Historical Letters from Father De Smet

Authors

Father De Smet

Date of this Version

1885

Comments

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

Abstract

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.