“They say at Albuquerque that now we are all Americans, but that is not true, Padre. I will never be an American, They are infidels.” “Not all, my son. I have lived among Americans in the north for ten years, and I found many devout Catholics.” The young man shook his head. “They destroyed our churches when they were fighting us, and stabled their horses in them. And now they will take our religion away from us. We want our own ways and our own religion.” Father Latour began to tell them about his friendly relations with Protestants in Ohio, but they had not room in their minds for two ideas;
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