Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ (Dutch and French IPA: [də smɛt]; 30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873), also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Flemish Catholic priest...
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the state of Wyoming covers the other 31.73%. First described by Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Jesuit priest, in a letter dated August 24, 1851, it was a highly...
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named in honor of the Belgian Jesuit Great Plains missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet. De Smet will expand to add a middle school beginning with the 2025-26...
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Montana. The population was 313 at the time of the 2020 census. Pierre-Jean De Smet travelled extensively in this area of Montana. He named the river...
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the De Smet Range of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1896 after Pierre-Jean De Smet. Based on the Köppen climate classification, Roche de Smet is...
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nearby. In 1838–39, the missionary Pierre-Jean De Smet founded St. Joseph's Mission to minister to the Potawatomi. De Smet was appalled by the violence and...
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it, and it was described by early missionary and explorer Father Pierre-Jean De Smet in 1840 as the Register of the Desert. The site was designated a...
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Hoecken and one of the first travel companions of fellow Jesuit Pierre-Jean De Smet. Adrian (Adrianus, Adriaan) Hoecken, son of Jacobus Hoeken and Johanna...
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French word for malignant or wicked. The name was used by Father Pierre-Jean De Smet (1801–1873) to describe the turbulent river that flows from the lake...
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point Roche de Smet, which in turn was named by Iroquois working in the fur trade industry. The Iroquois named the peak after Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Belgian...
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