Recollections of the Flathead mission
Subtitle: containing brief observations, both ancient and contemporary, concerning this particular nation
By: by Gregory Mengarini ; translated and edited with a biographical introd. by Gloria Ricci Lothrop.
Contributors: Lothrop, Gloria Ricci.
Series: Northwest historical series ;; 12
Publisher: A.H. Clark Co.
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Glendale, Calif
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Jesuits -- Missions.; Salish Indians -- Missions.; Salish Indians -- Social life and customs.
Description: A biography of Father Mengarini who worked at St. Mary's Mission to the Flatheads in the 1840's and an edited version of his memoirs. Scholarly but well written. Includes descriptions of the Salish language, religion, medicine men, customs, aboriginal lands, and the Flathead-Nez Perce delegation to St. Louis.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [239]-250.
Translation of Memorie delle missioni delle Teste Piatte.
Includes index.