PART VI.
FROM 1860 TO FATHER DE SMET'S DEATH, 1873. (1)
Relations with the Government, Missionary Work and other Matters.
Itinerary for the years 1860 to 1873.
1860.
In St. Louis most of the year - August 24th went to Chicago, returning via Quincy and Palmyra - In September left St. Louis for Europe - Embarked at New York on the Fulton and crossed the Atlantic (twelfth time) to Havre -Went to Paris and thence, via Lille, to Belgium - Visited the principal cities of Belgium and Holland.
Distance traveled, 6,803 miles.
1861
Left Belgium March 27th- Went to Paris and thence to Havre with three novices and took passage on the steamer Fulton - Commenced voyage April 2d (thirteenth trip across the Atlantic) -Arrived in New York the night of April 14th-15th- Left New York on the 17th and arrived in St. Louis on the 19th.
"During the summer I visited the East - I was in Washington during the Bull Run battle and witnessed its fatal consequences.
" Late in the fall I had a sick call in the neighborhood of Peoria."
Distance traveled, 6,780 miles.
(1) All the letters in this part are here published for the first time.