Nebraska State Historical Society

 

Title

Historical Letters from Father De Smet

Authors

Father De Smet

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

January 1885

Comments

Published in Transactions and Reports of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Volume I (Lincoln, NE 1885).

The following letters were written by Father De Smet, a Roman Catholic Missionary among the Northern Indians in a very early day. One was written to the St. Louis Historical Society, and the other to A. D. Jones, Secretary of the Old Settlers' Association of Omaha.