Apostle of the Rocky Mountains
by
Rev. Fr. E. Laveille S.J.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
What a story! Fr. Pierre De Smet (1801-1873) is mentioned in U.S. history books almost as a footnote, but there was in the mid-19th century America no single person the American Indians trusted as they did this Jesuit Priest. He was "more powerful than an army" at a huge treaty conference...