The Indian Advocate. (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 4, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 1, 1898 Page: 5 of 28
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THE INDIAN ADVOCATE.
101
rest than when lying in an Indian
cabin .in the neighborhood of the
villages where hospitality was so
bountifully dispensed that even the
floor would bo carpeted with wandering
Indians who dropped in and dropped
down at any time and anywhere so
that it was impossible to rise in the
morning until those living rugs re-
moved themselves to avoid being
stopped upon by the sufferer who was
honored with the loan of the only bed
in the establishment that of the heads
of the household. During these trips
he visited various tribes and arranged
for opening future missions when
opportunity and particularly finances
would permit.
The first mission-house now Sacred
Heart Abbey soon assumed the dignity
of a small monastery recruits having
been sent from Prance to assist in the
work. About this period also the
Government granted him a postal con-
tract so that he became postmaster of
the surrounding country. The mail
was carried on the back of an Indian
pony a distance of one hundred and
twenty miles. This same year 1881
he admitted to first communion and
confirmed two roung Arapahoes grand-
sons of the Arapahoe half-breed who
first invited Father De Smet to visit
the Indians of the Rocky Mountains.
It was at this mission in 18S0 that
Our Lady of Good Counsel first made
her appearance in the Territory. Her
picture adorned the choir where it re-
ceived the salutations of the infant
community as they entered and left
the chapel.
Six years later JL8.&G we come to the
establishment of her church. Coal
mines having been opened at three
different towns it was found necessary
owing to the influx of miners with their
families to provide churches and
schools for the accommodation of these
several congregations which numbered
nearly sixteen hundred men the ma
jority of whom were single. This was
a gigantic task and the outlook for
funds exceptionally poor for just then
civilization in the form of His Royal
Highness the walking delegate entered
the Territorr and organized a strike
among the railroad men which in con-
sequence involved these poor minors.
At this juncture Father Robot wrote to
a friend: "If St. Joseph would only
help! Others get his rich meals; I
only the crumbs." He was asked if he
had chosen the titles for his churches.
He replied: "In this prefecture it is
not the father who selects the names
it is the relatives of the baby; express
your wish for a name or names; you
have plenty of time before the christen-
ing." Thus at the suggestion of this
friend was the little church at Lehigh
named Our Lady of Good Counsel and
one of the others St. Joseph with the
hope that in future some of St. Joseph's
rich provisions might find their way
into the almost empty larder of the
Territory.
Fortunately the last freight train
from Atoka contained most of the lum-
ber required for St. Joseph's church
I so that work was not delayed. An old
! school-house with two rooms adjoining
became the Church of Our Lady of
Good Counsel. After a while work
having been resumed in the mines the
men clubbed together to raise money
for the pews and to pay off a small
amount still due on the building.
j They also requested to be formed into
I a benevolent association there being
about twenty of them to start it. The
church is but thirty by sixty feet and
must be used as a school house as well
as a place of worship even now at the
i end of eleven years. At present
i school "keeps" under the charge of
two Benedictine Sisters with one hun-
! dred pupils bovs and girls. In the
early days there were half as many
more but the population is fluctuating
so it is not possible to form a perma-
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The Indian Advocate. (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 4, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 1, 1898, newspaper, October 1, 1898; Sacred Heart Mission, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc69772/m1/5/?q=%22Benedictine+Fathers%22: accessed June 9, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.