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Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky Mountains, in 1845-46 Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873

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"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.

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