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

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1880

pg 517            After supper an examination of the little band was commenced 
             in serious earnest.  Father Sorin was surprised at the thorough 
             knowledge they possessed of the elements of the Christian 
             doctrine.  Then came Confession, then Baptism, finally night 
             prayer, closed by singing in their Indian language.  It was nearly 
             12 when all, on their knees, begged the missionary's blessing.
                  Before separating, the hour for holy mass was fixed at 7.  
             But they would entreat the missionary not to awake until they sang 
             from below the morning canticle; the programme was accepted and 
             punctually carried out.  Never perhaps had they all slept so 
             sweetly.
                  At 7 a.m. instruction on Holy Communion occupied an hour; 
             then mass was commenced.  Oh! it was a sight not to be easily 
             forgotten.  Commencing by the instructors, the chief and his wife, 
             the queen, as she was called, they all came slowly and 
             reverentially to receive the Bread of angels, then an aged squaw