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A popular history of the Catholic church in the United States

CONTENTS Prefaces, v, xxv. Letters, ix. Press Notices, xviii. Contents, xxix. Biographical Index, xxxvi. BOOK I. INTRODUCTION. THE EARLY CATHOLIC DISCOVERIES — COLUMBUS AND HIS SUCCESSORS. Our Centennial — Poetry — Catholicity no Stranger in the New World — Found Everywhere — Its Present Numbers — Bird's-eye View of Europe in the Fifteenth Century — Protestantism Unknown — Catholic Progress — Columbus — The Mysterious Atlantic — The Lofty Motives of America's Discoverer — His Difficulties — The Discovery Due to a Lady, a Mariner, and a Monk — The Voyage — The first Hymns heard on the Atlantic — San Salvador — Homeward Bound — A TempeSt. and a Vow — The Great Admiral safely home — Rejoicing, and Grand Reception by the Spanish Sovereigns — The Catholic Successors of Columbus — The Cabots — Ojeda — Ponce de Leon — Balboa — Magellan — Cartier — De Soto — Champlain — Marquette — La Salle 1 CHAPTER I. THE INDIANS AND THEIR APOSTLES. The Wild Scenes of Four Centuries Ago — The Indians — The Various Tribes, Languages, and Customs — The Lord's Prayer in four Indian Languages — How they made War and Built Fortresses — Indian Government and Religion — The Apostles of the Indians — How the Spa

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