Menominee & Ottawa in Wisconsin Michigan 1834 Snowshoes
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Catholic Missions to Menominee and Ottawa Indians, Wisconsin and Michigan 1834 Father Baraga Describes One of His First Snowshoe Treks Seventh volume of the Berichte der Leopoldinen-Stiftung im Kaiserthum Oesterreich , published in Vienna, 1833. 40-page pamphlet in original printed wraps, 33 x 20 cm (5 x 8 inches), double-sided fold-out charts reporting donations and expenditures, remarkably fresh condition. The Leopoldinen-Stiftung (Leopoldine Society) was founded in Vienna in 1829 to encourage financial and moral support in the Austro-Hungarian Empire for Roman Catholic missionary efforts in North America. The impetus came from Bishop Edward Fenwick of Cincinnati, Ohio, who sent his vicar-general, Frederick Resé, on a trip to Europe in 1827 to raise money and recruit priests for North American missions. The Society functioned in a fashion similar to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in France (and to American Protestant mission organizations as well), collecting small donations from large numbers of parishioners throughout the Empire in order to provide missionary support. The Berichte [Reports] were essentially newsletters for contributors, providing news of the challenges and successes in the mission field to inspire more contributions. This seventh issue of the Berichte contains the following: Four-page letter
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