Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume XXVII [Illustration: A View of the Rocky Mountains] Early Western Travels 1748-1846 A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D. Editor of "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents," "Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," "Hennepin's New Discovery," etc. Volume XXVII Part II of Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837; and De Smet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842 [Illustration] Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1906 COPYRIGHT 1906, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED =The Lakeside Press= R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVII I THE FAR WEST; OR, A TOUR BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS. Embracing Outlines of Western Life and Scenery; Sketches of the Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements of the French, etc., etc. (Chapters xxxiii-xli of Vol. II, completing the publication). _Edmund Flagg_ Author's Table of Contents 15 Text 19 II LETTERS AND SKETCHES: with a Narrative of a Year's Residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains. _Pierre Jean de Smet, S. J._ Author's Preface 129 Text: BOOK I: Letters I-XII, February 4-December 30, 1841 133 BOOK II: Narrative of a Year's Residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains (comprised in Letters XIII-XVI, August 15-November 1, 1842) 321 Explanation of the Indian Symbolical Catechism 405 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XXVII "A View of the Rocky Mountains." From De Smet's _Letters and Sketches_ _Frontispiece_ Allegorical sketch 126 Facsimile of title-page, De Smet's _Letters and Sketches_ 127