 The Austrian contribution in the 19th century in evangelizing Native Americans is remarkable.However, in the 19th century, Austrians also had to work with Irish Catholic priests, who spoke English, to baptize the Natives and convert them to Catholicism.Thus, the Leopoldine Society sent money and priests to North America and led to the creation of over 400 churches on the East Coast, in the Midwest, and in the "Indian Country," farther west.