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Lamy of Santa Fe

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by Paul Horgan


  282

  “parlor boarder” DEN, Sister Evangelista

  silk dresses Ibid.

  Sister Mary Francesca Barbour, 34–35

  convent reached twenty-six CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 30 Jan 1860

  as a saint LO, Sister Evangelista

  “our little schools” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 16 Jan 1859

  curriculum Barbour, 43

  (Hilaria and the devil) LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 23 Nov 1858

  283

  “smart and fine young lady” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell (fragment), Santa Fe, 1859

  (schools prospering) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 21 Jan 1861

  three hundred pupils … effect on parents P/SPF/TCA, Lamy to P/SPF, St Louis, 30 June 1861, French (tr.)

  convent property Barbour, 35; LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 10 Sept 1861 year before the arrival VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Santa Fe, 19 Oct 1858, French

  “adobe hut with four walls” 75 Years, 53

  presented them with a contract Defouri, 51–53

  284

  “pretty good school” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 30 Jan 1860

  “cleanly, joyous, little fellows” NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, 13 Feb 1864

  need for a seminary L/SPF/ND, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 1 Feb 1858, French (copy)

  “war in the west” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 30 Jan 1860 mail service Machebeuf, in Howlett, 243

  communications cut off CIN/ND, Lamy to Perché, Santa Fe, 7 Jan 1861, French

  twenty men Ibid.

  “reign of terror” L/SPF/ND, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 25 Feb 1861, French

  Navajos descended from Welsh Hollister, 146

  effects of a drought P/SPF/TCA, Lamy to P/SPF, St Louis, 30 June 1861

  need for a hospital Ibid.

  fainted at the altar LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 19 Oct 1859

  285

  stove in the chapel LO, Santa Fe Annals, 1858

  picnic at his ranchito LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 21 Sept 1860

  still opposition L/SPF/ND, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 1 Feb 1858, French (copy)

  would rather help CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 30 Jan 1860

  Peter’s Pence VPF, VPF to Vatican treasurer, Rome, 27 Aug 1860, Latin

  repayment by installment L/SPF/ND, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 25 Feb 1861, French

  the tithing regulations VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, St Louis, 12 May 1861, French

  286

  on St Francis’s Eve CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 20 June 1859

  “some amelioration” CIN/ND, Lamy to Perché, Santa Fe, 7 Jan 1861, French

  tin cup Darton, 98 reception was festive Salpointe, 239

  287

  (Lamy to St Louis via Denver) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, St Louis, 10 May 1861

  288

  realigned the boundaries Darton, 104

  “when I arrived here” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, St Louis, 10 May 1861, French

  torn by massacres CIN/ND, Lamy to Perché, St Louis, 12 May 1861

  tension was running high VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, St Louis, 12 May 1861, French

  Anthony Trollope Trollope, A., 387–88

  “troubles” in New Mexico CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, St Louis, 10 May 1861

  289

  to Father Sopranis SLU, Lamy to Sopranis, St Louis, 12 May 1861, French (copy)

  a forced march P/SPF/TCA, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 30 July 1861, French (tr.)

  “troubles” on two fronts L/SPF/ND, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 1861, French

  Gazette asked editorially SANTA FE GAZETTE, 11 May 1861

  290

  New Mexico spoke out Horn, 85

  conscription SANTA FE GAZETTE, 14 Sept 1861

  “put slavery” Horn, 100

  he sent Ussel Ussel, in Howlett, 298–99

  291

  quickened his recovery RA, Machebeuf to brother, San Miguel (del Vado), N.M., 14 Jan 1862, French

  these and other troubles CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 27 Jan 1862

  filed a claim Espinosa et al, 119

  Mother Magdalen was dismayed LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 7 May 1862

  291–94

  (Civil War, New Mexico) Horgan, GR, 819–30

  292

  on the same day Horn, 102

  six days later SANTA FE GAZETTE, 26 April 1862

  feared for their convent LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 7 May 1862

  one day a Texas soldier Ibid.

  seize all funds SANTA FE GAZETTE, 26 April 1862

  keys of the printing office Ibid.

  “Mr Parker” Ibid.

  troops were billeted Museum of New Mexico, exhibit caption, Palace of the Governors

  Sibley was pleased Conard, 374–77

  293

  “piratical bunting” Hollister, 136

  on 25 March SANTA FE GAZETTE, 26 April 1862

  “regular demons” Hollister, ch. x.

