(AMERICAN INDIANS) De Smet Pierre Jean The Indian Missions i

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"HIS FIRST AND RAREST BOOK" (AMERICAN INDIANS.) De Smet, Pierre Jean. The Indian Missions in the United States of America, under the Care of the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus. 34 pages. 12mo, disbound; small inked note on title page, moderate foxing, minor dampstaining in bottom margin; early owner's signature on front flyleaf, inked stamps of American Catholic Historical Society on flyleaves. Philadelphia, 1841

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An English translation of early French Jesuit missionary reports, with discussion of the Kickapoos, Pottowatomis, Flatheads, Cheyennes, Mandans, and Crows, among others. "This seems to be the first separate publication of any of De Smet's letters. . . . An account of the journey to the 1840 rendezvous and of De Smet's subsequent journey to the village of the Flatheads and return across the Rockies by the Yellowstone and Missouri. . . . A rare as well as important pamphlet"--Streeter sale III:1806. De Smet travelled as far west as the Bighorn River. Also includes a report by Peter J. Verhaegen, first bishop of St. Louis. Field 1422; Graff 3822; Howes D282 ("aa"); Sabin 82261; Wagner-Camp 87.