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Pierre-Jean de Smet

Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ, 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.

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Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 2; and De Smet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842

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