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 ... |
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animals antelope Aricaras arrival arrows Assiniboins baptism baptized beautiful Black-robe Blackfeet boat braves buffalo calumet camp Catholic ceremonies Cœur d'Alènes consolation council cross Crows dance dear deer enemies Father De Smet favor feast feet fire Flatheads Fort Rice Fort Sully Fort Thompson Fort Union friends give Government Grosventres happiness head chief heart heaven holy sacrifice holy table honor hope horses hostile bands hunt hunter Indian tribes instruction journey Kalispels killed kind land large number letter lodge Lord Louis Louise Mandans manitous medicine miles mission missionaries Missouri river nation night occasion offered passed peace Pend d'Oreilles Piegans plains Potawatomies prairies prayers present priest received religion religious Reverend Father Rice river Rocky Mountains savages scalps Sioux Sioux City soldiers souls Spirit steamboat Tchatka Territory tion took traveling village Wah-kon warriors whites words Yankton Yellowstone young