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                                 HISTORY
                                   OF
                          ST. AUGUSTINE'S PARISH

                        St. Augustine, Dysart P. O.
                          Cambria County, Penna.

                              Published by
                        The New Guide Pub. Co. Inc.
                                  1922

INDEX Resorted

"A Century of Dishonor" and "Uncle Sam, Trustee," 40
Adams, John, Ambassador to Hague, 19
Adams, Samuel, Solomon and Rachel, 22
Addison, Jos. P.J., Somerset Co., 24
Adler, Friend of Rev. P.H. Lemke, 63
Albright, Capt., 30
Alcorn, Mrs., 31
An Appreciative Letter, 106
Ancient Earthworks in White Township, 36
"Apostrophe to the Bell in the Church of St. Augustine," 88
Appointees of Cambria County Officials, 49
Armstrong's expedition to reduce Kittanning - at "clear fields," August 31, 1756, 37
Assessment to pay debt, 98
Augustine, St., Biog of, 5
Auman, W.B., Contractor, 90
Badin, Rev. Stephen, 15
Barker, Judge A.V., 90
Barker, Wharton, K.N., killed on B. & O. R.R., 78
Bastile, French demolished, 18
Bedini, M's'g'r, Papal Nuncio, Visit of, 76
Bedini, M's'g'r, takes passage to Pgs. at Jefferson (now Wilmore), 77
Bender, E.A., of Carrolltown and A.E., of Ebensburg, 51
Bender, Emericus, heads subscriptions to build St. Joseph's church, 50
Beulah Road, 24
Blackfeet Indians starving, 40
Blair, Capt. Thomas, captures Tories, 39
Blaisdell, Guy, (watch of Prince Gallizin), 54
Bonnekamp, Pere (Fr.), first priest to say Mass in Western Pa., 55
Bouquet Col., surrounded by Indians at Bushy Run, 38
Bradley, Rev. James, pastor at Ebensburg, 49
Brigid and Bridget, 100
Brosius, Rev. Felix, 20
Buchner, Fr., 63
Building Committee, 90
Building of present church, 85
Burgoon, Mrs. John, sends for priest, 16
Burnes, Rev. E.J., Biography, 71
Burnes, Rev. E.J., cut of, facing, 72
Burns, cut of, facing, 71
Burns, Fr. John, built chapel at Chest Springs, 99
Burns, Rev. John J., Biog. of, 70
"Burnt Cabins," 32
Bush, Very Rev. E.A., 90
Bush, Very Rev. E.A., restores the name of St. Michael's, 16
Butler, Gen. B.F. (Soldiers' Home) 103
Cable, Hannah, born near Wilmore, 1783, 24
Cambria - derivation of name, 22
Cambria County, annexed to Somerset, 26
Cambria County, County Seat of, 26
Cambria County, Court Organized, 27
Cambria County, Formation of, 25
Cambria Township, formed, 25
Campbell, Clark, Commissioner, 23
Capellari, Card. (Pope Gregory XVL), 47
Capital letters, use of, and orthography a century ago, 45
Captains Hugh Mercer, Hamilton, Ward and Potter, 37
Capture of Fort Duquesne, 38
Carroll, Rt. Rev. John, First Bishop of U.S., 21
Casey, Matthew and Henry C., 47
Catharine, Proper orthography of, 86
Cathedral for Diocese, projected by Bishop McCort, 83
Catholic population in '94, 91
Cawley, Rev. Mr. Thos. T., Biography of, 113
Celeron's Expedition (French) down the Allegheny, 56
Chapel at Carrolltown, 52
Charles Carroll of Carrolltown ("Last Signer", endorses appeal, 45
"Chest Manor" - Chest Springs, 56
Chest Manor, 35
Chiefs of Delaware and shawnese agree to Indian Walk, 33
Choir for Dedication, 91
Christy, Archibald, 42
Christy, Rev. R.C., place of interment, 51
Chronological Table, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117
Church, present, date of dedication, 91
Clay, Henry, 47
"Clear fields," The, 36
"Clearfields," 31
Cleveland, Grover, President, 90
Clipping from newspaper of historical interest, 102
Coleman - Beatty, 30
Collins, Hon. Thos., 77
Combush, Indian becomes disgusted with Indian Walk, 34
Conemaugh, Charter of, 25
"Conquest never extinguished a right," 32
Corcoran, Rev. Thos., cut of, facing page, 99
Corcoran, Rev. Thos., pastor pro tem, 97
Cornerstone, Date of laying of, 90
"Cornplanter" Indians, 30
"Cornplanter," Chief, (John O'Bayle), 30
Cost of present church, 91
County Commissioners, 49
Court of Quarter Sessions, First act, 27
Credit to whom due, 37
Croyle, Thos., (mill), 28
Croyle, Thos., (road), 27
"Crusader, The," newspaper, 52
Cut of exterior facing page, 84
Cut of exterior, facing page 84
Cut of interior of church facing page, 85
Dates of dedication of first two churches, 60
Debts of Congregation - 1871, 101
Deed, Bradleys and Thomases to Patrick Dawson, 56
Deed, John Penn to John Anderson, 56
"Defence of Catholic Principles" and "Letters to a Protestant Friend," 42, 43, 44
Deipenbroch, Cardinal, 63
Delaware and Shawnese refuse to give up Minisink Flats, 34
Delaware and shawnese vacate Minisink Flats, 34
Delozier - DeLozier, 80
Delozier - Mrs. Margaret Mary, oldest ex-member of parish, 57
Delozier, Henry, husband of Mrs. Margaret Mary, 57
Delozier, Mrs. Margaret Mary, 78
Delozier, Mrs. Margaret Mary, cut of, facing 78
Delozier, Mrs. Margaret Mary, cut of, facing 85
Description of Church of St. Augustine, 85
Dignam, Rev. E.J., Biography of, 97
Dignam, Rev. E.J., Cut of, facing, 96
Diocese of Altoona and its Bishops, 80
Duffy, Rev. P., pastor of Ebensburg, 49
Duggan, Rev. John P., 121
