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Ohio. A short time previously Father Gabriel Richard
had died at Detroit, Michigan, of the same cause. The
death of these two stalwarts marked the end of an era.
The Territory of Michigan was soon cur ofi from the
diocese oI Cincinnati and set up as the new diocese of
Detroit. Rev. Frederic Rese, Vicar General under
Bishop Fenwick, was named the new bishop. He ar-
rived in Detroit on 7, 1834.
Jan.
What Theodore Ryken did after he left South Bend
in 1832 we do not as yet know. In a sratement of his
purpose in founding a Brptherhood he writes of Indians
who were less civilized than the Pottawatomi. fle men-
tions L'Arbre Croche, the famous mission near the
present site of Harbor Springs in northern Michigan.
There is also a complaint against certain proselytizing
efiorts at Mackinac.
Apparently Mr. Ryken spent some time in Detroit,
Michigan. In one of his "Plans" he quotes indirectly
a Father Lostrie, and in another he pays tribute to a
Father Baraga. Rev. John Losterie, a Belgian, had been
accepted into the diocese of Cincinnati in September,
1832. A short time later he had sent to Deuoit to
assist Father Vincent Badin at Sr. Anne's, the one Cath-
olic church in that city. Rev. Frederic Baraga had
been received into the diocese by Bishop Fenwick on
Dec. 31, 1830. After a few months in Cincinnati he
had been assigned to L'Arbre Croche.
In September, 1832, Father Baraga was living at St.
Anne's rectory busily engaged in correcting proofs of a
prayer book which was to be used by the Indians. It is
possible that Ryken's meeting with these two priests,
if he did meet them, was limited to his introducing
himself at the rectory of St. Anne's where he must have
called to convey fraternal greetings to the acting pastor,