Letters and Sketches: With A Narrative of A Year's Residence Among The Indian Tribes of The Rocky Mountains.

Letters and Sketches: With A Narrative of A Year's Residence Among The Indian Tribes of The Rocky Mountains.

Author: De Smet, P.J. (30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873)

12mo.(4.5" x 7.375")1843.De Smet, P.J. . Philadelphia. M. Fithian. 252 pp., 13 plates complete. Full brown ribbed cloth with blindstamp rule framing covers. Spine with gilt title to a double gilt rule bordered brown leather towards the head of the spine. Edgewear, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, head and foot of spine chipped with loss, closed tear with chips toward foot of spine, small chip above title block as well. Spine sun-faded, covers soiled with the center of rear board bubbling (see pics). Title page with old ink inscription in four lines directly over title itself. Intermittent foxing throughout, affecting most plates. Fold out plate with chipped top edge. Illustrated with 11 engraved plates, an engraved frontispiece and a folding engraved plate making 13 total. This account describes De Smet's experiences in the Rocky Mountains in 1841 and 1842. A leading advocate for Indians, his works are some of the best sources of the period, well-written and articulate. The views include "Chimney Rock on the Oregon Trail," "A View of the Rocky Mountains," "Devil's Gate," "Soda Springs," "Fording the River Platte," "Indian Mode of Travelling," "Interior of a Kanza Lodge," "Kanza Village," "Worship in the Desert," and two of a spiritual nature. MINTZ 124. WAGNER-CAMP 102:1. HOWES D283, "b." FIELD 1423. SABIN 82262. TWENEY 89, 13 (note). STREETER SALE 2095. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 80.

From Wiki: 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 180,000 miles (290,000 km). 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).

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