Dunegan, E.R. (served Mass for Fr. John Burns), 99
Dunegan, Mrs. Mary A., 98
Dunphy, Rev. J.C., 93
Early Settlers and Soldiers of Revolutionary war, 57
Ebensburg Academy - Curriculum of, 41
Ebensburg Academy - Trustees, 41
Ebensburg Academy, "Stock Book" of, 41
"Ebensburg Sky," Canan and Scott, 44
Ebensburg, Founding of, 26
Ecuyer, Capt., besieged by Indians, 38
Egan, Rev. James B., 93
Eliot, Missionary to Indians, 31
Encroachments on Indians' lands, 39
Epoch I., 14
Explanation of silver fractional currency, 99
"Farmers general" (France), 18
Farran - Misses Anna and Esther, 121
Farran, Rev. Joseph H., Biography of, 94
Farran, Rev. Joseph H., cut of, facing, 94
Farran, Rev. Joseph's, "Index to Marriages, Baptisms, etc." and "Plan ofGrave Lots," 95
Farran, Rev. Pollard W., 84, 121
First Indian killed in Pennsylvania, 32
Foley, Thos., newspaper man, 42
Foulon, Minister of State, France, 18
Founding of Parishes, 48
Franklin, Benj., (Pres. Sup. Ex. C.), 23
Frankstown Road, 24
Frankstown Township, 26
French Explorations in Western N.Y. and Western Penn'a., 55
French Missionaries in Canada, 31
Frins, Rev. Wilfrid, O.S.R., 76
Gahagan, Rev. Thos., (First priest to die in diocese), 49
Galbraith Road, 23
Galbraith, Robert (opened road), 24
Gallagher, Rev. H.P., Biography of, 69
Gallagher, Rev. H.P., Cut of, facing page, 69
Gallagher, Rev. Jos. A., Biography of, 69
Gallagher, Rev. Jos. A., cut of, facing page, 70
Gallagher, Rev. O.P., blessed church, 91
Gallitzin builds grist mill and saw mill, 28
Gallitzin never in Russia, 47
Gallitzin's "Appeal," Fac simile of, 46
Gallitzin's Appeal for aid, 45
Gallitzin's confidence in providence and the Lord, 48
Gallitzin's debt paid off by Irish laborers, 48
Gallitzin's Father, second ch., decayed, torn down by Fr. Kittell, 40
Gallitzin's Financial Embarrassment, 44
Gallitzin's name reestablished, 28
Gallitzin's persecuters in Court, 27
Gallitzin, Demetrius, election officer, 26
Gallitzin, Dr., Road from Church to Munster, 27
Gallitzin, Family of, 17
Gallitzin, Father, first visit to Loretto, 16
Gallitzin, Father, subscription school, 42
Gallitzin, Fr., Death of, 52
Gallitzin, Fr., funeral of, 53
Gallitzin, Fr., last Mass of, 53
Gallitzin, Fr., notes signs of a battle, 29
Gallitzin, Fr., strikes gambler with whip, 28
Gallitzin, Fr., tomb and statue of, 53
Gallitzin, Patron of Ebensburg Academy, 41
Gallitzin, Prince Demetrius Augustine, biography of, 17
Gallitzin, Prince Dimitri, 17
Gallitzin, Princess Amalia Von Schmettau, 17
Gallitzin, Princess Mimi, 17
Gallitzin, Rev. D., Extent of Mission, 22
Gallitzin, Rev. D., founds colony, 21
Gallitzin, Rev. D., Land Agent, 22
Gallitzin, Rev. D.A., ordained, 21
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A.'s small estate, 83
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A., Biography of, 80
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A., cut of, facing page, 80
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A., Orphans' Homes at Summit, 81
Gazette, Cambria, 1820, Fr. G.'s notice in, 44
Gazette, Huntingdon, 44
Gibbs, Rev. A.P., 68
Gibbs, Rev. A.P., starts Register, 52
Gibson, Rev. M.W., Register kept by, 51

Great Elk Lick, 31
Guardian angel, Was it care of, 107, 108
Hackett, Rev. John, 72
Harris, James, commissioner, Galbraith Road, 28
Hart, Joe, trades with Indians, 50
Hegg, Lieut., in attack on Indians, 38
Hennepin, Father, first discoverer of coal in U.S., 55
Herr, Rev. P. Max, O.S.B., 76
Hess, Tory, becomes patriot, 39
Heyden, Rev. Thomas, 53
Heyden, Rev. Thos., sermon by, 77
Hicks, Moses and Gresham, Captured, 39
Hildebrand, Abraham, Associate Judge, 27
Hildesheim, Bishop of, 20
"History of St. Augustine's Parish," Second Epoch, 55
History of St. Augustine, Third Epoch, 85
Holders of Bishop's land, 121
Honesty is the best policy (Fr. G.), 28
Hoover, Francis, plastered first church, 60
Horner, John (Mill), 28
Horsemen from Loup at parade, 77
Illegitimacy, Low ratio of, 118
Incursions of Indians during French and Indian wars, 37
"Indian Garden" on land of Noel heirs, 36
Indian Incursions, Fear of, unnecessary, 29
Indian quarry of yellow ochre, 36
"Indian Walk," 33
Indians forced off their lands, 40
Indians' "Right of Occupancy," 32
Inscriptions on Tombstones, 105
Ivory, Wm., marshal of parade, 77
Kaylor, R.J., 15
Kennedy, James and Michael, 50
Kenrick, Rt. Rev. F.P., Bishop of Philadelphia, 51
Keogh, Dr. James, Examination of, 103
Keogh, Rev. Dr. James, 96
Keogh, Rev. Dr. James, Biography of, 92
King of Holland, Minister of, 47
Kittanning destroyed - Capt. Jacobs, Shawnese chief, killed, 38
Kittanning Path, 35
Kittell, Rev. Ferdinand, Preserves "Appeal of Fr. Gallitzin," 45
Kittell, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r Wm., Biography of, 97
Kittell, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r Wm., cut of, facing, 97
Krise, Henry, Deed of, to Rev. John Burns, 57
Krise, Henry, Deed of, to Rt. Rev. M. O'Connor, 56
Lambing, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r A.A., (history of Ft. DuQuesne), 56
