Pierre-Jean De Smet
✓ Source-basedstableJesuit priest and missionary (1801-1873)
Historical FiguresLived 1801 to 1873 · aged 72
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Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ, also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Flemish Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He is known primarily for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th century among the Native American peoples, in the midwestern and northwestern United States and western Canada.
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![Likeness of De Smet's map of the Council Bluffs area in Iowa, 1839. De Smet's mission is labeled "St. Joseph's", The area labeled 'Caldwell's Camp' was a Potawatomi village led by Sauganash. This was at or near the later town of Kanesville, the precursor of Council Bluffs.[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/De_Smet_Council_Bluffs.jpg/1280px-De_Smet_Council_Bluffs.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Likeness of De Smet's map of the Council Bluffs area in Iowa, 1839. De Smet's mission is labeled "St. Joseph's", The area labeled 'Caldwell's Camp' was a Potawatomi village led by Sauganash. This was at or near the later town of Kanesville, the precursor of Council Bluffs.[6]![wearing [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)]] decoration"}},"i":0}}]}">Father De Smetwearing Order of Leopold (Belgium) decoration](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Father_de_Smet.jpg/330px-Father_de_Smet.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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Engraving of a Kaw (Kansas) village by De Smet, showing earthlodges and other traditional house forms.
Statue of Pieter-Jan de Smet in Dendermonde, BelgiumHistorical Figures born in the 1800s 6
About this person
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Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
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deceased
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Lived 1801 to 1873 · aged 72
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