A map of the Spokane, Clark, and Kootenai Rivers and their tributaries. The names of rivers, lakes, and valleys are those of Saints, Jesuits, American prelates, relatives of Jesuits. He often took it upon himself to rename landmarks in this manner.…
This map includes on the North the sources of the Upper Athabasca River, including the upper reaches of the North and South Branches of that River; on the West, the Colombia River basin as far West as the 121st Meridian; i.e., to a point West of the…
This map is labeled “Carte des rivières et Fourches du Haut l’Attabasca et de la Branche du nord du Haut Sascatshawin.” Drawn circa 1846, with colored ink on an ivory background, it charts part of a journey by De Smet across the Canadian Rockies,…
This map is drawn, neatly, in blue, black, and colored inks on an ivory background. It is labeled as “Carte des sources de la Colombie, 1847” [Map of the sources of the Colombia River, 1847]. It also includes what is called on the map “Aspect des…
This map depicts the Clark’s Fork and the Flathead Lake country, and is labeled “Carte des sources de la riv. A Clark où Tetes Plates.” Drawn with colored inks on an ivory background, the map is dated 1847. On the map, locations of horse-grazing…