Packwaukee Public Library

The legend of Marquette at Holy Hill, unmasking a fiction, Patrick J. Jung

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-45)

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no index present

non fiction

The legend of Marquette at Holy Hill

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Patrick J. Jung

unmasking a fiction

"For over a century, researchers, writers, and residents in the neighborhood of Holy Hill in Washington County, Wisconsin have believed the legend that the famed missionary Father Jacques Marquette, a priest of the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, visited Holy Hill in the 1670s. They heard of old Indian tales that described Marquette raising a cross on the summit. Another account related the story of a mysterious figure named François Soubrio, who, on finding Marquette's map at an old monastery in Quebec, followed Marquette's trail and became a religious recluse and hermit at the site. Local settlers referred to Soubrio as the "Hermit on the Hill." How true are the Indian traditions? Can narrative of Soubrio be believed? No one has ever examined the Legend of Marquette at Holy Hill and judged it's authenticity. Thus, the legend has remained unchallenged -- until now. Marquette's journals of his voyages along the western shore of Lake Michigan in 1673 and 1674 quickly reveal the legend to be an illusion. How did this legend begin? What truths are revealed by peeling away the mask of this fiction? This book examines the Legend of Marquette at Holy Hill, and while the great Jesuit missionary never visited the site, a more fascinating story emerges, a story that reveals even deeper, more profound questions that beg to be answered." -- Back cover