The Life of Father de Smet, S.J. (1801-1873)
Author: E. Laveille
Publisher: New York : P.J. Kenedy
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 464
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Publisher: New York : P.J. Kenedy
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 464
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Publisher: Tan Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780895556660
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What a story! Fr. Pierre De Smet (1801-1873) is mentioned in U.S. history books almost as a footnote, but there was in the mid-19th century America no single person the American Indians trusted as they did this Jesuit Priest. He was "more powerful than an army" at a huge treaty conference of U.S. officials and the Western Indian nations near Laramie in 1851, and he was the chief negotiator at another, with the Sioux, in 1868. Impr. 431 pgs, PB
Author: Robert C. Carriker
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1998-09-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780806127903
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Clad in the black robe of his priestly order and armed only with a crucifix, for more than a quarter of a century Father De Smet relentlessly tramped the American frontier to bring peace and religion to the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the upper Missouri River country. In this biography, Robert Carriker describes De Smet’s love for the great American West and the native tribes who lived there, the Potawatomis, Flatheads, Coeur d’Alenes, Kalispels, Blackfeet, Yankton Sioux, and others to whom the Jesuit father carried Christianity. Soon the man called Black Robe became known throughout the mountains and plains as a man of peace and a friend of all Indians.
Author: George Bishop
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780852445761
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fr Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ is one of the most remarkable among the great missionary figures of the Society of Jesus. Born in Belgium, he emigrated to the United States to enter the Jesuit novitiate and was ordained in Missouri in 1837. He founded St Joseph's Mission at Council Bluffs for the Potawatomies in 1838, and visited the Sioux to arrange a peace between that nation and the Potawatomies, the first of his many peace missions. In 1840 he set out for the territory of the Flatheads in the far Northwest, and established St Mary's Mission on the Bitter Root River in Montana, and three years later on the Williamette River in Oregon he opened the most important of a chain of missions covering the Northwest. In 1846 he made peace between the Blackfeet and the Crows. Fr De Smet repeatedly crossed and recrossed the North American Continent, travelling by paddle steamer, raft, and canoe, dogsled and snowshoe, on horseback and in wagons, and for the greater part on foot. His growing influence among the Native American peoples and their leaders induced the United States Government to solicit his help in its dealings with them, and the rest of his life was devoted to promoting their cause in America and in Europe. Fr De Smet assisted at the great Indian Council of 1851 near Fort Laramie, and in 1886, after entering alone into the Sioux camp of warriors led by Sitting Bull, his enthusiastic reception led to a treaty of peace signed by all the chiefs.
Author: E. LAVEILLE
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781033260319
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Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019251348
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Author: Jacqueline Peterson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published:
Total Pages: 196
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