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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, traditions, etc., all from personal observations... Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873; Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1917; Richardson, Alfred Talbot

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Title
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, traditions, etc., all from personal observations made during many thousand miles of travel, with sketches of the country from St. Louis to Puget Sound and the Altrabasca. Edited from the original unpublished manuscript journals and letter books and from his printed works, with historical, geographical, ethnological and other notes; also a Life of Father de Smet.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. Four volumes. Vol. I
Alternate Title
Life, letters and travels of Father De Smet among the North American Indians
Creator
Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873; Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1917; Richardson, Alfred Talbot
Publisher
New York : Francis P. Harper
Date Issued
1905
Extent
Extent: xiii, 402 pages : illustrations ; portraits ; 25 cm
Subject
Indians of North America; West (U.S.)--Description and travel; Northwestern States--Description and travel; Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel; Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873
Genre
Books
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Notes
Volume 1 of 4.

Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39353657
Identifier
F880.S63 L5; II-0510-V01
Collection
British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F880.S63 L5
Date Available
2017-02-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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.
Catalogue Record
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1612231
AIPUUID
98f1f7a6-f188-4810-bfde-de38fa6189a3
DOI
10.14288/1.0342830
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