  “soldiers, I am proud” Rittenhouse

  its audacity Hollister, 117

  passing all night long LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 7 May 1862

  294

  the sick and wounded Texans SANTA FE GAZETTE, 26 April 1862 Texan army left Barbour, 36

  measured the bishop’s church Hollister, 213–16

  raised the national flag SANTA FE GAZETTE, 26 April 1862 led her sisters and pupils LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 7 May 1862

  295

  rumors persisted Pettis, 1 Dec 1862; 24 Dec 1862; CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 29 Dec 1862

  resumed pastoral visits P/SPF/TCA, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 2 March 1863, French (tr.)

  effects in Utah Howlett, 320

  weekly mail service CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 29 Dec 1862

  Machebeuf was “well” Ibid.

  thousand Catholic voters RA, Machebeuf to brother, San Miguel, 14 Jan 1862

  296

  England was on the verge Ibid.

  “unhappy condition” VPF, secretarial minute, Rome, 12 July 1863, Italian

  suddenly good news TA, Bosco to Lamy, Santa Clara, Calif., 18 Aug 1862, Spanish

  another letter from California SLU, Villiger to Lamy, Santa Clara, Calif., 28 Jan 1863, Latin

  296–97

  another missionary bishop Talbot

  297

  a letter from Denver Defouri, 756: passim

  297–98

  leave for Denver Salpointe, 236–37; Howlett, 309–10

  298

  writing to Purcell CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 20 Sept 1863

  “pray always” DEN/RA, Machebeuf to sister, Denver, 13 Feb 1867, French

  299

  Connolly declared Horn, 104

  the general said Ibid., 105

  300

  Carleton defined Ibid., 106

  Martin … was murdered P/SPF/TCA, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 2 March 1863, French (tr.)

  “My dear Wife” Pettis to wife, Fort Craig, N.M., 24 Aug 1863

  CHAPTER VIII

  305–13

  (Lamy to California, Arizona, and back) Defouri, 80ff; Salpointe, 240

  306

  good rider Salpointe, 206

  308

  as he wrote to Paris ANN ALES, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 1866, French

  he doubted NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, 23 Jan 1864

  310

  “stopped a day with us” HARTFORD EVENING POST, correspondent, 20 June 1864

  311

  “city of mud boxes” Browne, 129–30

  “Apaches range” Ibid., 135

  a soldier reported Pettis to wife, Tucson, 26 May 1862

  baptisms and confirmations TA, cathedral records, 27 March 1864, Spanish

  312

  “scarcely damaged” ANNALES, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 8 May 1864, French

  “powerful medicine men” Balthasar, 79

  “a splendid monument” Browne, 140

  an old boiler Ibid.

  “ruin and desolation” Ibid., 149

  now its farm buildings Ibid.

  and
at La Mesilla Pettis to wife, La Mesilla, 1 Sept 1862

  313

  28th day of April LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 12 Sept 1864 welcoming him home NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, 7 May 1864

  314

  learned in August Defouri, 61–62

  “miserable priests” VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Santa Fe, 8 May 1864, French duly

  noted VPF, secretarial minute, Rome, as of 8 May 1864, Italian in another familiar matter VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Santa Fe, 8 May 1864, French

  “he asks that” VPF, secretarial minute, Rome, as of 8 May 1864, Italian

  new churches and chapels VPF/SPF/TCA, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 1864–65?, French (tr.)

  “more like a cathedral” Ibid.

  “still greater need” Ibid.

  315

  wrote to Mother Josephine Defouri, 102ff

  expected a group BALT, Lamy to Spalding, Santa Fe, 1 March 1865

  Father Ussel CIN/ND, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 18 June 1864

  Machebeuf, lame but busy Howlett, 314

  gave him papers DEN, Lamy to whom it may concern, Santa Fe, 25 July 1864

  asked Rome to excuse him VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Santa Fe, 1 Aug 1864, French

  in the same letter Ibid.

  sudden mortal strikes BALT, Lamy to Spalding, Santa Fe, 12 Sept 1864

  316

  travelled in company Cremony, 209

  eight thousand Navajos Keleher, 504

  four hundred soldiers Cremony, 209

  “schools to civilize” P/SPF/TCA, Eguillon to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 13 March 1864, French (tr.)

  sent a priest P/SPF/TCA, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 14 Aug 1864, French (tr.)

