French

(Rome rules on extent of Galveston diocese) TCA, Odin to Barnabo, VPF, Rome, 18 Sept 1851, French

(Baltimore Council report to L/SPF) L/SPF, U.S. bishops in Council, Baltimore, 14 May 1849, French (copy)

70

“Beatissime pater”
VPF, Baltimore Council to Pius IX, Baltimore, 13 May 1849, Latin

70–72

ever since 1630 (
et seq.
) Benavides, 11, 192

72

(N.M. bishopric proposed 1810) Pino