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Narratives - de Smet

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English edition of Oregon Missions and Travels (1847)

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Map of Oregon from Missions de l'Oregon (1848)

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French edition of Missions de l'Oregon (1848)

Pierre-Jean de Smet, 1801-1873

Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky mountains, in 1845-46 . . . (New York, 1847)

De Smet was a Flemish Jesuit, noted for his mission work in Missouri and Idaho, and for his vivid descriptions of the lands and peoples of the far Northwest.

Backer-Sommervogel VII, col. 1309, no. 6