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

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1847

pg 107       seriously uneasy about Mr. Delaune, thinking that he may possibly 
             be abandoned in the predicament in which his devotedness has 
             placed him.  This idea alone pains him and makes him feel unhappy.
                  Sainte Croix, which cannot close its eyes to this critical 
             affair and which fears to take any engagement before knowing the 
             answer of the Propagation of the Faith, charges F. Sorin with 
             causing the embarrassing position in which they are placed; and on 
             his departure from Sainte Croix he is forbidden to meddle further 
             with that foundation, in regard to which Sainte Croix would in 
             future treat directly with Mgr. Flaget.
                  At the same time Mr. Delaune is at last written to, and he is 
             told to be patient, and that as soon as an answer shall have come 
             from the Propagation of the Faith, the members that are needed 
             will be sent to St. Mary's, some from France and some from the 
             Lake.
                  Mr. Delaune, who had no information until now of the 
             condition on which, it appeared, the ratification of his acts in 
             Kentucky was to be dependent, answers with surprise, complaining 
             and demanding justice.