LaRoche, Fr., discovers petroleum first found in U.S., 55
Leaden plates buried by French, 56
Lemke, Fr., at Carrolltown, 67
Lemke, Fr., at St. Joseph's, 67
Lemke, Fr., becomes a Benedictine, 68
Lemke, Fr., dies at St. Benedict's Monastery, Carrolltown, 68
Lemke, Fr., in Ebensburg, 67
Lemke, Fr., Induces Benedictines to come to America, 67
Lemke, Fr., Ordained, 63
Lemke, Fr., successor to Fr. Gallitzin, 67
Lemke, Fr., writes life of Fr. Gallitzin, 68
Lemke, Rev. P.H., first resident pastor of St. Joseph's, 51
Lemke, Rev. Peter H. - First mission in Ebensburg, 50
Lemke, Rev. Peter Henry, Biogrpahy of, 62
Leo XIII, Age of, in '94, 90
Levergood, Peter, donates lot for St. John's, Johnstown, 51
Line of Indian Walk takes land from Indians, 34
List of noted persons who gave aid to Father Galliztin, 45
Little, 'Squire W.A.B., 99
Little, P.J., Esq., and John Little, 99
Little, Wm., Collector, 98
Lloyd, Rev. Rees (friend of Fr. G.), 43
Logan of Chink-la-cia-moose (Clearfield), 35
Logan, Mingo chief, immortalized by Jefferson, 35
Longfellow's Hiawatha, 36
Loretto founded, 21
Louis XVI, and Queen guillotined, 18
"Loup, The," derivation of the name, 52
Ludden, Fr., Biogrphy of, 92
Ludden, Frs. James and Anthony, 83
Ludden, Rev. John J., cut of, facing page, 85
Ludden, Rev. John J., Rector, 85
Luther, Martin, on St. Augstine, 13
Maguire, James C., first Treasurer of Cambria County, 49
Maloney, Mr. And Mrs. John E., 57
Maloney, Thos., and Indian, 31
Maltitz, Baron de Russ, "embassador," 47
Maltitz, Baron de, burns Gallitzin's note, 47
Marchand, founder of Know Nothings, dies a Catholic, 78
Marshall finishes Indian Walk, 34
Marshall, Jennings and Yeates - "Indian Walk," 33
Massacre of Christian Indians at Bethelehem and Gnadenhutten, 32
Masses in St. Augustine before formation of Congregation, 59
McCans, James P., goes for priest for dying man, 107
McCans, Sr. Martini, 58
McCarthy, Rev. F.H., Biography of, 73
McCarthy, Rev. F.H., cut of, facing page, 74
McCort, Rt. Rev. J.J., D.D., Biography of, 83
McCort, Rt. Rev., cut of, facing page, 83
McCoy, Rev. Robert J., Biography of, 113
McCoy, Rev. Robert J., cut of, facing, 113
McCullagh, Rev. Thos., 52
McDermott, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, Biography of, 97
McDermott, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, cut of, facing, 97
McDonald, Cornelius, Sheriff of Cambria County, 49
McEnrue, Fr., First Mass, 72
McEnrue, Rev. Thos., Biography of, 71
McEnrue, Rev. Thos., cut of, facing page, 73
McEvoy, Rev. Henry, Biography of, 76
McEvoy, Rev. Henry, cut of, facing pages, 78
McFeeley, Bernard, Collector, 98
McGirr, Rev. Felix, Assistant of Fr. G., 49
McGirr, Rev. Felix, attended St. John's, 51
McGough, P., Good penmanship of, 102
McGough, Robert T., Death of, by accident in France, 104
McGuire, Capt. M., Galbraith road, 24
McGuire, Capt. Richard, (War of 1812), 29
McGuire, Capt. Richard, 15
McGuire, Captain Michael, 14
McGuire, Michael, 14
McGuire, Mrs. Luke, goes for priest, 16
McGuire, Mrs. Rachel, 15
McHugh, Fr., First Mass, 72
McKenta, Rev. Francis, 93
McManus, Rev. P.J., 76
McManus, Rev. P.J., Biography of, 76
McPike, H.A., Publisher, 52
Meeting of Lemke and Gallitzin, 65
Meloy, James, first sheriff of Cambria County, 49
Members of Ebensburg choir at dedication, 92
Menges, Rev. P.B., O.S.B., 76
Miller, 'Squire Joseph, 54
Miller, John, school teacher for Fr. G., 42
Minnehaha (Laughing Water), 36
Mission Indians, N.M., 31
Moyan, Col. Stephen, 14
Mullen, Rev. Tobias, afterward Bishop of Erie, 52
Munster, Road, 27
Munster, Town of (E.V. James founder), 26
Murray, John, Sheriff of Cambria County, 49
Nagle, Henry (Revolutionary Soldier), 58
Nagle, John (Revolutionary Soldier), 58
Nagle, Richard (Revolutionary Soldier), 58
Names of old people interred in cemetery, 58
Names of Soldiers of Wars of 1812 and 1861 interred in cemetery, 103
Noon, Philip, Sheriff of Cambria County, 49
Notes of Parish of St. Augustine, 98
Number of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths recorded in Index, 95
Nuncio almost mobbed in Pittsburgh by Know Nothings, 78
O'Connor, Bishop, gets priests from Maynouth College, 58
O'Connor, Bishop, gives no. of St. Augustine congregation at 500, 58
O'Connor, Bishop, induces Benedictines to locate at Beatty, 68
O'Connor, Rev. James, afterwards Bishop of Denver, 102
O'Connor, Rt. Rev. M., first Bishop of Pittsburg, 58
O'Donnell, Rev. F.H., 121
O'Neill, John C. and Charles, 54
Obsequies of Bojeau, victor of Braddock's Field, 56
Old Church, Cost of repairing of and cost of addition, 100
Oliver, Robert, attorney, 47
Organ, cost of, 80
Organists of Church, 120
Orphans' Homes and Infants' Home crowded, 84
"Outlook for the Future," 117
P.R.R., How, crossed the mountain in 1852, 77
Parochial School, Plea for, 118, 119
Parochial Schools at Chest Springs and Ashville, 121
Parrish, Joshua, 66
Pastors and Ass't Pastors of St. Augustine parish, 60, 61
Pattison, Gov. Robert E., 90
"Penn Manor" (reservation of gold and silver ore), 56
