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- GLC#
- GLC04145
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1843
- Author/Creator
- Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873
- Title
- Letters and sketches: with a narrative of a year's residence among the Indian tribes of the Rocky Mountains
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 252 p. : ill. Height: 19.1 cm, Width: 11.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Published by M. Fithian. Dedication included on the inside front cover to the Sisters of St. John's Asylum from Father Felix Joseph Barbelin. Smet records his journey past Chimney Rock, Nebraska, along the Missouri River, travelling as far as Fort Vancouver, Washington. He resides for one year among the Rocky Mountain Tribes, including the Flat Heads. Discusses geography and the daily details of his journey with a focus on teaching Christianity to the Native Americans he encounters. Includes a fold-out pictorial diagram of the history of Christianity.
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