  “Go it citizens!” NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, 31 Jan 1864

  “the happiest people” Keleher, 407

  “this is a terrible place” Pettis to wife, Fort Sumner, N.M., 26 Feb 1864

  “must be clothed and fed” Keleher, 371

  317

  (beginning of the cattle trains) Horgan, GR, 832

  “beautiful Indian fort” Cremony, 199

  three thousand Indian children Horgan, GR, 832

  reservation was relinquished Keleher, 459

  “interesting, intelligent” BALT, Lamy to Spalding, Santa Fe, 12 Sept 1864

  “the top of the mountain” 49th Congress, 1st session, Executive Document (House), 14; Keleher, 502

  excused by Pius IX VPF, VPF to Lamy, Rome, 21 Oct 1864, Latin assured him Ibid.

  “a little at a time” CIN/ND, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 29 Dec 1865, French (copy)

  no public schools LaFarge, 20

  five hundred pupils L/SPF, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 8 May 1864, French

  had to enlarge LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 12 May 1863

  his order for school books BALT, Lamy to Spalding, Santa Fe, 24 July 1865

  “confidence of the community” NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, 13 Jan 1864

  317–18

  decorous advertisement NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, 18 Nov 1865

  318

  colonized Mora, Taos, Denver Barbour, 36; LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 20 Dec 1863; LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 12 Sept 1864; LO, Hayden, Santa Fe, 14 March 1865

  319

  “very creditable” Wallace, W. S., 49

  schools for boys SPF, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 29 Oct 1865, French encouraged when Ussel L/SPF, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 7 March 1865, French

  could not adequately tell Ibid.

  he was obliged to write VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Santa Fe, 12 March 1865, French

  Lamy hesitated Defouri, 62

  one could not be spared Salpointe, 241

  320

  on the back of a letter DEN, Dougherty & Bro to Machebeuf, St Louis, 7 March 1864

  “weekly mail” BALT, Lamy to Spalding, Santa Fe, 30 April 1865 Santa Fe paper regretted NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, 23 Jan 1864

  321

  arrived in Santa Fe CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 9 Oct 1865

  away when they appeared Ibid.

  had come by rail Segale, 84–85

  “imagine,” she told Ibid.

  322

  “well and cheerful” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 9 Oct 1865

  advertisement in the paper LaFarge 35

  two of the nuns DEN, SANTA FE REGISTER, n.d.

  their situation CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 9 Oct 1885 (memory of Father Avel) Segale, 86

  Purcell had advanced CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 9 Oct 1865

  population was generous Ibid.

  voted a subsidy CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 5 Feb 1866 General Carleton offered Darton, 130

  a benefit concert L/SPF/ND, Lamy to L/SPF, Santa Fe, 29 Oct 1865, French

  to open the hospital CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 9 Oct 1865

  323

  stories of great suffering SANTA FE GAZETTE, 10 Feb 1866

  “attempted murder” (In the Gazette accounts the dialogue passages appeared in indirect discourse. They are given here in direct discourse without changing word or sense.) SANTA FE GAZETTE, 30 Dec 1865

  324

  “will have written you” CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 5 Feb 1866, English, Spanish

  impassive reminder VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Santa Fe, 4 Dec 1865, French

  a new start Salpointe, 342ft

  asked General Carleton SANTA FE GAZETTE, 17 Aug 1867

  title of vicar forane Defouri, 62–63

  325

  had to abandon the place Defouri, 64

  (fire and flood in Denver) Howlett, 315–16

  326

  Machebeuf busier than ever CIN/ND, Santa Fe, 18 June 1866 day’s work by buggy RA, Machebeuf to brother, Denver, 2 Oct 1866, French

  took Lamy everywhere Ibid.

  dismiss an Irish priest Ibid.

  new bell CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 18 June 1866

  cast for him in St Louis DEN, F. Salèr to Machebeuf, St Louis, 25 April 1865

  restrained inquiry VPF, VPF to Lamy, Rome, 5 Feb 1866, Latin the mines “inspired” RA, Machebeuf to brother, Denver, 2 Oct 1866, French

  discussed the matter Howlett, 334–35

  327

  River of Las Animas CIN/ND, Santa Fe, Lamy to Purcell, 18 July 1866

  (troops at Fort Sumner) CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Santa Fe, 18 July 1866, English, French

  travelled over 900 miles Ibid.