Penn, Gov. John, Reward for Indian scalps, 15
Penn, Thos., purchase at Tulpehocken, 32
Percentage of increase in population, 117
Pew Rent, Amount of, in 1853, 99
Pew Rent, in 1865, 100
Phelan, Rt. Rev. Richard, 90
Pioneers of County, often traveled far to Mass, 52
Pittsburgh, Diocese of, formed, 58
Pius IX, on freedom of action in United States, 19
Pius IX. ("Tata Giovanni"), 82
Places of interment of Revolutionary soldiers, 59
Pontiac's War, 38
Population of County by decades, 117
Porter, Mrs. W., saw Indians, 31
Post, Frederick, 50
Present church - Persons who burned brick, 85
Present holders of Bishop O'Connor's land, 121
Preston, Tory, 39
Proprietaries "cover bones" of victims of Stump and Eisenhauser, 33
Quemahoning, Township of, 25
Quinn, Rev. P.J., 92
Raes, Dr., and Clement Bretano, 64
Rafferty, Rev. P., first pastor Ebensburg, 49
Rea, Rev. Thomas R., Biography of, 92
Rea, Rev. Thomas R., cut of, facing, 90
Rebello, Jose Silvestro, Portuguese "embassador," 47
Records in Cornerstone, 90
Rectory of St. Augustine, 94
Rectory of St. Augustine, cut of, facing, 95
Reliquary chosen by Dr. Roderigue, 54
Rhees, Rev. Morgan John (free school), 42
Riddle's "Reminiscences of Dr. Gallitzin," 47, 48
Riddle, Samuel M., Esq., friend and biographer of "Dr. Gallitzin," 43
Roberts, George, Associate Judge, 49
Roderigue, Dr. Aristides, Gallitzin's physician, 53
Rosensteel, Rev. Thomas, 90
Ryan, Anastasia, child, first interment in cemetery, 58
Ryan, Rev. Thomas, 93
Ryan, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, Biography of, 73
Ryan, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, cut of, facing page, 75
Sailer, Bishop, 63
School Building, St. Joseph's, Portage, 93
Schwab, Charles M., builds St. Michael's church, 53
Seminary at Summit, 52
Seminary for Boys, proposed by Bishop O'Connor, 121
Seminary, St. Michael's, Pittsburgh, 52
Sexton of church, 120
Shawnese town of Con-ne-mach)Conemaugh), 35
Shawnese, why hostile, 31
Sibourd, Rev. Lewis (Receipts), 15
"Silent Cities, The," - verses, 105, 106
Six Nations order Delawares and Shawnese to vacate, 34
Six Nations placated, 32
Skelly, Felix and Mrs. Elder captured by Indians, 38
Skelly, Patrick, killed at siege of Yorktown, 38
Sketches, Biographical, of Assistants, 96
Slaves in Cambria County in 1840, 117
"Smith, Fr." - Alias Gallitzin, 16
Smith, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r T.P., Biography of, 75
Smith, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, cut of, facing, 76
Society, Young Men's, of '57, 122
Sodality, Young Ladies', 110, 111
Soldiers' Home - Regular Army, 109, 110
Solemn Pontifical Mass, 111
Some Early Conveyances of Land, 56
"Specifications," 89
St. Aloysius', Summit, 52
St. Augustine congregation - formation of, 59, 60
St. Augustine parish, extent of - Parishes since taken from, 60
St. Augustine's first church built by John Zerbee, 60
St. Bartholomew's, Wilmore, 52
St. Catharine's Wheel Window, 86
St. Clair's defeat, 39
St. George, Knights of, 111
St. John Gaulbert's sold for debt, 51
St. John Gaulbert's, Johnstown, 51
St. Joseph's, Hart's Sleeping Place now attended by Benedictines, 51
St. Joseph's, Hart's Sleeping Place, 50
St. Michael's church, consecrated by Bishop Garvey, 53
St. Michael's Seminary at Summitt, Cambria County, 102
St. Michael's Seminary closed, 103
St. Michael's Seminary organized, 102
St. Michael's, Loretto, First Church, 16
St. Patrick's church, Ebensburg, organized, 49
Stillberger, Joseph, Architect, 89
Storm, David T., Prothonotary, 49
Storm, John (First grist mill in Cambria County) 28
Storm, John A., tells of Soldiers' Home, 108, 109
Storm, Theodore, 99
Stump, Fred and John Eisenhauser, murder ten Indians, 32
Swank, Geo. T., opinion of Gallitzin, 42
Tomb of Three Saints, 107
Town of Gallitzin - Alias St. Augustine, 61, 62
Trappist Monks near Carroltown, 121
Treaty with Indians, violation of, 39
Tribune, Cambria, 15
Useful Rule for Days of Week, 120
Useful Rule, 120
Wagner, John, Agent for Bishop O'Connor, 121
Waltz, M.J. and Jacob, note to, 102
Ward, Rev. James, 96
Washington's assurance to Indians, 39
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 39
Wayne, Gen., destroys Indians' corn, 40
Wayne, Gen., report of, to Secretary of War, 40
Weakland, John, arm incorrupted, 27
Weakland, John, saves Fr. Gallitzin, 27
Weiser, Conrad, 50
Welch, Rev. Garrett B.'s model school building at Portage, 84
Welch, Rev. Garrett B., Biography of, 92
Welch, Rev. Garrett B., cut of, facing, 92
Wertz, Hon. G.M. (booklet), 42
Wharton, Joseph (served Mass), 99
Wharton, Sergeant James A., 99
Wimmer, Rt. Rev. Abbot Boniface, O.S.B., 67
Windows in church and who donated them, 87
Young, James, Mass in barn by Fr. Gallitzin, 22
Young, John, First P.J., 31
Zeisberger, Indian Missionary, 31
Zerbee, John and Julia, triplet sons of, interred in cemetery, 58
Zerbee, John, donates $150 to first church, 60
Zerbee, Joseph, statement about earthworks, 37
Zinzendorf, Count, 31

                                  * * *

INDEX per book.

