Father Zephyrin, Superior of the Catholic Indian Mission at Keshena, Wisconsin, on the Menominee Reservation, writes McMaster to call his attention to a clipping from the "Catholic Citizen", which he encloses. The clipping describes the fire which destroyed the Keshena mission. Father Zephyrin has been to Washington to get help, and reports that he hopes by next year to get a contract to educate children, which has so far been done without government aid. He has received $50.00 from the Catholic Indian Bureau, which under its new head, Captain John Mullan, is taking the case in hand and is proving of great moral help with the Commissioner, since Father Zephyrin has to contend against a veritable bigot, an infidel bigot of an agent. But neither moral support nor $50.00 will relieve his Indians and Sisters. He asks that McMaster call attention to his distress. His Emminence John Cardinal McCloskey has forbidden him to go on a collection tour, and the Right Reverend Bishop John Loughlin found it inconvenient to permit a tour until after Easter. But surely McMaster's readers will have money to give at all times. In the Menominee Reserve, 48 miles northwest of Green Bay, there are 1500 Indians, about 1000 of whom are Catholics, the remainder being pagans. There are 3 Franciscan priests, 3 lay brothers, 5 sisters. The Indians are peaceful, and take up arms only against each other. There are 3 stations on the reservation where Mass is said, of these the principal one is in ashes. The Fathers have no intention of leaving the mission, but will continue there, For any benefactors two Holy Masses will be said every week as long as the priests are there. He begs McMaster to help him, adding that strong men wept when the thirty year old church was destroyed. If McMaster should publish anything, would he please send him a copy? An encloses clipping from "The Catholic Citizen" Mar. 1, 1884, contains a letter by Father Zephyrin, in which he describes the fire of unknown origin which, on Feb. 22, 1884, at 3 o'clock a.m. destroyed the boarding school and church of the Franciscan mission at Keshena. He begs help of the "Citizen" readers. :: I-2-e A.L.S. and clipping 3pp 12mo.