Father Peter John de Smet

Father Peter John de Smet
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 0806127902
ISBN-13 : 9780806127903
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Book Synopsis Father Peter John de Smet by : Robert C. Carriker

Download or read book Father Peter John de Smet written by Robert C. Carriker and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clad in the black robe of his priestly order and armed only with a crucifix, for more than a quarter of a century Father De Smet relentlessly tramped the American frontier to bring peace and religion to the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the upper Missouri River country. In this biography, Robert Carriker describes De Smet’s love for the great American West and the native tribes who lived there, the Potawatomis, Flatheads, Coeur d’Alenes, Kalispels, Blackfeet, Yankton Sioux, and others to whom the Jesuit father carried Christianity. Soon the man called Black Robe became known throughout the mountains and plains as a man of peace and a friend of all Indians.


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