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Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Vol. 27, Part II Flagg's Far West; DeSmet LettersEntry/Object ID
L1993.1.54AADescription
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Vol. 27, Part II of Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837. DeSmet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume XXVII is a part of a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborgines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far west, during the period of early American settlement. Part II of Volume XXVII is comprised of letters and sketches: with a narrative of a year's residence among the Indian tribes of the Rocky Mountains. Pierre Jean de Smet, S. J. Contains the author's preface. The text consists of Book I: Letters I-X!II, February 4-December 20, 1841. BookII: Narrative of a year's revolution among the Indian tribes of the Rocky Mountains (comprised in letters XIII-VI, August 15-November 1, 1842). This volume also contains an explanation of the Indian Symbolical Catechism.
(1) See Volume 26 for Flagg's Far West.
(2) Pierre Jean DeSmet, S. J.--Letters and Sketches with a Narrative of a Year's Residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains.
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Western American Migration 1748-1846, Aborigines, Pierre Jean de Smet, S. J., Rocky Mountains, Indian Symbolical Catechism, Explorers of the West, Fort Chartres/, Western Migration, DeSmet, Pierre-Jean, Indian Interaction, Diary, Native American, Indian Cathecism, CatholicBook Details
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Thwaites, Reuben Gold, EditorPlace Published
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GlendaleState/Province
CaliforniaDate Published
1966Call No.
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DeSmet, Pierre-JeanPerson or Organization
Edmund Flagg