Augustine, St., Biog of, 5
Adams, John, Ambassador to Hague, 19
Adams, Samuel, Solomon and Rachel, 22
Addison, Jos. P.J., Somerset Co., 24
Albright, Capt., 30
Alcorn, Mrs., 31
Ancient Earthworks in White Township, 36
Armstrong's expedition to reduce Kittanning - at "clear fields," August 31, 1756, 37
"A Century of Dishonor" and "Uncle Sam, Trustee," 40
Appointees of Cambria County Officials, 49
Adler, Friend of Rev. P.H. Lemke, 63
"Apostrophe to the Bell in the Church of St. Augustine," 88
Auman, W.B., Contractor, 90
Assessment to pay debt, 98
An Appreciative Letter, 106
Badin, Rev. Stephen, 15
Burgoon, Mrs. John, sends for priest, 16
Bush, Very Rev. E.A., restores the name of St. Michael's, 16
Bastile, French demolished, 18
Brosius, Rev. Felix, 20
Beulah Road, 24
"Burnt Cabins," 32
Bouquet Col., surrounded by Indians at Bushy Run, 38
Blair, Capt. Thomas, captures Tories, 39
Blackfeet Indians starving, 40
Bradley, Rev. James, pastor at Ebensburg, 49
Bender, Emericus, heads subscriptions to build St. Joseph's church, 50
Bender, E.A., of Carrolltown and A.E., of Ebensburg, 51
Blaisdell, Guy, (watch of Prince Gallizin), 54
Bonnekamp, Pere (Fr.), first priest to say Mass in Western Pa., 55
Buchner, Fr., 63
Burns, Rev. John J., Biog. of, 70
Burns, cut of, facing, 71
Bedini, M's'g'r, Papal Nuncio, Visit of, 76
Cut of exterior, facing page 84
Building of present church, 85
Burnes, Rev. E.J., Biography, 71
Burnes, Rev. E.J., cut of, facing, 72
Bedini, M's'g'r, takes passage to Pgs. at Jefferson (now Wilmore), 77
Barker, Wharton, K.N., killed on B. & O. R.R., 78
Building Committee, 90
Bush, Very Rev. E.A., 90
Barker, Judge A.V., 90
Burns, Fr. John, built chapel at Chest Springs, 99
Brigid and Bridget, 100
Butler, Gen. B.F. (Soldiers' Home) 103
Carroll, Rt. Rev. John, First Bishop of U.S., 21
Cambria - derivation of name, 22
Campbell, Clark, Commissioner, 23
Cable, Hannah, born near Wilmore, 1783, 24
Conemaugh, Charter of, 25
Cambria County, Formation of, 25
Cambria Township, formed, 25
Cambria County, County Seat of, 26
Cambria County, annexed to Somerset, 26
Cambria County, Court Organized, 27
Court of Quarter Sessions, First act, 27
Croyle, Thos., (road), 27
Croyle, Thos., (mill), 28
"Cornplanter" Indians, 30
"Cornplanter," Chief, (John O'Bayle), 30
Coleman - Beatty, 30
"Clearfields," 31
"Conquest never extinguished a right," 32
Chiefs of Delaware and shawnese agree to Indian Walk, 33
Combush, Indian becomes disgusted with Indian Walk, 34
Chest Manor, 35
"Clear fields," The, 36
Credit to whom due, 37
Captains Hugh Mercer, Hamilton, Ward and Potter, 37
Capture of Fort Duquesne, 38
Christy, Archibald, 42
Charles Carroll of Carrolltown ("Last Signer", endorses appeal, 45
Capital letters, use of, and orthography a century ago, 45
Capellari, Card. (Pope Gregory XVL), 47
Clay, Henry, 47
Casey, Matthew and Henry C., 47
County Commissioners, 49
Christy, Rev. R.C., place of interment, 51
"Crusader, The," newspaper, 52
Chapel at Carrolltown, 52
"Chest Manor" - Chest Springs, 56
Celeron's Expedition (French) down the Allegheny, 56
Collins, Hon. Thos., 77
Cathedral for Diocese, projected by Bishop McCort, 83
Cut of exterior facing page, 84
Catharine, Proper orthography of, 86
Cut of interior of church facing page, 85
Cornerstone, Date of laying of, 90
Cleveland, Grover, President, 90
Church, present, date of dedication, 91
Catholic population in '94, 91
Choir for Dedication, 91
Cost of present church, 91
Corcoran, Rev. Thos., pastor pro tem, 97
Corcoran, Rev. Thos., cut of, facing page, 99
Clipping from newspaper of historical interest, 102
Cawley, Rev. Mr. Thos. T., Biography of, 113
Chronological Table, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117
Delaware and Shawnese refuse to give up Minisink Flats, 34
Delaware and shawnese vacate Minisink Flats, 34
"Defence of Catholic Principles" and "Letters to a Protestant Friend," 42, 43, 44
Duffy, Rev. P., pastor of Ebensburg, 49
Deed, John Penn to John Anderson, 56
Deed, Bradleys and Thomases to Patrick Dawson, 56
Delozier - Mrs. Margaret Mary, oldest ex-member of parish, 57
Delozier, Henry, husband of Mrs. Margaret Mary, 57
Dates of dedication of first two churches, 60
Deipenbroch, Cardinal, 63
Delozier, Mrs. Margaret Mary, 78
Delozier, Mrs. Margaret Mary, cut of, facing 78
Delozier - DeLozier, 80
Diocese of Altoona and its Bishops, 80
Delozier, Mrs. Margaret Mary, cut of, facing 85
Description of Church of St. Augustine, 85
Dunphy, Rev. J.C., 93
Dignam, Rev. E.J., Biography of, 97
Dignam, Rev. E.J., Cut of, facing, 96
Dunegan, Mrs. Mary A., 98
Dunegan, E.R. (served Mass for Fr. John Burns), 99
Debts of Congregation - 1871, 101
Duggan, Rev. John P., 121
Epoch I., 14
Ebensburg, Founding of, 26
Eliot, Missionary to Indians, 31
Ecuyer, Capt., besieged by Indians, 38
Encroachments on Indians' lands, 39
Ebensburg Academy, "Stock Book" of, 41
Ebensburg Academy - Trustees, 41
