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Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky Mountains, in 1845-46 Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873
Description
"Added engraved t.p.
Plates from drawings by Father Nicholas Point. 'Some copies were subsequently issued without plates' : - Sabin.
Introduction reprinted from the Catholic Almanac.
Original ms. in the Huntington Library, ref. Wagner. Consists of 28 letters. In nO.1 J.B.Z. Bolduc refers to his visit to Vancouver Island with James Douglas; nos.6 and 7 recount De Smet's visit to the Kootenays where he participated in the fish festival. NOS.27-28 by Nicholas Point. At the end of the volume are the Lord's Prayer in seven Indian [sic] dialects, short vocabulary in English, Flat-Head, Blackfoot and Cree [sic] and a list of Rocky Mountain plants which flower in August and September."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 272.
Item Metadata
| Title |
Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky Mountains, in 1845-46
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| Alternate Title |
Oregon missions
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| Creator | |
| Publisher |
New York : Edward Dunigan
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| Date Issued |
1847
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| Description |
"Added engraved t.p.
Plates from drawings by Father Nicholas Point. 'Some copies were subsequently issued without plates' : - Sabin. Introduction reprinted from the Catholic Almanac. Original ms. in the Huntington Library, ref. Wagner. Consists of 28 letters. In nO.1 J.B.Z. Bolduc refers to his visit to Vancouver Island with James Douglas; nos.6 and 7 recount De Smet's visit to the Kootenays where he participated in the fish festival. NOS.27-28 by Nicholas Point. At the end of the volume are the Lord's Prayer in seven Indian [sic] dialects, short vocabulary in English, Flat-Head, Blackfoot and Cree [sic] and a list of Rocky Mountain plants which flower in August and September."-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 272. |
| Extent |
408 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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| File Format |
application/pdf
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| Language |
English
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| Notes | |
| Identifier |
F880 .S63 1847; II-0511
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F880 .S63 1847
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| Date Available |
2016-09-21
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
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| Catalogue Record | |
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0314567
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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.