Life, Letters and Travels of Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J., 1801 - 1873
Missionary Labors, and Adventures among the Wild Tribes of the North American Indians, Embracing Minute Description of Their Manners, Customs, Games, Modes of Warfare and Torture, Legends, Tradition, etc., All from Personal Observations Made during D1any Thousand Miles of Travel, with Sketches of the Country from St. Louis to Puget Sound and the Altrabasca
Edited fom the original unpublished manuscript Journals and Letter Books and from his Printed Works with Historical, Geographical, Ethnological and other Notes; Also a Life of Father De Smet
MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
HIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDEN Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.
AND
ALFRED TALBOT RICHARDSON
FOUR VOLUMES
VOL. I
NEW YORK FRANCIS P. HARPER 1905
Preface
Contents of Volume I
List of Illustrations
Life of Father De Smet
Part I - The Potawatomi Mission, 1838-1839
Part II - The Flathead Mission