Ebensburg Academy - Curriculum of, 41
"Ebensburg Sky," Canan and Scott, 44
Early Settlers and Soldiers of Revolutionary war, 57
Egan, Rev. James B., 93
Explanation of silver fractional currency, 99
"Farmers general" (France), 18
Foulon, Minister of State, France, 18
Franklin, Benj., (Pres. Sup. Ex. C.), 23
Frankstown Road, 24
Frankstown Township, 26
French Missionaries in Canada, 31
First Indian killed in Pennsylvania, 32
Foley, Thos., newspaper man, 42
Founding of Parishes, 48
French Explorations in Western N.Y. and Western Penn'a., 55
Frins, Rev. Wilfrid, O.S.R., 76
Farran, Rev. Joseph H., Biography of, 94
Farran, Rev. Joseph H., cut of, facing, 94
Farran, Rev. Joseph's, "Index to Marriages, Baptisms, etc." and "Plan of Grave Lots," 95
Farran, Rev. Pollard W., 84, 121
Farran - Misses Anna and Esther, 121
Gallitzin, Father, first visit to Loretto, 16
Gallitzin, Family of, 17
Gallitzin, Prince Dimitri, 17
Gallitzin, Princess Amalia Von Schmettau, 17
Gallitzin, Prince Demetrius Augustine, biography of, 17
Gallitzin, Princess Mimi, 17
Gallitzin, Rev. D.A., ordained, 21
Gallitzin, Rev. D., founds colony, 21
Gallitzin, Rev. D., Land Agent, 22
Gallitzin, Rev. D., Extent of Mission, 22
Galbraith Road, 23
Galbraith, Robert (opened road), 24
Gallitzin, Demetrius, election officer, 26
Gallitzin, Dr., Road from Church to Munster, 27
Gallitzin's persecuters in Court, 27
Gallitzin's name reestablished, 28
Gallitzin builds grist mill and saw mill, 28
Gallitzin, Fr., strikes gambler with whip, 28
Gallitzin, Fr., notes signs of a battle, 29
Great Elk Lick, 31
Gallitzin's Father, second ch., decayed, torn down by Fr. Kittell, 40
Gallitzin, Patron of Ebensburg Academy, 41
Gallitzin, Father, subscription school, 42
Gallitzin's Financial Embarrassment, 44
Gazette, Huntingdon, 44
Gazette, Cambria, 1820, Fr. G.'s notice in, 44
Gallitzin's Appeal for aid, 45
Gallitzin's "Appeal," Fac simile of, 46
Gallitzin never in Russia, 47
Gallitzin's debt paid off by Irish laborers, 48
Gallitzin's confidence in providence and the Lord, 48
Gahagan, Rev. Thos., (First priest to die in diocese), 49
Gibson, Rev. M.W., Register kept by, 51
Gallitzin, Fr., Death of, 52
Gibbs, Rev. A.P., starts Register, 52
Gallitzin, Fr., last Mass of, 53
Gallitzin, Fr., funeral of, 53
Gallitzin, Fr., tomb and statue of, 53
Gibbs, Rev. A.P., 68
Gallagher, Rev. H.P., Cut of, facing page, 69
Gallagher, Rev. H.P., Biography of, 69
Gallagher, Rev. Jos. A., Biography of, 69
Gallagher, Rev. Jos. A., cut of, facing page, 70
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A., Biography of, 80
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A., cut of, facing page, 80
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A., Orphans' Homes at Summit, 81
Garvey, Rt. Rev. E.A.'s small estate, 83
Gallagher, Rev. O.P., blessed church, 91
Guardian angel, Was it care of, 107, 108
Hildesheim, Bishop of, 20
Harris, James, commissioner, Galbraith Road, 28
Hildebrand, Abraham, Associate Judge, 27
Horner, John (Mill), 28
Honesty is the best policy (Fr. G.), 28
Hegg, Lieut., in attack on Indians, 38
Hicks, Moses and Gresham, Captured, 39
Hess, Tory, becomes patriot, 39
Hart, Joe, trades with Indians, 50
Heyden, Rev. Thomas, 53
Hennepin, Father, first discoverer of coal in U.S., 55
"History of St. Augustine's Parish," Second Epoch, 55
Hoover, Francis, plastered first church, 60
Hackett, Rev. John, 72
Herr, Rev. P. Max, O.S.B., 76
Heyden, Rev. Thos., sermon by, 77
Horsemen from Loup at parade, 77
History of St. Augustine, Third Epoch, 85
Holders of Bishop's land, 121
Indian Incursions, Fear of, unnecessary, 29
Indians' "Right of Occupancy," 32
"Indian Walk," 33
"Indian Garden" on land of Noel heirs, 36
Indian quarry of yellow ochre, 36
Incursions of Indians during French and Indian wars, 37
Indians forced off their lands, 40
Ivory, Wm., marshal of parade, 77
Inscriptions on Tombstones, 105
Illegitimacy, Low ratio of, 118
Kaylor, R.J., 15
Kittanning Path, 35
Kittanning destroyed - Capt. Jacobs, Shawnese chief, killed, 38
Kittell, Rev. Ferdinand, Preserves "Appeal of Fr. Gallitzin," 45
King of Holland, Minister of, 47
Kennedy, James and Michael, 50
Kenrick, Rt. Rev. F.P., Bishop of Philadelphia, 51
Krise, Henry, Deed of, to Rt. Rev. M. O'Connor, 56
Krise, Henry, Deed of, to Rev. John Burns, 57
Keogh, Rev. Dr. James, Biography of, 92
Keogh, Rev. Dr. James, 96
Kittell, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r Wm., Biography of, 97
Kittell, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r Wm., cut of, facing, 97
Keogh, Dr. James, Examination of, 103
Luther, Martin, on St. Augstine, 13
Louis XVI, and Queen guillotined, 18
Loretto founded, 21
Line of Indian Walk takes land from Indians, 34
Logan, Mingo chief, immortalized by Jefferson, 35
Logan of Chink-la-cia-moose (Clearfield), 35
Longfellow's Hiawatha, 36
Lloyd, Rev. Rees (friend of Fr. G.), 43
