Description |
xv, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-427) and index. |
Contents |
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). |
Subject |
Indians of North America -- Missions -- West (U.S.)
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Indians of North America -- Government relations.
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Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873.
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Missionaries -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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Jesuits -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
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ISBN |
0806126159 (alk. paper) |
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9780806126159 (alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
UKM b9558918 |
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NLGGC 117730874 |
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YDXCP 683561 |
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NZ1 4456028 |
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AU@ 000010437401 |
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