The Jesuits and the Indian wars of the Northwest.
Series: Yale Western Americana series,; 11
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
Subjects: Jesuits -- Northwest, Pacific; Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1815-1875; Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific -- History
Description: A scholarly examination of the role of the Jesuit missionaries in the Indian wars of the Pacific Northwest. Includes considerable materials on the role of Father Hoecken in the negotiations of the Flathead, Pend d'Oreilles, and Kootenai tribes with the government in 1855. Hell Gate treaty.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 461-493.