History of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Early History Of The UP
Pere Marquette ON THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF THE LONG LOST GRAVE OF PERE MARQUETTE. “In all stages of society those unquestionably deserve the highest praise who outstrip the rest of their contemporaries. The merit consists in setting the example, in exhibiting a pattern after which others may work. It is easy to follow where there [...]
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In 1668 (according to Bancroft, III., 152), tie repaired to the Chippewas at the Sault to establish the mission of St. Mary, the oldest settlement begun by Europeans within the present limits of the commonwealth of Michigan. On the day of the immaculate conception of the Holy Virgin, in 1673, he received his orders from [...]
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The pioneers of our country, no doubt, have had a very hard time of it, and none more so than my Scotch-Irish ancestors in central Pennsylvania. From the childhood of Daniel Webster down to the present hour, it would argue a very ignorant mind and most unfeeling and ungrateful heart to read the toils and [...]
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But to return to the subject in hand. Marquette was much more than a religious enthusiast. He was a scholar and a man of science. Having learned within a few years to speak with ease in six different languages, his talents as a linguist were quite remarkable. A subtle element of romance pervaded his character, [...]
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In life he seems to have been looked up to with reverence by the wildest savage, by the rude frontiersman, and by the polished officers of government. When he had passed away his name and his fame, so marked in the great west, was treasured above that of his fellow-laborers, Menard, Allouez, Nouvel or Druillettes.”‘ [...]
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His famous voyage from the Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico must be considered not only as a falsehood, but a plagiarism. pi Fortunately for the fame of Marquette, the true record of his labors B was not left to doubtful tradition and the hearsay testimony of Charlevoix. Among the papers discovered some 25 years [...]
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His strength, however, failed so much that his men despaired of being able to convey him alive to their journey’s end ; in fact he became so weak and so exhausted that he could no longer p himself, nor even stir, and had to be handled and carried like a child. He nevertheless in this [...]
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Slow and faint into the forest, straight he takes his quiet way, Kneels upon the virgin mosses, prays as he is wont to pray ; Nunc dimittis—then they hear him sweetly sing as ne’er before ; Then the angels join in chorus, and Marquette is now no more. This the prayer he leaves behind him, [...]
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