List of noted persons who gave aid to Father Galliztin, 45
Lemke, Rev. Peter H. - First mission in Ebensburg, 50
Levergood, Peter, donates lot for St. John's, Johnstown, 51
Lemke, Rev. P.H., first resident pastor of St. Joseph's, 51
"Loup, The," derivation of the name, 52
LaRoche, Fr., discovers petroleum first found in U.S., 55
Lambing, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r A.A., (history of Ft. DuQuesne), 56
Leaden plates buried by French, 56
Lemke, Rev. Peter Henry, Biogrpahy of, 62
Lemke, Fr., Ordained, 63
Lemke, Fr., in Ebensburg, 67
Lemke, Fr., Induces Benedictines to come to America, 67
Lemke, Fr., at St. Joseph's, 67
Lemke, Fr., successor to Fr. Gallitzin, 67
Lemke, Fr., at Carrolltown, 67
Lemke, Fr., becomes a Benedictine, 68
Lemke, Fr., writes life of Fr. Gallitzin, 68
Lemke, Fr., dies at St. Benedict's Monastery, Carrolltown, 68
Ludden, Rev. John J., Rector, 85
Ludden, Rev. John J., cut of, facing page, 85
Ludden, Frs. James and Anthony, 83
Leo XIII, Age of, in '94, 90
Ludden, Fr., Biogrphy of, 92
Little, Wm., Collector, 98
Little, 'Squire W.A.B., 99
Little, P.J., Esq., and John Little, 99
McGuire, Captain Michael, 14
McGuire, Michael, 14
Moyan, Col. Stephen, 14
McGuire, Capt. Richard, 15
McGuire, Mrs. Rachel, 15
McGuire, Mrs. Luke, goes for priest, 16
McGuire, Capt. M., Galbraith road, 24
Munster, Town of (E.V. James founder), 26
Munster, Road, 27
McGuire, Capt. Richard, (War of 1812), 29
Mission Indians, N.M., 31
Maloney, Thos., and Indian, 31
Massacre of Christian Indians at Bethelehem and Gnadenhutten, 32
Marshall, Jennings and Yeates - "Indian Walk," 33
Marshall finishes Indian Walk, 34
Minnehaha (Laughing Water), 36
Miller, John, school teacher for Fr. G., 42
Maltitz, Baron de Russ, "embassador," 47
Maltitz, Baron de, burns Gallitzin's note, 47
Maguire, James C., first Treasurer of Cambria County, 49
Meloy, James, first sheriff of Cambria County, 49
McDonald, Cornelius, Sheriff of Cambria County, 49
Murray, John, Sheriff of Cambria County, 49
McGirr, Rev. Felix, Assistant of Fr. G., 49
McGirr, Rev. Felix, attended St. John's, 51
McCullagh, Rev. Thos., 52
McPike, H.A., Publisher, 52
Mullen, Rev. Tobias, afterward Bishop of Erie, 52
Miller, 'Squire Joseph, 54
Maloney, Mr. And Mrs. John E., 57
McCans, Sr. Martini, 58
Masses in St. Augustine before formation of Congregation, 59
Meeting of Lemke and Gallitzin, 65
McEnrue, Rev. Thos., Biography of, 71
McEnrue, Fr., First Mass, 72
McHugh, Fr., First Mass, 72
McEnrue, Rev. Thos., cut of, facing page, 73
McCarthy, Rev. F.H., Biography of, 73
McCarthy, Rev. F.H., cut of, facing page, 74
Menges, Rev. P.B., O.S.B., 76
McManus, Rev. P.J., Biography of, 76
McEvoy, Rev. Henry, Biography of, 76
McManus, Rev. P.J., 76
McEvoy, Rev. Henry, cut of, facing pages, 78
Marchand, founder of Know Nothings, dies a Catholic, 78
McCort, Rt. Rev. J.J., D.D., Biography of, 83
McCort, Rt. Rev., cut of, facing page, 83
Members of Ebensburg choir at dedication, 92
McKenta, Rev. Francis, 93
McDermott, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, Biography of, 97
McDermott, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, cut of, facing, 97
McFeeley, Bernard, Collector, 98
McGough, P., Good penmanship of, 102
McGough, Robert T., Death of, by accident in France, 104
McCans, James P., goes for priest for dying man, 107
McCoy, Rev. Robert J., Biography of, 113
McCoy, Rev. Robert J., cut of, facing, 113
Noon, Philip, Sheriff of Cambria County, 49
Nagle, John (Revolutionary Soldier), 58
Nagle, Henry (Revolutionary Soldier), 58
Nagle, Richard (Revolutionary Soldier), 58
Names of old people interred in cemetery, 58
Nuncio almost mobbed in Pittsburgh by Know Nothings, 78
Number of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths recorded in Index, 95
Notes of Parish of St. Augustine, 98
Names of Soldiers of Wars of 1812 and 1861 interred in cemetery, 103
Oliver, Robert, attorney, 47
O'Neill, John C. and Charles, 54
Obsequies of Bojeau, victor of Braddock's Field, 56
O'Connor, Rt. Rev. M., first Bishop of Pittsburg, 58
O'Connor, Bishop, gives no. of St. Augustine congregation at 500, 58
O'Connor, Bishop, gets priests from Maynouth College, 58
O'Connor, Bishop, induces Benedictines to locate at Beatty, 68
Orphans' Homes and Infants' Home crowded, 84
Organ, cost of, 80
Old Church, Cost of repairing of and cost of addition, 100
O'Connor, Rev. James, afterwards Bishop of Denver, 102
"Outlook for the Future," 117
Organists of Church, 120
O'Donnell, Rev. F.H., 121
Penn, Gov. John, Reward for Indian scalps, 15
Pius IX, on freedom of action in United States, 19
Porter, Mrs. W., saw Indians, 31
Penn, Thos., purchase at Tulpehocken, 32
Proprietaries "cover bones" of victims of Stump and Eisenhauser, 33
Pontiac's War, 38
Preston, Tory, 39
Post, Frederick, 50
Pioneers of County, often traveled far to Mass, 52
"Penn Manor" (reservation of gold and silver ore), 56
