Show old indian mission near quebec still uses ancient silver and gold presents the indian village of lorette ville nine miles west of quebec quebe C is a treasure which louis loui XIV of F france rance and his s mother anne of austria sent to a poor indian mission 3 00 years ago relates a writer in so youre going ind indian ian lo 10 lorette Loret rette fe as they call it in quebec is a tiny village where most of t the he population are huron indians on the one street h half alf way through the town is an old church no larger than a good sized barn and seating only about a hundred people back of the church and connected with it by a wooden entryway w ay is a house the tiny frame house of the village priest where re the trea treasure sure is kept in a brick va vault alt specially built for the purpose with double iron doors no one not known to the priest or brought by his friends is allowed to see it at the back of the tiny vault stands a glass cabinet with four shelves of silver and gold plate tall richly chased candlesticks and wine and water cruets bruets and tremendous XIV spoons of silver which louis himself sent there is a jewel studded gold osten sent by the city of paris in 1664 and there are two two SP splendid cases e containing onta ining relics I 1 s 0 of f I 1 11 1 saints sent by the city of chartres in the same year in a drawer beneath the cabinet are four pieces of the chasuble embroidered in the most elaborate patterns and fine stitches by ladies in waiting of king louis court when the humble priest of the village of lorette puts on the robes sent by anne of austria sets the altar of this tiny church w with th the silver ot of king louis XIV and takes th the gold golden e n osten in ih his hands th there re pro probably b a bly is no church on this continent more splendidly served |