Honore - Timothee Lempfrit, O.M.I., His Oregon Trail Journal and Letters from the Pacific Northwest 1848-1853
Entry/Object ID
L1996.16.11
Description
Lempfrit's Oregon Trail Journal is the diary of the Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Congregation of Oblates of Mary Immaculate, who became a missionary to the Indians of the Northwest. He was known as the "doctor", and his medical skills were called upon many times during the long trek. He is one of many prominent members of his order. He tried to help as schoolmaster, doctor and missionary among the Indians of the Northwest.
Edited by Patricia Meyer. Translated from the French by Patricia Meyer and Catou Levesque.
261/Hardbound/Illustrations
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Oregon Trail, Northwest, Pacific-description and travel, Indians of North America - Northwest, Pacific- missions, Trails, Diary, Indian interaction, Catholic Missionaries
