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"Come, Blackrobe" : De Smet and the Indian tragedy / by John J. Killoren.

Killoren, John J. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0806126159
  • ISBN: 9780806126159
  • Physical Description: xv, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, �1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-427) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: "The Trail of Father De Smet" -- Prologue: Where the Rivers Meet, De Smet Began ... (1823) -- pt. 1. The Great Plains: The New Children of the Great Father. 1. Jeffersonian Conflict of Interests (1775-1823). 2. The End of the Beginning -- 1840 (1823-40). 3. 1841 -- The Beginning of the End (1841-50) -- pt. 2. The Immediate Problem: The Necessary Thoroughfares. 4. Mounting Confrontations on the Great Plains (1840-50). 5. The Move to Paternalistic Control (1846-50). 6. Initial Great Smoke: The First Fort Laramie Treaty (1851) -- pt. 3. The Perennial Problem: The Indian Presence. 7. The Attempt at Peaceful Coexistence (1852-59). 8. De Smet's Prediction: A "Sombre and Melancholy Future" (1852-59). 9. "The Unhappy Indians ... Driven to Desperation" (1861-65) -- pt. 4. The Great Plains: The Buffalo People Removed. 10. For Dependent Indians, Very Limited Options (1865-66). 11. Congressional Resolve: A Final Great Smoke (1867-68). 12. Western Echoes of "They Must Necessarily Yield" (1868-78).
Epilogue: Where the Rivers Meet, De Smet Ended ... (1873).
Subject:
Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873.
Jesuits > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Indians of North America > Missions > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Missionaries > West (U.S.) > Biography.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .M6 K55 1994 288102 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library Indian # 260 276193 Deloria Collection Available -

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