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Decisive battles echo in Champlain to Father De Smet saga
The article traces Champlain’s 1600 raid shaping Iroquois relations with France, the Oregon Trail’s opening in the 19th century, and Father De Smet’s long mission among the Flatheads. It notes the Jesuits’ 1814 revival, the Bitter Root settlement, and De Smet’s near 50,000 miles of travel, mediating with tribes and founding St. Mary’s mission in 1841, now St Ignatius.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Champlain
Mohawk Valley
New York
Jamestown
America
Montana
Iroquois
Flatheads
Marcus Whitman
Pierre-Jean de Smet
S. J
Oregon Trail
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
United States
Father de Smet
Far Northwest
American Northwest
Whitman
de Smet
Hudson's B
Carolinas
Connecticut
Mississippi
Quebec
Wolfe
Sullivan
Canada
New France
Caughnawinga
St. Lawrence
West
St. Louis
Lewis and Clark
John Colter
Yellowstone
Colter
Hell
Astoria
William H. Ashley
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Green River Valley
Pierre’s Hole
Tetons
Society of Jesus
Whitemarsh
Young de Smet
Belgium
Missouri
Baltimore
Rome
William L. Sublette
Rosati
George Catlin
Christian Advocate
Flathead
Columbia
Jason Lee
Wahilatpu
Old Ignace
Charles
Francis
Young Ignace
Pierre Gaucher
Gaucher
Bitter Root
Westport
Kansas City
American Fur Company
Green River
Ten Flatheads
Nez Perces
Pend d’Oreilles
Kalispels
Jefferson
Fort Hill
Snake River
Missoula
St. Mary's Mission
New Orleans
Boston
Europe
Antwerp
Cape Horn
Columbia River
National Editorial Association
St. Mary’s Mission
Bitter Root Valley
St. Ignatius
Sisters of Charity of Providence
Flathead Reservation
Flathead Lake
St. Mary’s
Stevensville
St. Mary’s Church
Anthony Ravalli