Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1841-1842

pg 5         Sacred Heart who had engaged their passage several months 
             beforehand in order to have a priest with them on their voyage.
             Now it so happened that these Ladies, although they had secured 
             their places on a vessel to sail on the day fixed upon, Aug. 8th, 
             found that their passage was engaged on one vessel, and that of 
             the Brothers on another.  Rather than lose the 1500fr. which they 
             had already paid on their places, they preferred to sacrifice 
             1000fr.; otherwise they would have lost both what they had 
             advanced, and the opportunity of taking passage with a priest.  
             They had been forbidden to start otherwise.
                  Once freed from their first engagements, the Brothers felt 
             at liberty to act for themselves, and instead of a cabin passage, 
             they were content with a little compartment for themselves of 
             20 x 10 ft. between decks among the poor emigrants.  By means of 
             this arrangement, instead of a deficit of 500 fr., they should 
             have in New York a little reserve of 1500 fr.  It is true that, 
             humanly speaking, they paid for this economy by some sacrifices 
             and inconveniences; but in the dispositions in which the little 
             band were at the time, they considered themselves fortunate, and 
             each day of their passage they blessed God with all their hearts.