3/4 His dust lies under the present Church of St.Xavier,--the dust of as noble a man and as true a priest as ever sacrificed himself for the good of humanity. To his dying day he was fond of describing their happy and hospitable welcome and the luxuries to which they introduced him. Their oldest child was named Fitzhugh Gaspard. Kenton died in 1836. In the year 1800, on the fourth of July, a certain leading French family of Vincennes held a patriotic reunion, during which a little old flag was produced and its story told. |