tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post7457317631774154864..comments2024-03-28T03:35:07.707-04:00Comments on The Journey of a Bishop: St. Alberto Hurtado - The Quarto-centenary of CUPIDS, NLArchbishop Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230861090789668276noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-91261707885057217622010-11-29T14:43:39.541-05:002010-11-29T14:43:39.541-05:00Arch Bishop Prendergast, with all due respect to y...Arch Bishop Prendergast, with all due respect to you and your familial connections to Cupids. Despite the folklore which no doubt your family was exposed to for many years, I must respectfully disagree with your version of Cupids history. I wish to provide you with the following facts regarding Cupids history. John Guy wrote in a letter dated October 6, 1610 that he had arrived in Conception Bay, God be praised, all in saftie at a place called Cupperre's Cove which was a branch of Salmon Cove. John Guy later referred to this place of landfall as Cuper's Cove. Many people including Judge D.W. Prowse whose 1895 book A History of Newfoundland incorrectly identified Cupids as the location of Cuper's Cove. Later in 1910, a group of mainly protestant clergy in league with the Government of Newfoundland arbitrarily chose Cupids as the primary location for the tercentenary celebrations of John Guy's arrival at Cuper's Cove in 1610. Many historians, including Gillian Cell, have incorrectly named Cupids as the site of Cupers Cove. It was the protestant Judge Prowse and the protestant clergy elites who withheld the historical fact that Cuper's Cove was actually located near what is known today as Avondale, a predominantly Roman Catholic populated area. Many people state with certainty and conviction that they know that Cupids is the location of Cuper's Cove because it is located near, as John Guy wrote, a place called Salmon Cove. What is not revealed is the fact that maps of Conception Bay and historical documents from the 17th,18th and early 19th century show that there was no place named Salmon Cove located near Cupids in 1610, 1710 or 1810! The area around Cupids was known as Bay de Grave in 1610 not Salmon Cove. The Salmon Cove to which John Guy referred in his letter is known today as Avondale. Therefore, as Cuper's Cove was a branch of Salmon Cove and Salmon Cove in 1610 was located where Avondale is now, it is not possible for Cupids to be Cuper's Cove. Essentially, the protestant elite have made certain that a great historical notoriety such as the location of the John Guy Colony at Cuper's Cove would not be revealed as being situated in a Roman Catholic area. The historical facts reveal that Cuper's Cove is situated somewhere within the Roman Catholic enclave which encompasses the area between Avondale and Holyrood. The British protestant stonghold of Cupids has usurped the rightful historical fame which rightly belongs to the Roman Catholic areas situated between Avondale and Holyrood. The fact that Cupids is not Cuper's Cove is established by historical maps of Conception Bay from the 17th,18th and early 19th centuries, the Charter of the Colony of Avalon and many other historical records including John Guy's own letter of October 6, 1610. Politics and protestant influence turned historical fact into fiction and won the day for protestant Cupids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com