  331

  paused at Mt St Vincent Segale, 89

  “doing well” BALT, Lamy to Spalding, Santa Fe, 11 June 1866 spoke several times Defouri, 106–07

  CHAPTER IX

  sailed … 17 November Lamy, in Darton, 145

  Brest in nine days CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Rome, 22 Dec 1866

  332

  a somber mood Fournier Conversation with author anxiously awaited CIN/ND, McCloskey to Purcell, Rome, 18 Dec 1866

  uncertainty reigned Ibid.

  proceeded with preparations CIN/ND, Lamy to Purcell, Rome, 22 Dec 1866

  at the North American Collège Ibid.

  beatification Ibid.

  in the act of blessing Ibid.

  333

  his private audience Ibid.

  “what beautiful things” Lamy, in Darton, 146

  333–37

  substance of the report VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Rome, 16 Jan 1867, French; P/SPF/ND, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 25 Aug 1866, French

  337

  Jesuits for Santa Fe VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Rome, 1 Jan 1867, French

  at once assigned him Defouri, 107

  338

  chains of St Peter VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Rome, 16 Jan 1867, French

  a Madame Bontesheim CIN/ND, McCloskey to Purcell, Rome, 26 Jan 1867

  “a respectable scrape” CIN/ND, McCloskey to Purcell, Rome, 9 Feb 1867

  recite his “experiences” CIN/ND, McCloskey to Purcell, Rome, 19 Jan 1867

  “we miss very much” CIN/ND, McCloskey to brother, Rome, 26 Jan 1867

  339

  “very kind to him” CIN/ND, McCloskey to Purcell, Rome, 19 Jan 1867<
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  certain critical comments VPF, Barnabo to Lamy, Rome, 24 April 1867, Latin

  promptly replied from Paris VPF, Lamy to Barnabo, Paris, 6 May 1867

  “the Roman piano, piano” CIN/ND, McCloskey to Purcell, Rome, 19 Jan 1867

  340

  “making hay” CIN/ND, McCloskey to Purcell, Rome, 9 Feb 1867 he had to appeal L/SPF/ND, Lamy to L/SPF, Lyon, Feb 1867, French; L/SPF/ND, Lamy to L/SPF, Lyon, 5 April 1867, French

  “magnificent sail and steam vessel” TCA, MISSIONS CATHOLIQUES, Fr. M. J. Brun report, Lyon, 1868, French

  (voyage of the Europa) Defouri, 107–08

  left the seminarians DEN, Lamy to Raverdy, Leavenworth City, 10 June 1867

  “remarkable” luxuries TCA, MISSIONS CATHOLIQUES, Fr. M. J. Brun report, Lyon, 1868, French

  to lead the way West DEN, Lamy to Raverdy, Leavenworth City, 10 June 1867

  also going along Defouri, 108ff

  341

  which trail to follow DEN, Lamy to Raverdy, Leavenworth City, 10 June 1867

  “adieu to civilization” Defouri, 108ff

  “river sadly famous” TCA, MISSIONS CATHOLIQUES, Fr. M. J. Brun report, Lyon, 1868, French

  soon after that crossing Ibid.

  342

  “not unlike those wolves” Defouri, 108ff

  almost all trains SPF/ND, Lamy to P/SPF, Santa Fe, 18 Aug 1867, French

  travelled part-way with Lamy Defouri, 108ff

  343

  escort from Fort Harker L/SPF/ND, Defouri to L/SPF, Topeka, 22 July 1867, French

  imposed a quarantine Barbour, 37 were shocked to read NEW YORK HERALD, Friday, 19 July 1867, Vol. XXXII, No. 200, p. 4

  344

  from Topeka Father Defouri L/SPF/ND, Defouri to L/SPF, Topeka, 22 July 1867, French

  at Trinidad, Colorado L/SPF/ND, Vermare to L/SPF, Trinidad, Colo., 10 Aug 1867, French troops at that post Barbour, 37

 

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