St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission

This land was sold by Amawee, an Odawa, to Jean Baptiste Trotochaud and his Ojibwa wife Sophia Anaquet. Later, they donated nearly an acre of land to the Catholic Church. Jean, under the guidance of Father Sifferath, built this Mission in 1859. In 1860, Bishop Frederic Baraga blessed and dedicated it for use by Natives and settlers. Mass was offered at least four times a year. The mission was restored in 1884, after the arrival of Father Pius Niermann, an Assistant Priest with the Franciscan Fathers. It was abandoned by 1896 and restored again in 1931, 1959 and from 2005 to 2008. The church and burial grounds are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission (in Odawa) Mah-buh Odawa Amawee gah zhin kah zot gee di-ban-dahn madn-duh ke zhin duh jeeg-beek. Mee dush ah-nin gee dah wat. Jean Baptiste Trotochaud meen wah wee-di-gat mahg-nuhn, Ojibwa kwa toon. Mahn-duh pee 1859. Mee-dush chi-mag-da kun-ya Barage gee bi nuh-ma toot, pee 1860 mee-dush gun-duh Odadwahk. Gee mee naht. Wee nuh-kahz what. Meen-wah je nahg-duh-what. Mo-waht. Kah-dush-pi-na gee nuh-kahz zee-nah-wah. Mahn-gud noong mag-da Kuhn a gee mi-yaht mee gee nuh-mas-kat zhin-duh. Mee-dush pee 1884 mag-da-kun ya Nahmah gee nah-chi-gah duhng nahn-duh guhmik. Mee ga wuh “St. Francis Solanus” gah zhin-kah duhng mahn-duh nuh-ma-guh mik. Mee duhsh goon-duh Odawahk oosh-ma gee wa-be nuh kahz what.