Pierre-Jean De Smet

{{c.}} 1860-65, by [[Mathew Brady]] Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ ( ; 30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873), also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Flemish Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He is known primarily for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th century among the Native American peoples, in the midwestern and northwestern United States and western Canada.

His extensive travels as a missionary were said to total . He was affectionately known as "Friend of Sitting Bull", as he persuaded the Sioux war chief to participate in negotiations with the American government for the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. The Native Americans gave him the affectionate nickname ''De Grote Zwartrok'' (''The Great Black Skirt''). Provided by Wikipedia
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  5. Missions de l'Orégon et voyages aux montagnes Rocheuses, aux sources de la Colombie, de L'Athabasca et du Sascatshawin, en 1845-46;
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  8. Letters and sketches : with a narrative of a year's residence among the Indian tribes of the Rocky mountains /
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  10. Voyages aux montagnes Rocheusse et séjour chez les tribus indiennes de l'Orégon (Êtats-Unis)
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  11. Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky Mountains, in 1845-46.
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  12. Lettres choisies du Révérend Père Pierre-Jean de Smet.
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  14. Missien van den Orégon; en reizen naer de Rotsbergen en de bronnen der Colombia, der Athabasca en Sascatshawin in 1845-46.
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  15. 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.
    Life letters and travels of Father Pierre-Jean de Smet SJ 1801-1873;
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  16. Map of the trans-Mississippi territory of the United States,1807-1843 [cartographic material] : showing Father De Smet's travels, location of Indian tribes, trading posts, routes of travel and other features of interest /
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    showing Father De Smet's travels location of Indian tribes trading posts routes of travel and other features of interest
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    by Burgoldt, Paul
    Published 1901
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