Pittsburgh, Diocese of, formed, 58
Places of interment of Revolutionary soldiers, 59
Pastors and Ass't Pastors of St. Augustine parish, 60, 61
P.R.R., How, crossed the mountain in 1852, 77
Parrish, Joshua, 66
Pius IX. ("Tata Giovanni"), 82
Present church - Persons who burned brick, 85
Phelan, Rt. Rev. Richard, 90
Pattison, Gov. Robert E., 90
Pew Rent, Amount of, in 1853, 99
Pew Rent, in 1865, 100
Percentage of increase in population, 117
Population of County by decades, 117
Parochial School, Plea for, 118, 119
Parochial Schools at Chest Springs and Ashville, 121
Present holders of Bishop O'Connor's land, 121
Quemahoning, Township of, 25
Quinn, Rev. P.J., 92
Rhees, Rev. Morgan John (free school), 42
Riddle, Samuel M., Esq., friend and biographer of "Dr. Gallitzin," 43
Rebello, Jose Silvestro, Portuguese "embassador," 47
Riddle's "Reminiscences of Dr. Gallitzin," 47, 48
Roberts, George, Associate Judge, 49
Rafferty, Rev. P., first pastor Ebensburg, 49
Roderigue, Dr. Aristides, Gallitzin's physician, 53
Reliquary chosen by Dr. Roderigue, 54
Ryan, Anastasia, child, first interment in cemetery, 58
Raes, Dr., and Clement Bretano, 64
Ryan, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, Biography of, 73
Ryan, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, cut of, facing page, 75
Rosensteel, Rev. Thomas, 90
Records in Cornerstone, 90
Rea, Rev. Thomas R., cut of, facing, 90
Rea, Rev. Thomas R., Biography of, 92
Ryan, Rev. Thomas, 93
Rectory of St. Augustine, 94
Rectory of St. Augustine, cut of, facing, 95
Sibourd, Rev. Lewis (Receipts), 15
St. Michael's, Loretto, First Church, 16
"Smith, Fr." - Alias Gallitzin, 16
Storm, John (First grist mill in Cambria County) 28
Shawnese, why hostile, 31
Six Nations placated, 32
Stump, Fred and John Eisenhauser, murder ten Indians, 32
Six Nations order Delawares and Shawnese to vacate, 34
Shawnese town of Con-ne-mach)Conemaugh), 35
Skelly, Felix and Mrs. Elder captured by Indians, 38
Skelly, Patrick, killed at siege of Yorktown, 38
St. Clair's defeat, 39
Swank, Geo. T., opinion of Gallitzin, 42
St. Patrick's church, Ebensburg, organized, 49
Storm, David T., Prothonotary, 49
St. Joseph's, Hart's Sleeping Place now attended by Benedictines, 51
St. Joseph's, Hart's Sleeping Place, 50
St. John Gaulbert's sold for debt, 51
St. John Gaulbert's, Johnstown, 51
St. Aloysius', Summit, 52
Seminary at Summit, 52
Seminary, St. Michael's, Pittsburgh, 52
St. Bartholomew's, Wilmore, 52
St. Michael's church, consecrated by Bishop Garvey, 53
Schwab, Charles M., builds St. Michael's church, 53
Some Early Conveyances of Land, 56
St. Augustine congregation - formation of, 59, 60
St. Augustine parish, extent of - Parishes since taken from, 60
St. Augustine's first church built by John Zerbee, 60
Sailer, Bishop, 63
Smith, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r T.P., Biography of, 75
Smith, Rt. Rev. M's'g'r, cut of, facing, 76
St. Catharine's Wheel Window, 86
"Specifications," 89
Stillberger, Joseph, Architect, 89
School Building, St. Joseph's, Portage, 93
Sketches, Biographical, of Assistants, 96
Storm, Theodore, 99
St. Michael's Seminary at Summitt, Cambria County, 102
St. Michael's Seminary organized, 102
St. Michael's Seminary closed, 103
"Silent Cities, The," - verses, 105, 106
Storm, John A., tells of Soldiers' Home, 108, 109
Soldiers' Home - Regular Army, 109, 110
Sodality, Young Ladies', 110, 111
Solemn Pontifical Mass, 111
St. George, Knights of, 111
Slaves in Cambria County in 1840, 117
Sexton of church, 120
Seminary for Boys, proposed by Bishop O'Connor, 121
Society, Young Men's, of '57, 122
Tribune, Cambria, 15
Treaty with Indians, violation of, 39
Town of Gallitzin - Alias St. Augustine, 61, 62
Tomb of Three Saints, 107
Trappist Monks near Carroltown, 121
Useful Rule, 120
Useful Rule for Days of Week, 120
Weakland, John, saves Fr. Gallitzin, 27
Weakland, John, arm incorrupted, 27
Washington's assurance to Indians, 39
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 39
Wayne, Gen., report of, to Secretary of War, 40
Wayne, Gen., destroys Indians' corn, 40
Wertz, Hon. G.M. (booklet), 42
Weiser, Conrad, 50
Wimmer, Rt. Rev. Abbot Boniface, O.S.B., 67
Welch, Rev. Garrett B.'s model school building at Portage, 84
Windows in church and who donated them, 87
Welch, Rev. Garrett B., Biography of, 92
Welch, Rev. Garrett B., cut of, facing, 92
Ward, Rev. James, 96
Wharton, Joseph (served Mass), 99
Wharton, Sergeant James A., 99
Wagner, John, Agent for Bishop O'Connor, 121
Waltz, M.J. and Jacob, note to, 102
Young, James, Mass in barn by Fr. Gallitzin, 22
Young, John, First P.J., 31
Zeisberger, Indian Missionary, 31
Zinzendorf, Count, 31
Zerbee, Joseph, statement about earthworks, 37
Zerbee, John and Julia, triplet sons of, interred in cemetery, 58
Zerbee, John, donates $150 to first church, 60

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